SHOT SEQUENCE ANALYSIS

1. High angle MCU-> almost a crane shot. Low-Key lighting. Black and white. Wooden planks behind him shows he is lying down which puts him in a position of vulnerability as he is less likely to be able to get away if need be. A scared expression on his face suggests he is defending himself with the gun (he is the victim rather that the attacker). His hand is covering his ear which suggest he is trying to cover the sound of the gunshot, or perhaps he is wounded in the ear.

2. High angle. Long shot. Low-key lighting. We are introduced to another character who appears to be towering over the man in the original shot which is giving him the power and authority in the shot. He appears angry with the man on the ground which is shown by his firm stance. He could be either about to shoot him or have just shot the man lying down, because of the way the man on the floor is sprawled out. We can also now see that they are by the water, which makes us wonder what the killer intends to do (i.e. dump the body in the water) and why they are there.

3. ELS. Low-key lighting. By a warehouse/docks, which imply the area is not a nice area, which makes the situation scarier as the setting seems more frightening and mysterious to the audience. We can now tell for definite that it is at night because the sky is a very dark grey and we can see the lights from street lamps and houses in the background. The use of such a long shot helps to set set the scene and create and eerie atmosphere, and also introduces another character into the scene, however we cannot tell what he is doing or what his connection to the two characters is yet. The man with the gun in the previous shots (Bruce Willis) seems particularly dominant as he is leaning over the other man which makes the man on the floor more scared which is showed by his scrunched position-which could imply he has just been kicked-this makes Bruce Willis' character seem brutal. We can vaguely see the head of a person (the young girl) tied up to one of the posts on the pier. We do not know her involvement yet.

4. Low-key lighting. Long shot. Black and white. Same as the shot before but zoomed in to get closer to that action. The coat of the killer is billowing in the wind which makes his character seem more powerful and almost gives him a mystical aura. WE can see the girl closer now, her head is down implying she is either crying, or is covering her eyes because she cannot bring herself to watch. This could be because she has a connection to the man on the floor, perhaps her dad. The line from the gun to the man on the floor is to his head, showing he is going to shoot him in the head.

5. CU. Low-key lighting. Black and white. Young girl crying. The girl has a distraught and upset expression which is inevitable as we know from looking at the previous shots that she has seen someone (perhaps someone close to her) be shot. She could be looking at the killer but because of the angle of her eyes and her line of sight we can assume she is looking at the man who is now dead on the floor. The background of the picture is blurred so that you focus on the girls face and draw you into the girls emotion so you can sympathise with her.

6. LS. Slight low angle. Low-key lighting. Black and White. The man on the floors position has changed from having his knees up which indicates he has been shot. This is backed up by the fact Bruce Willis' character is no long looking menacing and aiming the gun at the man on the floor-because he has already shot him. The shooter no longer looks like an all powerful killer, he looks relaxed which is shown by him having his hands in his pockets. However contradicting this, his stance makes him appear slightly nervous perhaps, about what he has done and what to do with the body. The young girl is looking up at the man in black as she is most probably confused and upsetting and looking for answers. The man in black is standing at the back, away from the body which suggests he might not want to be in that situation. Through this sequence you are never really sure what the man in black intentions are, or why he is there. Also black signifies bath thing such as danger and death-which means you instantly judge him as a bad character.


The images run together smoothly as there is a lighting continuity and the sequence is very clear. From the first shot we believe that man to be the killer however as the sequence progresses and through the introduction of different characters we realise the Bruce Willis character is in fact the killer. As we are slowly introduced to the other characters (the young girl and man in black) the story starts to develop more. The swift change of angles and shot types shows the scene from different POV/perspectives and keeps the scene fast paced. Also the slow introduction of characters which develops your understanding of the story slowly helps to build tension and an enigma of the scene.