screen grabs of the case

this shot is the first of the film, the case. the shot shows a lot of the surrounding area of the dead body.this shot gives the audience an understanding of the scene and location of the opening two minutes of the film.this conforms to the steriotype of murders not happening on busy streets because this location looks almost rural and run down. because of the shot showing the edge of the bridge it shows the audience that the dead person could of fell off the bridge. this shot makes the audience think lots of differant questions such as how did this man die?, who killed him?, is he dead and why is he in this location? this is why we extended the shot so the audience have time to think about it.

this shot is a shot of the two detectives walking into the scene. to do this shot we used a dolly shot in which luke held the camera and walked backwards as the two detectives walked towards the scene this is good because it lets the audience get an idea of what albert and tom are like e.g. the audience now know that albert smokes and thinks he should stop. the scene also shows props for the film such as the police tape. the tape makes the scene seem more realistic to the audience as all murder investigations are restricted by police tape this shot shows the two detectives standing side byside so the audience automaticly recognises that they are partners. this is conventional because most detectives have a partner or sidekick.



 

 

this shot shows the two detectives excepting a portfollio of the case that they are about to investigate.it shows that the two detectives are both werein suits but albert has a jumper under his blazzer, this is because we wanted albert to be a unique, recogniseable detective. the blazzers are steriotypical of the detectives. we wanted this to be like this because we wanted the audience to know that the two detectives are detectives. 

the police officers uniform tells the audience instantly that the police officer in the scene is a police officer because it is an internationaly recognised uniform. we also used the paper so the police officer looks as if he is actualy doing his job

 

this shot  shows effects such as lens flear being demonstrated. lens flear is used to add realism to a scene. we also used lens flear to show that the sun is out and that we could make sure that the audience would recognise that this was filmed the morning after the mans death. the shot shows the detectives looking upwards to see how the man could of fell off the bridge. this is expected from the detectives and adds realism to the film. the lighting in this shot makes the two detectives look like they are good because people associate this light with angels coming down from heaven. the light in this scene contrasts with the darkness in the flash back scene because the lighting is extremely dark in one scene and extremely light in the other

ths shot uses the make up on the face of the dead body. the make up was done by using paint over the top of jelitine. it also shows the detective checking the dead body for clues or sines of how he was killed.we used make up on the dead body so the audience would recognise that he is brused and injured and that is the reason he died.

this shot show the content of the mans wallet. this shows that the dead body is thought about and we have given him an identity. this shows the veiwers that the deadbody matters to the storyline or we wouldnt of bothered using a wallet as a prop for the dead body.the wallet is used as a prop in the film and gives the film realism as most people do carry around a wallet with them and this makes the film seem realistic. this is a point of veiw shot from the detectives eyes this is used because the audience can see what the detective sees and will thenfeel as if they are looking at this mans wallet  

 

 

 the text in this shot is plain and white which is a convention of the genre. we didnt want to have red wrighting or black wrighting because red would of made the film seem like a horror and we thought that if the text was ritten in black it would of made the film look to normal and boring.the shot of the detective is from a slightly low angle which makes him seem powerfull and in control.the setting in this shot makes the audienece think that the location is rural and far away and hidden and this is probably why someone chose to kill someone here. we used a medium shot in this scene so the audience can see the detectives body language and also the expression on his face.

 Why have you used a medim shot here?  How do you want us to feel about your character?  What connatations does your setting have (uinder the bridge?)

 

 

 

this shot shows a mid shot of the man who owns the case. the shot is of the man holding on to a bridge after being pushed over the bridge. this scene is in one of the detectives thoughts. the detective explanes what he thought happened to the dead person (how he was killed) so we acted out his thoughts.the shot shows the man hangging from the bridge. we could of filmed from the other side of the bridge and just shown the mans hands.   How did you achieve this shot? What could you have doen differently?

 

in this image we can see albert and tom staring down at "the case" as they are about to openen it. this is a big moment in the film because the audience are about to find out what is in the case. the low angle shot of the two detectives make them seem as if they have power and are in control. this is the effect we wanted to creat because the two detectives are now in possesion of the case. 

this shot uses match on action as one detective throws a small bag at to the other detective. two two back to back shots are of one detective throwing the bag and then the other catching it.in this shot we can see the detective opening the small bag. this would build suspense to the audiencebecause they want to know what is in the little black bag.  Did you also want to make a point of emphasising the suits that the characters are wearing?  Why?