Analysing the Final Product - Shot Techniques Interrogation

During our film, there are a variety of interesting shots. In this post, I am going to explain a few of the shots, and the purpose which each one serves.

Extreme Close Up

 

This shot is interesting as it shows our female character in a relatively abstract way. The extreme close up show her frowning expression and we realise she is frustrated at being captured. The extreme close up allows us to see a very detailed image of the eye and surrounding features of our female.

Lighting Outline

 This shot is very well constructed as we can clearly see the outline of a figures face. The way we cannot see the features clearly adds to the feeling of enigma and suspense. However the light highlights just enough skin to see that this is a male figure and he looks very sinister.

Silhouette Contrast

This shot was filmed in the same location as the radio mast shots. It shows a silhouette of a figure, whom we assume is the captured terrorist earlier that day, doing the damage. The scene has been edited slightly so that the figure and the foreground are silhouettes and they contrast against the very light explosion cloud. When editing this shot we wanted to ensure the audience knew that we were showing them a flashback scene however we did not want to use the conventional black and white colouring of flash backs as we felt there must be an alternative way of presenting this type of shot. The stark contrast is very different to the rest of the sequence in which it is placed, thus creating the feeling of a flashback.

 Symmetrical Shot

This shot shows our three characters with the interrogators in either side of the light and the captive in  the centre. The two male characters act as a frame to the female character and with them being stood up and her being sat down, it give the feeling that she is inferior to them and they are dominating and superior. 

Gunshot

This shot shows one of our male characters, the protagonist, shooting towards the camera at the antagonist, who is off camera. I like how this is shot as the lighting is very dramatic with one side of the character's face in shadow and the other side in bright light. This contrast in lighting shows that the character may have two sides to him, which is clear once he betrays the other male. He is a double agent and the split lighting on his face presents this well.