HR: Technical analysis

Mimic 3: Sentinel (Petty, 2003)

Camera technique		Mise-en-scene	Duration of shot
Slow zoom in from long shot to a medium long shot		Fade in to a man with his back to the camera, a beam of light is projected to the wall. He is moving his arm as if he is sawing/grating something, then a bit of blood spurts onto the wall then fades to a blackout	14 seconds
Big close up of the ground, still shot		The screen is still for a few seconds, then some glasses are dropped on the ground, blackout	10 seconds
Handicam used to track the boy, zooms in on him		A small boy is followed through a dark place, he is wearing a bright orange hoodie and beige trousers, every few seconds looking behind him	20 seconds
Extreme close up		ECU of an eye looking through a camera lens	4 seconds
Ped up and ped down		The small boy notices a pair of glasses on the floor and picks them up and cleans them	14 seconds
Close up		Shows the boy putting his glasses back on	5 seconds
Tracking shot	Shows the small boy walking towards a dead bird and touching it		9 seconds
Big close up, fast cutting rate	Shows the bird covered in blood struggling		3 seconds
Ped up, from bird to the boy	Shows the bird flailing about and the reaction of the boy at a low angle		3 seconds
Shot-reverse shot	The boy is backing away from the bird, and the camera cuts to a close up of the bird’s dead carcass, then a silhouette of a man is shown behind the boy, he is in shadows so we cannot see his face to create enigma		8 seconds
Birds eye view	See a quick overview of the area and the man walking up to the boy, still in the shadows		3 seconds
Close up	Boy turns around to see the figure behind him		2 seconds
Camera moves in over the shoulder	Camera moves into a shot of the figure’s shadow covered face.		4 seconds

 Think about the soundtrack.  How many layers of sound are there?  How does it help establish an enigma / create dramatic tension?
There are many layers of sound, noticeably the faint music in the background and the diagetic and non-diagetic sounds. The increased volume of the glasses dropping, camera shutter and wing flapping from the chicken shock the audience as they are not expecting the noise to be that loud. The high pitched music in the background creates tension as the audience are waiting for the crescendo in the piece of music when the antagonist approaches but they are put off by the diagetic and non-diagetic sounds.
3. What have you learnt from this technical analysis?  Reflect on the filmmaking techniques used and how effective they are at 'hooking' the audience.
I have learnt that music should be used accordingly and not thrown in there to try and create tension. The footage should be able to match up with the footage or otherwise the desired effect of making the audience anxious will not be successful. With all the different lines of actions and shots, it reels in the audience as it is more interesting to watch. The way in which the filmmaker has been able to create tension is by the use of sound mainly because it is distorted so that helps to connote fear of the unknown and helps to make the situation of the boy being watched by the man in the window more tense.