The document discusses significant objects and camera shots in an episode of the TV show Murdoch Mysteries. It notes that close-ups of objects like a letter, purse contents, room key, and photograph are used to clue the audience into important clues. Facial close-ups convey characters' feelings and tension. Shots of a clock and elevator emphasize the passage of time and an impending crisis. The camera follows a character suspiciously entering a hotel room to investigate.

1. MURDOCH MYSTERIES
TV Drama Homework 2

2. SIGNIFICANT OBJECTS
During the episode, there are a lot of close up shots of
objects. I assume that the director has chosen these particular
objects to close up on because they are significant to the story.
By doing this, it alerts the audience to remember the object in
the shot or it is relative to what the characters are talking about
at the time.

3. THE LETTER TO MONIQUE

4. CONTENTS OF MONIQUES
PURSE

5. ROOM 212 KEY

6. LETTER TO MONIQUE

7. M Y S T E R I O U S P H O T O G R A P H TA K E N
BY MONIQUE

8. PAINTING IN 212

9. T H E PA I N T I N G A N D T H E
PHOTOGRAPH
These particular two objects are
zoomed in on by the camera, making
these objects even more suspicious and
even a little bit scary.

10. ALSO…
There are close up shots of moving objects such as the clock and
the elevator floor counter. The shots of the clock show how late
it’s getting and shows how impatient Sophie is getting. The shot
of the floor counter almost suggests a countdown until Monique
goes missing, as the camera tilts from Monique to the floor
counter. Both these shots create tension within the storyline.

11. THE CLOCK

12. E L E VAT O R F L O O R C O U N T E R

13. FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
A lot of close ups are of character’s faces. This
shows the audience their facial expressions, giving
them a hint as to what the character is feeling. There
is also a close up of the character’s face if they are
saying something significant.

14. “SHE NEVER CAME BACK”

15. SUSPICIOUS/WORRIED

16. “ I F O N L Y T H E WA L L S C O U L D T A L K ”
INQUISITIVE

17. SOPHIE ENTERING THE
ROOM
When Sophie is on the 4th floor, the camera pans from right to
left, following her as she walks along the corridor to her room,
looks round almost to make sure no one is looking, then
enters the room.
Again, I assume this was done in order for the audience to get
the full picture.

18. SOPHIE GOING INTO THE
ROOM

19. ROOM 212
When Murdoch hears someone in room 212, he opens the door to find
Inspector Guillaume, who he does not know is also in on the investigation.
The camera tilts down from Murdoch listening in to his hand on the door
handle and opening it. This creates the tension of the typical “don’t open the
door otherwise something might happen” scene. When both the constables
throw Guillaume on the bed, there is a high long shot in order for the
audience to see everything that’s just happened, and again, creating a “he just
caught a potential bad guy” scene.

20. LISTENING…

21. “DON’T OPEN IT!”

22. INSPECTOR GUILLAUME