Shot analysis – Das Angst Kaput (partially annotated)

Review 7 to 10 Resource 4: Cinematics slideshow to revise the metalanguage of film.

View Film – Das Angst Kapu (Cinema Quarentíno).

As you watch the Das Angst Kaput, take note of the cinematic devices that are being used. Some details have been filled in to help you.

Sequence What? How?

Screen captures showing Characters’ conflicts, Mise en scène Framing/camera work Editing Lighting and colour Soundtrack
significant:
contrasts and changes
• places What choices are How is the image framed? What choices are made What choices are made What choices are
• people made about what • significant extreme about the speed and about lighting and made about what the
• objects is in the frame? close up and close duration of shots? colour? audience hears?
• FX – such as animation, CGI • settings, ups • montage • obscuri • key lines of dialogue
• titling and worded text. interiors, • significant medium sequences to ng • voiceovers
exteriors, and shots showing collapse time shado • music –
thresholds relationships • slowing down action ws and separate
• costuming, • significant for emphasis silhoue songs and
makeup establishing shots, • speeding up action for ttes signature
and marking including long shots drama • glaring light motifs –
• casting and extreme long • shots of long • symbolically coloured music style,
• direction of shots duration forcing the lenses. and vocal
gesture, • bird’s eye, overhead viewer to watch style
stance, gaze, shots or worm’s eye • shots of short duration, • Foley FX.
and shots; shots tilting and rapid pace editing
expression. up or down adding pace.
• dollying, panning
tracking, and whip
panning.
Sam’s lethargy Opening mid shot establishes scene of Sam Neill tossing and turning in his bed. It’s daytime
→ in abstract terms: even though his bedside light is on. Why isn’t he getting up?
the lethargy and
depression some
face in lockdown

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Sequence What? How?
Screen captures showing Characters’ conflicts, Mise en scène Framing/camera work Editing Lighting and colour Soundtrack
significant:
contrasts and changes
Contrasting Scene cuts to his ‘voice of reason’ and their conversation begins. Another mid shot is
character used to introduce this character. Axis of action is established. The position of the two
appears early. characters remains constant to show what each is seeing and to maintain logic in the
alternating shots.

Hand-held camera is used to mimic how the voice of reason sees Sam.

Close up of Sam’s face to show confusion. Camera is positioned high and looking
down on Sam.

Voice of reason keeps talking. Her expression is quite patronising.

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Sequence What? How?
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significant:
contrasts and changes
Close up of Sam’s face to show his worried reaction.

Back to mid shot of Sam.

Another mid shot of the voice of reason. Facial expression shows that she is unimpressed.

Back to mid shot of Sam, again to show his reaction to what she is saying.

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Sequence What? How?
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significant:
contrasts and changes
High camera position again, looking down on the voice of reason.

High angle replicated, this time looking down on Sam.

Slightly lower mid shot from Sam’s point of view shows the voice of reason preparing to
kick him. The quilt moves up in the foreground of the frame.

The next shot shows Sam being pushed out of the bed by the kick. The transitions here are
fast to reflect the voice of reason’s annoyance.

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Sequence What? How?
Screen captures showing Characters’ conflicts, Mise en scène Framing/camera work Editing Lighting and colour Soundtrack
significant:
contrasts and changes
The lower positioned mid shot shows what Sam is looking at from the side of the bed.
The voice of reason is even more frustrated as she’s now dropped a stitch in her knitting.

The close up shows Sam cautiously looking over the side of the bed. The slow camera
movement also shows Sam’s fear.

This shot, now minus the voice of reason, again indicates that Sam is still on the floor.
She is obviously a figment of his imagination.

The high shot shows Sam climbing back into bed as he continues to talk to himself.

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Sequence What? How?
Screen captures showing Characters’ conflicts, Mise en scène Framing/camera work Editing Lighting and colour Soundtrack
significant:
contrasts and changes
Light turns out and shot fades to white. As the credits run, there are the sounds of breathing
as he goes back to sleep.

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