The director of the extract is trying to show that the girl has information that the guy needs, but the guy doesn’t know if he can trust the girl yet. Although the message is that even if someone seems trustworthy, you can never be too careful, the main purpose of the movie is to build suspense and entertain. The director is trying to direct a suspenseful feel towards the audience and the acting is serious, with people just trying to get their jobs done. The director is most likely trying to convey a thriller genre and does so by following conventions throughout the extract.
During scene 1 of the extract, the man walks into the room the woman is in and hands her a piece of paper, but no dialogue is exchanged. They’re watched on a television screen by people and it’s the end of scene one. Scene 1 gives us an introduction to a lot of different camera angles and movements. The zoom in to the girl’s face shows that the actors are serious and whatever was about to happen wasn’t to be taken lightly. The editing used in scene 1, with the shot-reverse-shot going from the woman’s face to the man’s and then back to the woman’s, also was a way to build characterization and also suspense. The sound in scene 1 was mostly diegetic, but not dialogue. There is paper flapping and the door opening and because these sounds are highlighted, an audience’s attention is grabbed towards that part of the scene. The mis en scene of scene 1 includes the props, lighting, and more. The camera adds suspense because audiences are wondering why there is a camera and why it is important and the low lighting is a convention of the thriller genre, leading audiences to think that it fits into the thriller genre. Scene 1, for the most part, was there to build characterization and suspense, although these may continue to build throughout the scenes.
In scene 2 of the extract, the woman and man finally talk and audiences see that the man doesn’t trust the woman. The man is very rough with the woman and the people watching them are getting increasingly more nervous. Scene 2 has a low angle, showing the clock, which is meant to show that as time is passing the man still doesn’t trust the woman and suspense is building because audiences are eager to see if they make their time constraint. Another angle used is the midshot. The midshot is used to show the man’s stance. This stance is often used in thriller or action movies to show that the guy talking is serious about what he’s saying, so this angle was used to add to his seriousness and show it’s relation to the thriller genre. The editing used in scene 2 is cross-cutting, when they show the people watching the man and woman, adding suspense. Differing from scene 1, the sound used in scene 2 is dialogue. The dialogue is explaining the theme of the extract, being that the woman has or knows something that the man needs. Another piece of diegetic sound in the extract was the noise the table made when it was being thrown. This helps to characterize the man as angry, but also show that he is serious about needing the information that the woman has. Scene 2 includes props, like clocks and outfits, like the dark clothes they both wear. The clock, similarly to what was discussed with angles, is just to show that time is passing and they’re running out of time for the man to find out the information he needs. The dark clothes add to the thriller genre because they show seriousness and are a convention of the genre. This scene encapsulates the theme better than scene 1 due to the dialogue and props. Scene 2 also has more conventions of the genre than scene 1 does.
Scene 3 consists of the girl explaining to him not to touch her because he could lose his job and he backs down. His anger, however, eventually builds and he attacks her in the chair and threatens her. The people that were watching ran to the room to make him get off of her and the scene ends. This scene has a handheld shot that makes it shaky and makes an audience feel similar to how the girl feels, scared and out of breath, adding to the conventions of the genre. Another angle in scene 3 is the pan. The pan shows the television screen and then the people watching. This builds the suspense and makes the audience feel the emotions that the people watching the screen feel. The editing of scene 3 has cross-cutting where suspense is built because when an audience is watching the other people watching the television screen, the audience is wondering who these people are and why they’re watching the man and woman. It also has an eye-line match where it shows what the man sees when he walks into the room with the other man’s hands around the girl’s neck, again, building suspense. Scene 3 has a lot of audio, besides just the dialogue. There is a chair scraping against the floor which adds to the thrill of the genre and there is heavy breathing which makes an audience feel as if they are in the movie and experiencing what’s happening. The acting, as part of the mis en scene, is very tough and serious, building character and increasing entertainment. The last part of the mis en scene is the setting. Square rooms are often found in thriller movies, following conventions, and they often show that something is serious because confrontations usually occur in them. Scene 3 mainly worked towards building suspense and increasing entertainment. A lot of scene 3 did follow conventions though and in the beginning, showed how the woman had information the man needed.
It is evident that the director’s vision was to build suspense, entertain, and stay in the thriller genre. The extract shows many examples of it following the conventions of a crime genre. It also is suspenseful almost the whole way through and even things like the angles and sound build that suspense. The extract also is very entertaining and the entertainment is built throughout the scenes in the extract.
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