Ciematography: Close up shots of the two character of the man and the woman in the car, thought out the opening sequence the camera was also at an down wards angle. The viewer gets a birds eye view of the car and the setting when they get stopped by the police officers, this is effective because you see the location of the film and it helps you to understand the story. The good use of two shot is used mostly thought out the opening sequence so you can see the character and how they are with in the frame. Shout reverse shot is used at the begining when she stops the man in his car and you see both actors reactions. The way the camera is you feel as if you are the third person in the film and that they are looking at you. The first few shots are mid shots of her feet running to a long shot of her running down the road trying to stop cars as they go past her. The first establishing shot we see is the one where the two characters meet for the first time. Also there is a rule of thrids when she is standing in the middle of the road as she trys to stop the the character of the man in the car coming towards her. This also shows the golden mean to the film because you see her in the middle of the frame. The way that you are able to see her as she runs down the road is by a track camera as it follows the action of the actor.
Mise-en-scene: The mans white car is the main setting to the opening sequence of the film, this is where the character send most of there time. The costume of the woman is just a tranch coat with no shoes on and she has blond short hair. This show the woman character to be not very important and we should look down at her. The mans costume is a nice dark long coat, with a nice suit and shoes. The way he gives the boy quite a bit of money just to pull a bit of tree from the bottom of his car shows he is important and he is well off. The setting is at night time because you can tell this because the only bit of light you see is from the car shinning on the character. The characters become friendly very quickly almost stright away. She want to get to Los Angeles. The backgroung is dark and there is a small amount of light from the car.
Sound: Lould strong muisc to start the film off with(drums). The use of sound effects are very effective for example the sound of the car and the sound of her running and the way she was breathing was exagerated and it stood out to the viewer and from this you can tell she was destressed and out of breath from running so far. So from the way she was breathing it made the the audience question what is wrong with her? Is she ok? Is that a sound of relief? The music from the radio was diegetic and it stood out and made it real life.
Editing: The credits, titles and actors names are infrount of the two people and they are quite slow so you can see who they are as they drive off. The letters are in bold white letters to stand out to the viewer and too make the easier to read because the film is in black. The cuts are quick to get the film going. There is a short voice over from the radio as she walks over to the car to improve the mood of the film. All of the cuts where stright cuts thoughout the opening sequence. The car that the man actor drove was white so this is meant to tell the audience he is her hero. But the way the character acts dosen't put him in that light.
How the opening sets the story: It set the story because of the colour of the film is dark and scary. The way her breathing is lould. The way the film starts with her just running down the road like she is running from some one. The use of camera movement gave the audience the mood to the story line. The film is also action packed and fast so the audience don't get bord. The dialogue is also snappy and quick.
How the opening suggests the genre (thriller): This was done by the use of lould music. The film was made in the 1940's so it was to get the war off the viewers minds, so it was fast and thriller like. Also because the film is in black and white most things stand out for example: smoke, fog, steam and breath. This type of film is called a film noir. Also the actor is very femme fatile this mean she is a fatial female. The performance of the two character is very over the top. This film was a detictive film and in these types of film there is always a man/hero to help a helpless woman. Also the film was made from a book.
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