The document analyzes 9 screenshots from a film through its lighting, sound, titles, and mise-en-scene. The screenshots show a woman running an intense solo course through a dark and foggy forest, gritting her teeth in determination. As she continues, the lighting gets slightly brighter when she emerges from the dense parts of the forest. By the end, she enters a building and takes an elevator with male characters, their eye lines suggesting the power dynamic between men and women in this context.
2. Screenshot 1
Shot duration
• 00:57
Lighting
• Quite dark
• Low-key
• Creates tension for the audience
Sound
• Birds chirping-sign of life
• Perhaps noise in the background is a violin
Titles
• The Silence of the Lambs
• Bold black font with white outline-makes it stand out from the setting
• No animation
• In the middle of the screen
Mise en scene
• Dark, intimidating forest
• Stereotypically forests bring with them associations of being lost, isolation and being away
from urban civilization and being unsafe.
3. Screenshot 2
Shot duration
• 01:16
Lighting
• Still quite dark and gloomy
• Foggy and intimidating
Sound
• Same as before
Titles
• Same as before but positioned in the middle of the screen
Mise en scene
• Main protagonist running a course alone
• Shows her strength and resilience
• Overcoming all the obstacles she is faced with
4. Screenshot 3
Shot duration
• 01:28
Lighting
• Same as before as she is still in the forest
sound
• same as before
Titles
• No titles
Mise en scene
• Here we can see the determination on the woman's face as she is running
• We can tell that she wants to complete the course as best as she can
5. Screenshot 4
Shot duration
• 01:44
Lighting
• Low-key
• Dark
• Foggy
• Creates suspense
Sound
• “ ”
Titles
• No titles
Mise en scene
• The main character running into the fog-this creates tension as the audience doesn’t
know what might happen to her, we do not know what is behind the fog
6. Screenshot 5
Shot duration
• 02:09
Lighting
• Quite grey
• dark
sound
• “ ”
Titles
• No titles
Mise en scene
• She is gritting her teeth in determination while running
• Once again we can see that she is set on completing the course
• We can see that she is pushing through the pain
7. Screenshot 6
Shot duration
• 02:23
Lighting
• Slightly lighter than before because she is now out of the dense part of the forest
sound
• “ ”
Titles
• No titles
Mise en scene
• She is now climbing over a net with ease which suggests that she has done it before and
has learned from her mistakes.
• This also shows her strength once again, it also shows that nothing will get in her way
• We can see that she knows what she is doing and will not stop
8. Screenshot 7
Shot duration
• 02:39
Lighting
• The lighting is now getting slightly darker as she heads into the forest again
Sound
• “ ”
• talking/shouting
Titles
• No titles
Mise en scene
• Here we can see the woman jumping over some logs
• She isn't stepping over them even thought she must be tired she is jumping over them to
push herself.
9. Screenshot 8
Shot duration
• 03:11
Lighting
• The lighting here is lighter as she is now out of the woods
• However it is still quite dark and grey
Sound
• “ ”
Titles
• Casting by Howard Fever
Mise en scene
• Here we can see a lot of empty space suggesting that she is quite isolated, we can see that
this is quite true as females seem to be the minority
• However this empty space also suggests that she is quite independent and is being her
own person
10. Screenshot 9
Shot duration
• 04:04
Lighting
• Quite bright as she is now inside
Sound
• “ ”
Titles
• No titles
Mise en scene
• Here we can see the woman who has just been called in by someone gets into a lift with
other male characters
• This again shows that women are, in that line of work, the minority
• The male characters eye line is higher than the female
• This means the woman will have to look up at the men to meet their eyes, this suggests
that men have power over the women