2. First shot
•Establishing shot: The white house Washington D.C.
•Zoom out- this implies the thriller is
based in Washington D.C, it’s going to
be political and the president of the
United States is going to be included in
the film.
3. Second shot
The typography- gives a contemporary
1980’s computer effect. Suggesting the
film involves powerful government
technology.
4. Third shot
•The lighting is dark- (Night time)
suggesting mystery and the unknown
•The camera zooms in to the house
implying that the next scene will take
place in the house.
5. Fourth shots
•The Mid shot of the man on a TV
screen is the first character we see
suggesting he is an important
character.
•He looks like he works in the military
as he is wearing a military uniform.
•He has a microphone to him
suggesting he’s being interviewed.
•The scene cuts to a wide shot. It
includes the man seen on the TV and
two other men. Suggesting the two
other men are interviewing him.
•This raises questions: why are they
interviewing him at night? And why in
a house? This gives the viewer the idea
that they are investigating secretively
or outside of the law.
6. Fifth shots
•These short-take, shot reverse shots
between theses two men shows the
tension and conflict between the two
men.
•The bald man is shown in a mid-shot.
His facial expression implies he’s trying
to be intimidating. In the end he
brakes the mug he’s holding, in a show
of strength, which could be seen as a
threatening metaphor.
7. Sixth shots
•The light in the house is low, suggesting
they don’t want to be noticed by any
outsiders and don't want outsiders to
know what they are doing.
•There are shadows on each characters
faces, implying they are all ambiguous
characters and they is some mystery
about all of them.
•The man being interviewed has blood on
his shirt or what looks like blood, implying
he has been involved in some kind of
violence.
•The fact that he is being recorded
implies that the two men are working for
someone and they have to report back to
them or are trying to create evidence to
solve a case.
•The farthest man to the screen is at the
head of the table, which implies that he is
in charge of this interview.
•The constant shot reveres shot of the
man to the two men implies the tension
and conflict between them and the man
being interviewed - they are against him.
8. Seventh shots
•He walks over to the mirror and looks
in to it which suggests he’s questioning
himself.
•The camera zooms in creating a midshot, implying he’s concentrating on a
memory. The shot then dissolves into
the next scene, suggesting he’s
remembering what happened to him
‘six moths earlier’ as that's what the
superimposition shows.
9. Eighth shots
•This long take of the two characters
implies the to are important characters
and there relationship will become
dominant in the film.
•They are in a hall with allot of other
formally dressed people. This implies
they are at a formal party celebrating
Christmas due to the lit up Christmas
trees in the background.
10. Ninth shot
•In this wide shot the man looks at a
woman with a curious smile which
suggests they have never met before
but he’s interested in her.
•She wears a black and gold dress
implying she has wealth.
•He is wearing medals suggesting that
he wants to be seen as a man of high
military standing or he is going to see
someone of political authority and he
wants to impress them.
11. Tenth shot
•The close up shows a metal
detector, detection a women. This
implies that this is an important party
with important or people of authority
in it and that they need protecting.
12. Eleventh shots
•The first mid shot has the American
flag in it implying its a politically based
party.
• The main man is staring at the
woman with a smirk on his face- he’s
intrigued by her.
•She then walks off and the scene cuts
to her looking back at him with a smile
on her face- she gives him the signal
that she’s interested too and she
wants to talk to him.
13. Twelfth shots
•He looks around like he’s looking for
someone, then finds the person and in
the wide shot he shakes hands with
him. This implies they have a formal
relationship. This man seems the only
person he knows at the party
suggesting that he invited him.
•The scene then cuts to a wide shot of
what looks like a husband and wife.
This cut suggests they are soon going
to be introduced to the main
character.
•The man of the couple looks like he is
being greeted very gratefully by
another woman, implying he is
popular and powerful as people are
grateful to see him.
