Extract Essay
The
theme of the given extract known as, 24, is betrayal. It seems as if
that the two characters in the film use to work together. Also, the girl seems
to have betrayed the guy and the organization that she works for, assuming FBI
or CIA, some type of government agency. She says that she has a placed a boom
somewhere and she wants to have a plane so she can disarm the so-said bomb.
This is the main reason why the guy in the extract is upset, or better yet,
mad.
The
beginning of the film begins with the guy walking into the interrogation room
and talking to the girl in the chair. For most of the extract, their
conversation focuses on their face, this being called a close up, so that they
can show the emotions of the characters in a clearer way. The extract uses a
two-person shot for most of the conversation as well. This is to show the
interaction between the two characters and help the audience understand who is
talking. This is important to use because it also adds context to the situation
as well as shows emotion of the characters. Other shots and angles within the
extract are zoom, that being when the camera zoomed into the clock and the
camera in the top side of the room.
Editing
is important to a film because it makes it look cleaner and takes out any
mistakes within the film. So therefore, the extract uses these skills to their
advantage. For example, when the climax of the scene built up to the max, that
being when the guy flipped the table and pushed the chair with the girl on it against
the wall, It showed a split screen that was used to show the action of the
agents running towards the room while the guy is still yelling at the girl.
Ultimately the two split screens meet up into once picture once again. This is
important because it gives better context as of why and how the agents got
there. Another editing technique within the extract was known as shot-reverse
shot. This was used during the dialogue between the two main characters of the
extract. This technique is important because instead of constantly moving the
camera left to right, which in this case would make the scene a constant use of
a pan shot, it shows the back and forth conversation between the two main
characters, as said previously.
Sound
is another important part about the extract, as well as for most movies and
shows made. Within the extract, the main sound is the dialogue between the two
character. This is the most important part of the extract because it helps
develop the theme the most. Dialogue shows the conversation between the two
characters in the extract. Unlike the other shots, the sound is shown by the
voices of the people talking to each other. It also shows the context of the
extract and the reason as to why they are arguing. Another important sound within
the extract is music. Music is important because it is an easy attention
grabber. In this case, the music used appears to have a dramatic tone, fitting
the situation very well. With the music, it increases the tension and as the
climax begins to build up, the music gets suddenly louder. Even in silent
films, sounds may have a large factor. With out the non-diegetic sounds of the
film, it would not be as enjoyable.
Mis
en scene, or staging in French, is the preparation of the film and what is used
within the film. A movie can not be made without mis en scene. Mis en scene can
be easily remembered by the abbreviation C.L.A.M.P.S. In the same order of the
letters, it stands for costumes, Lighting, Actors, Make-up, Props, and Setting.
The extract uses all six of these words of the abbreviation. For costumes,
their outfit can easily be in that category. The lighting of the film is dark
but light enough to see the actors face. This could fall in the category of
hard film lighting. The actors of the extract are all the characters within the
scene. Instead of their stage names, the actors are the real names of the
people portraying those specific characters. Make-up in the extract is hard to
locate and possibly not in this scene. Perhaps further in the show or film makeup
can be found. Props within the film include the table that was thrown across
the room, the monitors that the agents are watching the interrogation, the
camera, the clock, and even the paper that was handed to the girl. The setting
is the location and time of that specific scene. Although the time is unknown,
the location is an interrogation room.
To
conclude, the extract would have no meaning without these given factors. Camera
angles, movements, and shots show what is going on as sound enhances those
given shots. Editing improves both of them and usually is used after film
making whereas mis en scene is the plan before the film. As said, without these
4 factors, then the message of the film would be unknown, and the film would
not even exist in the first place.
