Friday, 8 November 2013

Analysis stills of ‘Strange Days’ opening





These are the first two shot shown in the film. Although extremely simple, it is very effective. The text really stands out from the black background, showing its importance and the colour used in these shots is interested as it suggests to the audience that the film has a serious storyline, which isn’t happy or funny. The date and time on the second shot is also important because allows the audience to go straight into the action without seeing a title sequence suggesting something is happening which instantly creates tension.

 
This shot is an extreme close up of someone’s eye. It isn’t a commonly used shot in films, unless something really significance is being shown, telling the audience that whoever this person is, they have a big impacted in the film.  Also this shot makes creates mystery and confusing for the audience since they don’t know why this eye important or who the eye it is



This is a point of view shot, showing someone waking up in the back of a car. It relates to the pervious shot as the audience realise that they are seeing what’s happening from the eyes of person from the previous shot.  What unique about this shot is it’s blurred. This creates confusion for the audience as it hard to work out were the scene is taking place and it is rarely used in films- making it extremely important. The blurriness of this shot suggest to the audience that the person who point of view its taking from has been asleep or knocked out and is just coming round. Making the audience ask even more question as they don’t know why the person has been asleep or knocked out. Despite the blurriness of the shot, the audience can assume that the scene is taking place in a back of car at night. Telling the audience that the setting is a normal location suggesting the action that is taking place could happen in real life.
 
This is a point of view shot showing a man with some type of marital over his face in the front of the car. This shot allows the audience to realise what is happening. The person who point of view the shot is from has been knocked out by these men and has woken up in the back of car with no idea where they are going.  The man in the shot is wearing dark clothing this suggest to the audience that he doesn’t want to be notices and that he is some kind of bad guy. The fact he is wearing some type of marital over his face suggest that he trying to keep his identity secret, however as the audience can still quite clearly see the man suggest he isn’t very experienced.  The setting for this shot is still in the back of a car, but it is clear now that its night time which it very commonly used in a thriller film as it help to create an atmosphere.  This shot is still taken from a person point of view which allows the audience to really be a part of the action and sympathize with the person who is going through this action.

This shot is a high angle point of view shot, showing a person being held at gun point. The person in this shot has been made to look weak and helpless. He looks distraught with what going on and with his hand held up shows he is begging not to be shot. This makes the audience feel sorry for the man and makes them question what the man has done to be held at gun point. The character that point of view the shot has been taken from has now been made to look less like the victim and more like the bad guy.  The gun used in this shot helps the audience understand how serious the situation is and suggest danger, fear and anger. This shot also make the sequence of events look more confusing (often done in thriller films) as the person who’s point of view the shot is from has gone from being in trouble to creating trouble- making the audience ask more question and help keep them interested in the storyline.   

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