The opening shot is an eye level, mid shot showing a man sitting at the table. It could be a P.O.V shot from someone else sitting at the table watching him. You can see some food in shallow focus which takes the main focus off the food and more on the man, yet the food is has still been shown in the shot so the mise en scene here shows you that they are obviously eating a meal at the table. The man starts coughing which obviously shows he begins to get into distress. The editing in this scene has a lot of cross cutting from another person at the table to the man who is now starting to choke up and bring attention to him from the other characters. Other people are starting to panic where as the editing keeps cross cutting to a man who seems quite calm.He is also in shallow focus which places more importance on him. This, to me, shows a contrast between calm and collected to the chaos that is beginning to unfold.
There is a point where the calm man suddenly gets up. Although there is no dialogue, the mise on scene here shows me that he has got up suddenly as the situation has gotten more serious and he has realised that. It makes me feel like some big scene is about to take place. The lighting is quite high key throughout the whole scene, the surroundings are fairly well lit however when the man is thrown onto the table there is suddenly a much brighter light, almost like a spot light that shines down on him. This light on him makes the viewer be able to see him more, and just makes him more in the centre of attraction of the scene. It almost looks like, to me, that he is on an operating table also as they usually have a high up light shining down on the patient, and the man is clearly having a problem with his body, so a medical problem which makes it seem like an operating table even more. Everyones clothes have some sort of colour to them, however the man suffering seems to be wearing all white which gives the idea that he is an innocent victim of something and is not evil, and the pain he is experiencing is not deserved. The camera angles keep switching from a fairly neutral, eye level shot showing the side of him - almost like someone is sitting at the table watching him, so nearly a P.O.V shot - to a high angle shot. The first angle shows all the people trying to hold him down and gain control over him, it shows lots of movement of everyone so adds more fast paced chaos to the scene whereas the high shot focuses more on just the man on the table, particularly his upper torso/chest area which could forsee later events in the scene as it makes that part of him look more significant than the rest of him.
The diegetic sound of everyone trying to hold him down and the man coughing and struggling suddenly changes when blood hits his top. He lets out a scream and it causes everyone to move away. There is a few seconds of just silence. This for me really made the scene significant. The silence mixed in with the facial expressions of the other people and they way they jump back really portrays the fact that what is happening to the man is very confusing to them and certainly not normal, The looks of pure shock just make you want to keep watching as it certainly gives the impression that more things are about to happen. The blood on his top is also obviously red, and his top as mentioned before is white. This again gives the idea that he is an "innocent victim" as the red colour of the blood can symbolise evil whereas the white top symbolises innocence The act of it splashing on to his top could mean that his innocence has been tarnished and he is now evil. There is now a high angle shot to show the thing coming out of his body. There is then a mid shot of everybody else which shows how the feel about the situation, shows they are scared and very unfamiliar with the situation they have suddenly been placed in. The extreme close up of the thing coming out of his body really lets you see what it is and shows the viewer it is not normal. The tracking shots of it shows it's importance and all attention is really focused on it at this point. It is in shallow focus to again place more focus on it, yet in the background you can see the man it just came out of shaking, almost in a fit to remind you that it just came out of him and is possibly evil. The focus changes to deep however, as it runs away from the scene as it shows you the expressions on everyone elses faces as it flees. The closing show here is a close up of one of the mens faces, which shows shock and confusion This scene definatly shows the viewer that the film is a science fiction film, yet some may view it as a horror also. One thing that does seem to be a theme in this scene is the idea of birth. The man seems like he is almost placed on an operation theatre table then sort of gives birth to the thing.
In the here kitty scene, the opening shot shows a close up of a man and it is raining on his face with ver low key lighting. The mise on scene here shows you that immediately it seems uneasy and gives you a feeling it is a horror scene. The fact that it is raining indoors justt makes it seem miserable and it gave me the feeling almost right from the start that something bad was going to happen. There is a high angle shot of him which is very significant. It sets the scene. It shows he is alone and very vunerable. It shows that where he currently is, it's dark and nobody is around. It also gave me the impression that the should could be a P.O.V shot of someone/something "watching him from above" but at this point I wasn't entirely sure.
There is some diegetic sound here of chains moving. There is a medium shot of him walking slowly. It almost seems like he is searching for something but you can see that he is uneasy as he is moving slowly. This shot also shows that there are a lot of bizarre objects in the room. I immediately thought upon viewing it that it would be a great place to play hide and seek, which then made me think that maybe something was hiding and was out to get him. The whole scene to me here just made me feel tense and scared. There is still the diegetic sound of the chains moving. I felt here that i was wondering why the chains were moving as he wasn't touching them which portrayed the idea that he is not alone. The mise on scene shows that he is kind. There is a close up of his face to show his expression as he finds a cat, and he smiles and calls is kindly. The respect for the animal and the way that he is reacting to it being there just gave the idea to me that he is a good person.
He is in shallow focus, and you can see something move behind him. The shallow focus meant he was most significant there, yet your attention was definately brought to the background. The fact that it was blurred meant you couldn't quite see what was there, which built suspension and curiosity as to what it was. The cross cut editing back to a P.O.V shot of the cat shows it backing away hissing automatically gave me the idea that my suspicions of something not being right and that somebody/something else is there was right. It gave me the impression that something more was about to happen. The tracking shot of the unknown figure creates even more suspension as you want to find out what it is. More is added when he doesn't know what is behind him and you're just waiting for him to turn around. It made me feel tense. The closing shot in this scene is a close up of his face again, there is more light on his face this time. The way his head is tilted looking upwards and the fact that there are shadows moving across his face shows that something is infront of him and it is a lot bigger than him.
To Dave/John, where the spaces are I plan on adding screen shots but my computer won't let me do it as my internet isn't nice to me. :(
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