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- 1. SHUTTER ISLAND NOTES! ! Takenotes under the following headings during the film. ! ! EDITING! Flashbacks (?) of snow and corpses when he looks at the picture of the patient. Fast editing is used in this sequence so we see a lot of images quickly. Jump cuts to images of statues. Fast editing is used when Teddy is attacked by an inmate, this creates the feeling of disorientation! ! ! CAMERA SHOTS/ANGLES/MOVEMENT! establishing shot at start of film to create isolation etc! Close up of Leonardo’s face. ! Tracking shot when they are on the car, POV perspective. ! Pans are used to show the setting of shutter islands. ! Over the shoulder shot when officers talking to the two characters as they enter shutter island. ! Match on action of them handing over their guns. ! Downwards tilt allows us to see the gardener has shackles on his ankles. ! Shot reverse shot used when Leo is looking at lady in garden. ! Wide/establishing shot allows us to see the cliffs. ! Low angle shot is used, which shows that they are looking over the edge of a cliff, also makes them look important/superior, which is fitting, as they are detectives. Wide shot of Lighthouse.! Shot reverse shot as Leo talks to the man in charge. Used again as Teddy interviews patients. ! Match on action of her writing in book, makes Teddy react, though we do not see what she has written. ! Overhead shot of the two walking through cemetery. ! We are shown a close up of the book, with the words ‘RUN’, they start to drip as rain washes them away. ! Pan/tracking shot from left to right is used as they shoot the SS soldiers. ! Overhead shot of Chuck laying down on the rocks. ! overhead shot - direct way of seeing the action ! low angle three shot followed by another low angle when he sees his wife and dead daughter in the light house! slightly canted angle as he wakes up in the hospital bed after his flashback! ! close up shot of teddys face before he gets out of the guards car to show frustration and that he is tired and worn out, strung out by the investiga! ! use of steadicam out of the shower room to show male nurse reading! !
- 2. birds eye viewshot of him picking his sea children out of the water, with a crane following him! ! SOUND! diegetic sound, questing where it is coming from ! use of score to emphases scene ! the score builds and builds getting louder and louder, creates more suspense as he progresses up the lighthouse stairs ! diegetic ambient sound of birds while in the flashback to the lake house ! unstinting sound of piano keys at the lake house before he shoots his wife ! unsettling music is back towards the end of the film, it has been played throughout the film. ! ! THEMES & MOTIFS! foreshadowing future events -! the theme of isolation of the island ! ! SYMBOLIC CODES (including enigma and binary opposites)! lots of green filters while they drive throughout the woods, meant to symbolise positiveness ! Lots of gates are used, shows how locked in they are When the staff are being interrogated, they are all sitting, apart from the two detectives, which makes them appear that they are important. ! Possible foreshadowing, as all the phone lines are down, meaning there is no way to contact off of the island. ! Colour blue is used a lot in Teddy’s flashbacks. ! The record player is repeated in Teddy’s flashbacks. ! As Teddy interviews the patients, they mention things like drowning, ash, burning, which are all things that were present in his nightmare/dream/vision. ! The institute reminds him of his time fighting in the war, his time at concentration camps. ! Issuing them with clothing that inmates/staff wear, stripping them of identity. Theme of dead children! ! ! ! IDEOLOGY! religion ! spirituality ! war ! moral order to deal with humanity ! epiphany ! the truth which must be revealed - constant question mark all throughout the film until we get the reveal.! LIGHTING!
- 3. lots of lowkey lighting to signify sense of mystery and unease - when he's in the cells its real dark , can only see convicts shadows, creates mystery! On boat in opening scene, low key lighting is used. When they are outside in shutter island at the beginning, high key lighting is used, there is a lot of colour. In the office there are mainly browns and beiges. Lightning illuminates the island. White lightning is used a lot, especially when Teddy is having a migraine. Flickering of lights when in ward C! white and beige colouring of the hallway with a tinge of black on the roof ! ! casaguru lighting as he progress up to the top of the light house ! ! gysguru lighting while there ! ! green lighting used again at the flashback to him at the lake house ! once the truth has been revolved the lighting changes to high key lighting as all is resolved - new order restored backed by ambient sound of birds ! ! bright white light to symbolise disorientation, death- going towards the light ! ! NARRATIVE! as Teddy runs away from car hes about to explode he sees his dead daughter holding his wife, this is a hallucination, making teddy question if there is part of his imagination or not, his wife is in yellow and brightly dressed, represents his happy side of imagination while his daughter who looks drowned represents his sad and depressed side ! blur between reality and fiction - blood appears but then it fades ! the end shows us a flashback to when his wife has killed his 3 children ! ! CHARACTERS! REPRESENTATION! protagonist - has a past he is constantly questioning - internal conflict ! Teddy is obviously haunted by his time in the war, and from what he saw at what appears to have been a concentration camp, as it is a recurring image, theme. He always seems to be seeing things, makes us question his sense of reality.! ! when a character sees a relative image of someone and they trying to work out who it is its an afontaton ! focus pool of teddys partner as he walks in to the door! being followed by 2 orderlies - the white figures! ! ! ! ! ! !
- 4. SETTING & MISE-EN-SCENE! costuming- use of people in charge dressed in light colours - white clothing ! patients - wear rugged clothing! -protagonist wearing a beige, this highlights him against the others ! Scorsese uses smoke in this scene to show hiding behind the mist or smoke - hiding behind walls - many walls in shutter island - metaphors for stuck in a mind or made like situation ! - the setting where he gets the car from looks abandoned and airy, creates a sense of mystery ! use of waves to imply stormy and unpredictably ! use of spiral staircase- seen in other thriller films - shows challenge, twisted nature of humankind, symbolic of human mind - homage to vertigo ! waves crashing behind the doctor while they are talking about ! green tinge and the black suits are contrasted with the white costuming of the nurse ! ! MOOD & TONE! ! thriller leaves us with deeper questions - gives us more space for thought - either die a monster or live a free man ! ! similarities between vertigo and shutter island! ! - vertigo started off with a non linear sequence of a flashback, shutter island starts off with Teddy washing his face on the boat - starts at immediate and goes to flashbacks