Sunday 21 October 2012

The Birds

                             

In this scene of 'The Birds' we see Ms Brenner finding a dead body. Throughout this clip, there are roughly 16 shots.

Shot 1: This shot is a long-shot which slightly pans which allow us to watch Ms Brenner go towards the door from a distance.
Shot 2: This shot is a mid-shot of her knocking at the door and looking through the window creating tension. In the same shot, she opens the door herself and begins to walk in.
shot 3: This shot is a mid-shot once again and is a continuity of the previous shot where she is walking through the door. She walks through the first door and comes out through the second. I perceived this shot as slightly jumpy as I did not know there was a second door the first time I saw it. In the same shot, we see her walk through the door and suspiciously look around in the kitchen. It Zooms into her face as a close up where we see her face is worried. She peeps over a wall slightly. 



Shot 4: This shot is a mid-shot once again of Ms Brenner as well as a continuity (match on action) of shot 3 as we now see her peep over the wall from the other side at eye level. She then comes through and slowly and cautiously walks down the dark corridor. The camera stays put as she walks down, creating a long-shot. She suspiciously leans and peaks through a room.




Shot 5: This show is a mid-shot of Ms Brenner from the inside of the room as continuity from shot 4. She then walks through the door and into the room at eye level, mid-shot. There is evidence of rule of thirds which suggests that there is something in the room for her and the audience to see.



Shot 6: This shot is a simple still shot of the room. We can see the room as a mess with a broken window and shelf, ripped curtains and various items knocked over.
Shot 7: We Come back to see Ms Brenner at a close up looking very worried and concerned. She slowly comes through the door and looks around. Her eyes widen which hint to us that there is something very shocking in the room.
Shot 8: We once again see the messy room from a different angle. The show is shown in a way that makes it look like Ms Brenner's point of view. Once again, The window is broken, the lamp has been knocked over, the image on the wall is no longer straight etc.
Shot 9: This shot views back to Ms Brenner, similarly to shot 7. She comes through the door slightly more looking around once again until her eyes widen with shock again which anticipates us to watch on.
Shot 10: This shot shows us the feet of someone from a high angle. We also see a part of their leg where there are rips in the white trousers and traces of blood and cuts on the legs and feet.
Shot 11: This shot goes back to the woman as a close up who looks even more shocked and almost scared.
Shot 12: This shot is a long-shot at a slightly high angle of a dead man on the floor with blood all over him, ripped clothes and his eye balls taken out.
shot 13: This shot reaches a fearful stage in which we see a close up of the dead man on the floor in more detail where we notice more cuts, blood and the eye sockets.
Shot 14: This shot is the peak of the clip where the audience is most likely to be fully engaged. We see the man at a sudden extreme close up with his eyes  pulled out which almost makes you jump. The man is them shown with sudden close ups getting closer and closer which seems to break the continuity.
Shot 15: In this shot, we see Ms Brenner run out of the room and run back down the corridor in horror at a long shot. She runs towards the camera indicating that she is running away and is going to exit the area. She runs through a door which we saw was a room at the beginning from where she came.
Shot 16: This shot is a long shot of the house. We see the clothing of someone in the last third of the shot with Ms Brenner running out of the house and towards the man and camera. The Camera tilts up from a low angle to show a man in a cowboy hat looking confused as Ms Brenner runs and holds onto his shoulder in fear, disgust and horror as if she is about to throw up.

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