The man is shown gritting his teeth and squinting his eyes, indicating that he is in severe pain. His facial expression provides insight into the excruciating pain he is experiencing. The man slits his own throat with a knife when confronted with questions, suggesting he would rather die than share his secrets. This leaves the audience wondering about the significance of the number 23.

1. The man’s facial expression shows
a lot of the pain that he is going
through. He is gritting his teeth and
this is what people tend to do when
they are going through severe pain.
Point of view His eyes are squinting which also
shot to show helps represent that the pain he is The man is
what Walter going through is excruciating. wearing a black
would see suite and black
pinning the tie. The colour
man onto the black connotes
floor. This shot thoughts of
gives the depression,
audience a sadness and
deeper possibly
understanding evilness. This
of exactly what could represent
Walter is the man’s
seeing. The character.
shot is also
able to show
the mans facial
expression
which is
important as it
shows how
much pain he
is going
through. It also
shows the man
slitting his own The man’s neck is
throat which is dripping with blood.
an important This is very violent
part of the film image and the use of
and represents blood is a typical
many
The man slits his own throat convention of thriller
questions
when Walter confronts him with films.
being left
unanswered. questions about the number 23
and its role. This suggests that the
man would rather die then share
his secretes with Walter. This
makes the audience think that the
number 23 is very important and
serious if someone would take
their own life for it’s secrecy.