Ms Thrasher's Shot Sequence Analysis

1)
-MCU High angle shot (slightly tilted frame)
-Low key lighting to create mystery and add to tension
- Black and white image- suspense
- Characters face is lit by artificial lighting- expression can be seen clearly
- Character looks worried
- body language- holding a gun up defensive
- male white adult- seems to be directly addressing the audience involving them and arousing curiosity as to who he is actually pointing the gun at.
- central within the frame with no-one/nothing else around him- director wants us to focus on the actors actions and emotions
- Costume- formally dressed with shirt and tie, long jacket)



2)
-VLS- establishing the setting of a peer and the water underneath.
- introduces a second character to the scene-makes it exciting
-we purposefully see the back of him to create suspicion in the audience.
-High angle shot- man holding gun down- shows character standing as authoritative, powerful and threatening.
-Tilted frame
-He wears a long gangster jacket
- Low key lighting shining mainly on the character lying
- His body language portrays himself as a clear victim
- The VLS makes him seem exposed and defenceless although he has a gun.

3)
- VLS from the side- establishes the scene a bit more and from a different perspective (we see their profiles)
- shows buildings and peer as well as the night sky- adds to mystery
-introduces two more characters:
-another victim- girl tied up-kidnapped
-another intimidating man
-The man with the gun looks even more menacing as he moves closer to victim
- Low angle shot- shows the two men as if standing on a platform(stage) - men of importance and status.
-Only see the back of the little girl- makes audience curious as to who she is as well as curious about her connection with the man lying on the floor looking at her- a relative maybe (e.g. Father)
- We could read this image as if the two men are chasing a criminal who has kidnapped a girl- this is because the two men seem formally dressed as police/detectives
- Alternatively the man on the floor could be trying to save the girl but the other two men need her as part of their mysterious plan.

4)
- LS- only three of the characters in frame
-Low angle- camera has zoomed in slightly since previous shot
-Man holding gun up again as though about to shoot- tension
-He is dominant in this shot as he is the only one standing up.
-gives audience more information showing more of the background and what the man is pointing at- it seems as though he is telling the two men some secret information.

- misty sky in the distance adds to the mystery.

5)
- CU of girls face
- Nothing in the background so we focus on her facial expression and emotion –sad, frightened, and her reaction to what is going on- crying- This can be read as if the two are possibly shooting a family member or someone she loves.
-High angle shot slightly from the side- girl looks small, vulnerable and victimised
-audience sympathise with her.
- Low key lighting- lights half her face creating a shadow on the other half- makes her tears more obvious as her eyes sparkle looking watery.

6)
- VLS- camera now moved directly in front of the peer
- All four characters in shot and the buildings on either side nicely frame them in the middle (frame within a frame)
- Man lying down looks completely still- we assume he’s been shot therefore lying dead
- The man bending over him looks as if he is checking whether he is alive or not.
- Smokey bright light in the background as if to connote the success of the two men in the way one stands before it, and the smokiness could also connote the mystery behind this scene.
-The girl is looking up- frightened.