Danielle McCart
Opening sequence analysis - Panic Room.
Shot and sound analysis - Orphan
Shots and Sound Analysis
Shots and Sound Analysis on the film 'Orphan'

The non-diegetic music playing in the background is very quiet and gradually gets louder during the beginning shot. The beginning shot quickly and sharply cuts from the eyes to the mouth of the young girl. The shot cuts very quickly giving the audience no time to visualize what shot they may be seeing next. This is showing the character has a very large voice, meaning she is one of the main focuses of the film in the things she says and the actions that follow her words. This has an effect on the audience as it makes the audience think about the possible things this presumably innocent girl could possibly do as so far she is presented as an innocent young girl. This links in with the genre of the film as it questions the audience’s opinion straight away on the young girl, and questions their first opinions on the girl. It leaves the audience puzzled to what she is going to do.
The two parts to the non-diegetic music are contrasting. There is a mixture of heavy and soft sounds, mixed together. The heavy side of the music could be representing the idea of the Thriller, as it is showing the dark and spooky idea of the genre of the film being a very ‘heavy’ and dominant part in the overall story line. The softer music is representing the young main character in the first shot, showing the more innocent side to the young girl. The two parts of the non-diegetic are contrasting, but they also work together very well as they are showing the two different moods of the opening sequence and how two moods can reflect on each other and change the way the non-diegetic music can be viewed. This has an effect on the audience as it makes the audience think about the possible meaning behind the two parts and also makes the audience think about what the parts could represent. This links in with the genre of the film as it is showing the progression which is going to happen, as there will be an innocent side where the main character denies causing the trouble which links in with the heavy side of the non-diegetic music.


Panning from right to left of unknown documents. This camera movement is unusual as normal panning shots would be the correct way being from left to right. As this is already questioning the audience on the weird opening to the next shot, it is also revealing mystery documents that are unreadable. This is teasing the audience as it is showing them some kind of documents are going to be involved which leaves the audience feeling puzzled and excited to find out what the documents are about. This has an effect on the audience as it makes the audience think about the possible things that the documents could contain due to the glimpse that they see. This also shows the genre of the film as it adds mystery to the film as leaves the audience questioning the meaning behind the documents.

Shot and lighting analysis - Se7en
Orphan from Danielle McCart
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