The theme of the extract feels like a rivalry between two
people. The man, that can be assumed as a police officer or detective, is
trying to get information from a woman that is being held in custody. There is
a feeling that they have met before that scene, but the woman will still not be
cooperative with the officer making him feel really angry. The officer is very
nervous because people’s lives are in danger due to the bomb that the police is
trying to disarm. The woman is the only one that knows someone that can disarm
this bomb and she won’t tell the man, that creates a big sense of tension and
rivalry in the scene.
The scene starts with the man opening the door to the interrogation room that the woman is in. We are able to see the woman through an over the shoulder shot, that type of shot is great to show the actor’s perspective. After that, the director zooms into a close up of the woman’s face to show her reaction to seeing the officer, that type of shot is a great way to show someone’s emotion or reaction to something. From the woman’s face the scene changes to an eye line match to show the officer looking at the camera, that shot helps the viewer understand that the officer knows that he is being watched and that anything he does can be used against him, that shot is great to help the viewer to understand how serious the scene taking place is. There is another over the shoulder shot but this time it is to capture the officer’s emotion when staring at the woman. The camera moves into a close up to the officers face to show how serious and mad he is when staring at the woman. The officer then puts some papers on a table in front of a woman, that prop helps the viewer to understand that an investigation is going on and that the papers might contain evidence of a crime that the woman committed. After the papers are thrown the director cuts and shows the people monitoring the cameras in the room in a two shot, that shot helps the viewer to understand how serious the situation is. Another eye line match takes place when the woman looks at the clock in the room, a non-diegetic sound is then added to show the clock ticking, that shot helps the viewer to understand that the woman might be in a hurry.
The scene starts with the man opening the door to the interrogation room that the woman is in. We are able to see the woman through an over the shoulder shot, that type of shot is great to show the actor’s perspective. After that, the director zooms into a close up of the woman’s face to show her reaction to seeing the officer, that type of shot is a great way to show someone’s emotion or reaction to something. From the woman’s face the scene changes to an eye line match to show the officer looking at the camera, that shot helps the viewer understand that the officer knows that he is being watched and that anything he does can be used against him, that shot is great to help the viewer to understand how serious the scene taking place is. There is another over the shoulder shot but this time it is to capture the officer’s emotion when staring at the woman. The camera moves into a close up to the officers face to show how serious and mad he is when staring at the woman. The officer then puts some papers on a table in front of a woman, that prop helps the viewer to understand that an investigation is going on and that the papers might contain evidence of a crime that the woman committed. After the papers are thrown the director cuts and shows the people monitoring the cameras in the room in a two shot, that shot helps the viewer to understand how serious the situation is. Another eye line match takes place when the woman looks at the clock in the room, a non-diegetic sound is then added to show the clock ticking, that shot helps the viewer to understand that the woman might be in a hurry.
The scene transitions from the clock into a close up of the
woman’s face. She then starts the dialogue saying that she wants to keep the
interrogation short, adding to the conclusion that she is in a hurry. An over
the shoulder shot is used to show the officer’s response to what the woman
said, that shot is a good way to show both of their reactions to what is being
said. During the dialogue we can hear the officer’s footsteps in a diegetic
sound, the sound helps the viewer to see how apprehensive the officer is at the
moment. We then see a pan from the officer’s shoulder to the woman sitting in
the chair. The medium shot of the woman in the chair helps the viewer to see
that she is tied up and to understand more the situation. The officer then is
fed up with the woman and throws the table on the ground making it a really
loud diegetic sound, that sound helps to catch the viewer’s attention to the
scene. The scene then cuts into a close up to the man watching the room through
the cameras. That shot helps to see the man’s reaction to what is taking place
in the room.
The scene transitions from the man’s face to another two shot
of the people watching the room through the security system. The camera then
closes up on the woman’s face once again for her to say a line that would make
the officer crazy enough for him to attack her. That close up is really
important to the scene because it shows very clearly the woman’s reaction
saying that line, she was having fun and even smiled, and that could probably
be the reason the officer attacked her. When the officer is running to attack
the woman there is also a tracking shot, the camera tracks the officer until he
grabs the woman by the neck. That shot helped to see how mad and how hard the
officer wants to hurt the woman. When the officer pushes the woman we can see
the chair she’s sitting on scratch the floor. A diegetic sound happens to put
more tension in the scene. After the officer bangs the woman on the wall we can
see a split screen of the woman being chocked and the people watching the room
through the cameras run to try to intervene with what is happening. The split
screen shows very well both of the reactions of the man and the woman and it
also transmits a lot of suspense to the scene. In the split screen a tracking
shot takes place as the camera follows the man running trying to get to the
room where the officer is. The tracking shot also helps to add suspense and
action to the scene. Score sound is also added to the scene bringing a lot of
suspense and action to it.
In the extract, the director tries to add suspense and the
feeling of rivalry between the officer and the woman as much as he can, by the
use of sound, camera angles, movement, shots and etc. By using a lot of close
ups to capture emotion and reaction the director was able to give the feeling
that the two main characters hated each other. Using specific diegetic sounds
and adding non diegetic sounds and score the director was able to add a lot of
tension seriousness and suspense to the scene, making the sure the viewer was
always hooked to the movie.
