Initial Research- Toby Yates

Taken 2

Camera

• ELS to establish scene.
• Hand held camera creates shaking effect, creating effect of disorientation
• Low angle shot emphasizes size of truck
• Establishing shots exaggerate danger of location
• Big Close Up shows emotion in greater detail.
• Shallow depth of field distorts perspective.
• Tight framing used to conceal identity and create enigma.
• Low angle shot portrays superiority of character.

Mise En Scene

• Rural Scene, mountainous region suggests foreign country.
• Condition of truck suggests economically the type of characters.
• Red truck suggests danger.
• Long hair and facial hair suggests rough nature of character. Non-appealing appearance.
• Stray sheep suggest country and culture.
• Fill lighting gives impression of natural light.

Editing

• Cross cutting used to connect the truck and the funeral, suggests relationship.
• Fast, simultaneous cuts connote suspense.

Sound

• Diegetic sound of truck's engine gives sense of realism and suspense.
• Non diegetic underlying soundtrack adds to the feeling of suspense.
• Dialogue used sparingly to exaggerate importance.

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

Camera

• ELS establishes location
• Pan shot gives good and clear representation of location.
• ELS to MS signifies importance of zoomed area.
• ECU shows importance of object.
• Even though a man is being chased at speed, the camera cutting is relaxed which gives the impression the man being chased is in control.
• Canted frame for disorientation.

Mise En Scene

• Guns connote that the characters using them are agents or dangerous.
• Black costumes signifies wanting to blend in with surroundings.
• Track suits and track suit jacket suggest practical ethic.
• Fill light used to give sense of natural light.
• Use of phone with lady creates an enigma.

Editing

• Cuts used to create pace, matching on screen action.
• Fade used to change setting and mood

Sound

• Up beat and expectant non diegetic soundtrack works with on screen action.
• Diegetic sound of grunting and gun shots gives sense of realism.
• Contrapuntal sound suggests an enigma or something the audience is yet to discover. Also creates eerie feeling.

Parker

Camera

• Low angle shots exaggerate height of fair-ground rides.
• Establishing shot used to show setting.
• MS puts character in perspective.
• Tracking shot gives sense of real movement.
• Restricted view doesn't allow full sight of character creating enigma.
• Low angle shot communicates being lower than character on stage.

Mise En Scene

• Animals are specific to rural American fair-ground.
• Wig and vicar costume act as disguise.
• Country folk costume is stereotypical (boots, checkered shirts...)
• Fill light used for natural light.
• Main character dressed as vicar is strange as the actor is known as a "hardman"- this raises eyebrows and builds tension.

Editing

• Cross cutting used for suspense.
• Cuts used to build pace.
• Discontinuity editing used to fragment the story and to confuse spectator.

Sound

• Non diegetic soundtrack makes spectator expect something.
• Diegetic sound of cars and children's play adds to realism.

Snatch

Camera

• OSS gives sense of familiarity.
• Big close up shows all emotion.
• Framing two characters together whilst being told they are "partners" reinforces it.

Mise En Scene

• Low Key lighting makes scene more mysterious.
• Top hat suggests friendliness. 
• Someone who is bald (and young) is stereotypically thought of as "hard" or tough.
• Dark interior setting suggests threat.
• Dark room with lack of detail doesn't allow characters to have perspective of location.

Editing

• Cuts used to efficiently switch between which characters are being talked about/ who is talking.

Sound

• Non diegetic sound of voiceover matches with on screen action; without the sound the on screen action would seem pointless.

By Toby Yates