Tarzan & The Possession

TarzanEstablishing Shot- Showing the jungle and the leaves, zooms in to reveal the title, also shows the credits.

Close up- Close up of Tarzan’s face and zooms out to reveal his mother holding him as they fall down in the boat- shows their relationship.

Aerial shot- There is an aerial shot of Tarzan and his mother dropping into the sea in a boat.

There is a low angle shot of the dad jumping into the boat from the ship.

Graphic Match

Graphic match is used a lot in Tarzan; here it is used when the parents are in the boat and dissolves into the monkey parents sat in their nest in the tree.

Montage is used when Tarzan’s parents are building the treehouse.

Shot-reverse-shot – this is used whenthe leopard is chasing the baby monkey through the jungle and the camera is swapping from each character to show the different aims as the baby monkey is chasing the frog and the leopard is chasing the monkey; this makes it more intense for the audience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3u1_181

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The Possession - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeDEE5cbZhI

The opening shot is a wide shot of a wall in a household, full of family picture frames. The camera has tracked to where the wall ends. Half of the shot is of the wall with the picture frames on in the foreground, and the other half is of a room in the background with a woman standing there looking at something. This is clever as although the shot has remained the same as a sequence wide shot, there is now texture and context within the scene, enticing the audience, encouraging them to wonder what the woman is looking at.

There are many close up reaction shots of the woman looking at a wooden box on a mantelpiece. This is important for the context as it communicates to the audience how the character feels about this mysterious box (it is apparent she feels scared, negative towards it, yet curious).

This mid shot of a clock and some ornaments on a wall continues for 4 seconds as it is showing the only diagetic sound within the house of the clock ticking away. This single shot and sound signifies that the woman is in the house all alone, in order to distress the audience. The upper half of this shot has a very dark lighting, suggesting that perhaps there is a dark presence entering the house from the mysterious box.

This establishing shot also indicates that there are no other people in the household except for this woman. The shot sets the scene, communicating to the audience that this is just any ordinary house, however, the eerie lighting and diegetic sound of the simple ticking imply the sense that something is about to happen. The subject is in the centre of the shot so the audience focus' mainly on her rather than the surroundings.

Within this shot of the mysterious box on the mantelpiece, there is a zoom in on the object, creating suspense within the audience and the scene, especially as there is no sound. This allows the audience to focus on the box alone, suggesting that this is the main focus of the opening scene and within the whole film. The zooming allows the audience to get closer and closer to the eerie object, therefore making it unsettling for them.

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There are many jump cuts within the introduction to this film, immediately implying that it is a horror film as jump cuts are commonly seen within horror films. They help build tension and create unease and disorientation within the audience.