Text Analysis : A Quiet Place

THIS IS MY VIDEO ANYLISIS FOR A QUIET PLACE

This text is from an extract called A Quiet Place, the film maker wanted to show that the place is abandoned, leftout with no inhabitants other than the characters that are shown on screen. 

In the beginning of the scene, the director wanted to show that the characters were the only ones in the setting, elements of mis-en-scene applying props such as leaves on roads and thrashed trash all over reveals that the area hasn't been taken care of , accompanied with the high angle and long shots gives a sense of loneliness to the audience as the camera shows a wide shot of the area. Diegetic sounds such as the sound of winds flowing around the beginning scenes as the camera pans through buildings, shows how solitary the area is as the audience can even hear the sounds of wind even though it looks like it is set in a town. As well the next scene is set inside a supermarket, with the same idea as the director tries to make it look abandoned. Mis-en-scene such as dirty shelves and messy arrangement of store items indicates that nobody is there to look after the place, as a matter of course the director uses long shots to simulate that the characters were the only one there, it also enlarges the surrounding, dark shelves to build up more tension. Lighting used is mostly from the sun, thus it sets inside the supermarket to be dark, as seen that camera shots shown has a dark element to build up suspense. Overall it gives a jittery and mysterious feeling to the audience.

REFLECTION: As mr nick has commented, i needed more further analysis on the camera shots and movement to describe the mis-en-scene. I also need to add more meaning on the points I have mentioned. While these are still my early attemps on doing this, I think I can improve a lot more