Disturbia Clip

Disturbia, 1.45- 4.25.

Micro Elements:

Sound
It's all silent and quiet with only the sound of crickets to be heard until the womans scream, then the music starts and builds up at the crucial parts, using strong violins and drums to build up the suspense and tension. When we are drawn away from the direct action the music drops to calm us down so that we can get our breath back and relax for a few seconds, the music encourages us to feel frightened that's why when it stops or calms down we feel safer.

Editing
The editing is cut fast to show confusion and panic during the action sequence, we as the audience don't quite understand what's going on therefore we worry more for the characters safety.

Cinematography
The camera angles used in the action sequence range from close ups to midshots which keep us very close with the characters, making it more frightening for us to watch. They also use handheld to make it more scary, we don't know what's happening and the whole viewing experience is made more confusing and disturbing, handheld shaking around also causes some panic. Zoom has been used a few times to bring us closer to the action and character, this usually indicates the fear in their expression.

Mise-en-scene

Lighting ..The lighting is very dim and shadowed, this type of lighting creates a very dark and eerie atmosphere which is perfect for this film.

Colour ..There is not a lot of colour, it's very grey and dark to set the mood. When the handheld camera angle is used everything is green as it is on nightvision which actually makes it more frightening.

Setting ..It's set in Suburban America where everyone has their white picket fenced houses and everyone is friendly and gets along with eachother; that's what makes it more frightening, how such a perfect little neighbourhood has been corrupted by a serial killer who is disguised as a regular guy.

Props ..The props included in this scene were: binoculars, video camera, tv screen, video camera stand, mobile and computer, all of the above are very modern technical objects, from this alone we can assume this is aimed at more of a young modern audience who will be able to appriciate all the uses of technology. Without all of his technology he wouln't of been able to seek out the killer and catch him, so therefore the technology has been portrayed in a possitive light.

Costume ..The female victum is wearing a smart black dress which indicates they may have been out somewhere nice together. When the camera catches a climpse of the killer his shirt buttons are undone which tells us he has been involved in some sort of physical contact, because of the music and cinematography we are lead to believe that he killed her and she put up a struggle.