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Long shot/Eye Level/Tracking The director has chosen to use a long shot.

The director indents to draw our attention to the fact that hes wearing a hospital costume, this costume juxtapose his location. This specific use of the long shot also presents the audience with an absence of people, once again juxtaposing the abundance of litter. The enigmas which are presented are as follows. Why is he in a hospital costume? Why is there no one around? Why is there so much litter? Why does he have a plastic bag? Whats in the plastic bag? Us as an audience are placed at an eye level with the character to illustrate that we arent higher nor lower then the him. We are on an equal status with the character thus making representing that we are on his side and following his story. Tracking is used to seem as if we as an audience are following him and his story.

Mid Shot/Eye Level/Tracking The shot has been composed with a mid shot to illustrate the confused expression in the characters face. The smiley face on the billboard juxtaposes the concerned look on his face which creates a sense of disorientation. The mid shot allows the audience to see the appearance of the character at a closer look, this making the audience tell that the character has not washed/shaved for some time. The background is also blurred meaning the depth of field is very shallow, this is used so the audience know where to look thus making the character more important in this specific shot. The rule of thirds takes place in this shot as both the eyes from the bill board and the character are in level, the director did this to give the bill board a sense of life as it is blurred in this specific shot. Enigmas are thrown at the audience such as: Why has he not shaved? Why is he still in the same costume? Why is he letting off a concerned feeling? An eye level angle is yet again used to make us feel empathetic towards him. The tracking movement used in this shot to make the audience seem as if they are following him and his story. Extreme Close Up: The shot has been composed with an extreme close up to make the audience look at a certain thing in the shot, in this shot we have a good close up on a postcard which has the writing "I will take your grave for you are vile!", this is the only message we see in the whole shot, everything else is blurred or not close enough to read. At this point the audience are confused about what the message states and now we wonder what will happen in the next shots to come. With the use of the extreme close up we are able to see the message. Going back to the blurred background, the depth of field is very shallow this is used to make the post card seem more important in the shot instead of the messages and posters in the background, the director did this to give the letters a sense of unwanted and lost where as the post care is easily seen and was found by the actor. The writing is centered in the frame to give a sense of uncomfort, usually important shots use the rule of thirds but in this shot its

different. Enigmas are reoccuring in this shot and we wonder questions such as: What does the writing mean? Why is it written on a postcard? Whe is there loads of posters/letters in the background? A high angle is used to give the audience a sense of power of this message, thus giving the audience less worry about the message whereas in acutal fact is could help them solve the engimas. Establishing Shot/Eye Level/Pan The director created this shot to illustrate to the audience the type of environment that the main actor is in, it also represents how there is no one around and things have been left abandoned such as a lorry. A browny/yellowy filter has been used to create the feel of old and unused. There is a deep focus so we can see everything in the shot and not just a particular thing, the main focus of this shot is to illustrate the location. As the whole shot is with the same colour of brown and yellow the lorry instantly stands out without the help of depth of field, the colours grab the viewers attention. The lorry symbolises the main characters life as he is the only one alive and everything around him is dead/gone, he is the only source of life in this location. The rule of thirds is used in this shot which helps the lorry stand out to the audience, the lorry is on the bottom line of the rule of thirds which also grabs the viewers eye alongside the colour of the lorry. Enigmas are yet again in this shot for instants: Why is there a lorry? Where is everyone? We are on eye level of this shot, this meaning we are nor higher or lower then this shot and we as an audience are equal with the establishing shot. Panning is used to represent around the location and not just restrict us to the same part of the establishing shot, it seems as if we are like the main character and we actually have freedom and are aloud to roam where and when we want.

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