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Task 2 Single camera production Single camera production is when there is only one camera in a scene when recording an action of a character within the scene. There are various advantages and disadvantages when using single cameras. The advantages of using a single camera are: The costs are effective; this means that there is not much money required when filming because a film producer can record a TV show or a movie with using only one camera because they can still record scenes that only require a camera and this leads to less crew being paid to help film because when using only one camera, only a few crew members need to be helping out and this leads to less money being spent to pay people and to buy more equipment for filming. Another advantage is, there is less time to be spent when setting up. This suggests that when recording a movie or TV show, there will be more time spent on recording than setting up the equipment which will help finish off the scenes for the movie or TV show. Also using a single camera, will make it easier when editing because there will be less time spent when looking through footage and give you multiple scenes to chose from when filming from different angles. There is also more room because less crew are needed and less equipment are used when recording scenes by using a single camera. The final advantage is that, when using a single camera, it tests the skills of people because when a director or a producer or manager is on set, the crew members have different roles in order to make the scenes they are recording comes out well just how they have planned it to be like. For example, the continuity managers need to make sure that every action is kept the same through the same scene, the same equipment need to be used because if using a different camera than before, the quality may be different than before and this will lead to errors to occur, and also, if they don’t fill on time and leave too much time spending on fixing equipment, characters or sets, the lighting may change which will led to different lighting in a scene, making it look unrealistic and may lead to having to reschedule to film on another day making the deadline of the movie or TV show late for the audience to watch. However, there are some advantages too for when using a single camera such as; there may be continuity errors because there may not

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Task 2 Single camera production Single camera production is when there is only one camera in a scene when recording an action of a character within the scene.There are various advantages and disadvantages when using single cameras. The advantages of using a single camera are: The costs are effective; this means that there is not much money required when filming because a film producer can record a TV show or a movie with using only one camera because they can still record scenes that only require a camera and this leads to less crew being paid to help film because when using only one camera, only a few crew members need to be helping out and this leads to less money being spent to pay people and to buy more equipment for filming. Another advantage is, there is less time to be spent when setting up. This suggests that when recording a movie or TV show, there will be more time spent on recording than setting up the equipment which will help finish off the scenes for the movie or TV show. Also using a single camera, will make it easier when editing because there will be less time spent when looking through footage and give you multiple scenes to chose from when filming from different angles. There is also more room because less crew are needed and less equipment are used when recording scenes by using a single camera. The final advantage is that, when using a single camera, it tests the skills of people because when a director or a producer or manager is on set, the crew members have different roles in order to make the scenes they are recording comes out well just how they have planned it to be like. For example, the continuity managers need to make sure that every action is kept the same through the same scene, the same equipment need to be used because if using a different camera than before, the quality may be different than before and this will lead to errors to occur, and also, if they don’t fill on time and leave too much time spending on fixing equipment, characters or sets, the lighting may change which will led to different lighting in a scene, making it look unrealistic and may lead to having to reschedule to film on another day making the deadline of the movie or TV show late for the audience to watch.However, there are some advantages too for when using a single camera such as; there may be continuity errors because there may not be enough continuity managers to check if there have been any errors before when it comes to editing. As well, more time will be spent when filming because when there is only one camera, the cameraman will need to keep changing its angles to get every shot that is needed for the scene.

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In Doctor Who, season 8, episode 6: the caretaker. This shows proof of single camera techniques as there are edits of over the shoulder shots showing the conversation between The Doctor and his sidekick rose.

These three images have been screenshot from the TV show called, Doctor Who. These images are in the scene when the doctor is speaking to his sidekick, Rose. You can see that there is a use of single camera because both the characters are in the ‘Tardis’ box, which is known to be the famous box that the Doctor lives in, and it shows that there is not much room so only one camera would fit into that room and it shows that when the doctor and the sidekick are talking, the camera is following them and moves to different angles when they speak to one another.https://123movies.is/film/doctor-who-season-8-3252/watching.htmlYou can watch the exact scene from 01:43 to 01:50

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In season 7 episode 6, it shows that when the Doctor and his sidekick, Rose are in London, it shows in the back that the Doctor’s “Tradis” box’s door is open, however, in the next scene it shows the “Tardis’s” box door is closed. This shows continuity error has occurred as in one of the scene, it shows in the back that the door of the “Tardis” is opened; however, when it changes to the next scene, it shows the same “Tardis” door is now closed. This shows that continuity errors has happened because, not only does this TV show, show that there is a use of single camera, it also shows that by using a single camera less crew are used as when there is less crew , it means that a single camera is being used so there is no need for extra crew but this downplays that there should normally be more than one continuity manager as when recording a scene, the same objects and actions need to remain the exact same throughout the whole scenes and when editing, the same actions need to be carried out through every scenes so it makes the scenes more real and there may not be enough time to re-film.https://123movies.is/film/doctor-who-season-7-3251/watching.htmlYou can watch the exact scene from 26:17 up to 26:28

The Blair Witch ProjectThere is a use of single camera in this movie as it shows only one person filming the whole scene as there is a group of people who go out into the woods to try and search for a witch that is supposedly to be hunting the woods, and the person who is filming the movie is actually a character as they have made the movie to be like a person's view from what they are seeing when they are in the woods. You also never get to see the person who is recording the movie as they are using the single camera to get the whole footage.

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Conjuring 2

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On this page, I will be analysing and evaluating the movie, Conjuring 2 (2016). The genre of Conjuring 2 is horror.

Conjuring 2 is horror movie based in 1977, with a family, the Hodgson family, who live in England in a house in Enfield. They begin to discover strange things occurring in their house

and realise that their house is being haunted by a past death of an old man. The old man has found to be attached to the youngest girl in the family, Janet. To get rid of the evil

demon haunting the Hodgson family, they get in contact with paranormal investigators, Ed and Lorraine, who help people who are being haunted by a supernatural spirit. Ed and

Lorraine help the Hodgson family by trying to contact with the demon who is possessing Janet and try to get the demon to stop haunting the Hodgson family. At the end of the movie, Lorraine is saying the demon’s name as they knew this will give them more power over the demon and Ed is saving Janet from nearly falling out of the bedroom window. Finally, the movie ends as a happy ending, Ed and Lorraine finally got the demon to stop haunting the

Hodgson family and save Janet from dying because of being possessed by the demon.

Genre:The movie Conjuring 2, is a horror movie. The reason it is a horror genre is because it contains all the conventions that a horror movie mostly uses. It is a horror movie as it is using elements that mainly horror movies use such as, people being possessed by a supernatural spirit, demon(s) haunting a family and their home, paranormal investigators and uses of jump scenes which make the audience feel scared. This reason also suggests that there is no use of sub genre or hybrid as there is only one main genre which is horror because the movie does not include any types of non horror elements such as zombie or slaughter but only supernatural which is common in a horror movie. The conventions of Conjuring 2 is that is contains many horror elements such as, low key lighting, dark corners, and a main antagonistic that is haunting a family or one particular person. For example, the scenes in Conjuring 2, use low key lighting to suggest to the audience that something is either hiding behind the darkness or that the area or place they are in, represent evil and unsafety as places that are not bright or with warm tone colours suggest that the place is safe and no evilness is presence. However, there is uses of unconventional scenes in the movie because it shows that no one dies in the movie as the paranormal investigators help get rid of the spirits that were haunting the family and ends with a happy ending which suggests that the movie is unconventional for a horror movie as most horror movies show scenes of some characters in the movie dying representing the genre as it's made to scare people and want to frighten them. Another reason for the movie being unconventional is because there is a use of hierarchy of villains which is representing the different levels of the three villains that are in the movie such as the demon (Valak) , the crooked man and the dead man (Bill). The reason this shows that the movie is unconventional is due to the use of hierarchy of villains which is not convention for horror movies as in most of horror movies, there is only one main villain whereas in Conjuring 2, there are three main villains that are all trying to hurt the characters in the movie.Narrative:

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The narrative of Conjuring 2 uses linear because the movie is all in chronological order. Because of the use of chronological this will make the audience feel like the movie is more real and it would defeat the movie from being real as it would confuse the audience. Chronological means that the storyline of the movie is going forward in time. The movie uses flashbacks which represents the memories that characters may be thinking about. Even though there is a use of flashbacks, this still doesn't mean that the movie will not be linear because the storyline is still being shown in forward of time and the flashbacks only represent the memories that the characters are thinking of. The movie is closed narrative because the movie doesn't contain a ‘cliffhanger’ which leaves the audience wondering about what will happen next but in Conjuring 2, the ending is closed because the movie doesn't contain a cliffhanger and it shows the ending which is when the Warren family help the Hodgson family get rid of the spirits that were haunting their family. This shows that the movie has ended because the end of the storyline has been told and not left the audience questioning about what the ending could be or if another movie will be made in order to finish the rest of the previous movie. Conjuring 2 is multi stranded because there is actually two different storylines but emerge at the end of the movie. It shows some scenes of the Warren family who are paranormal investigators who help people that are being haunted by an evil spirit and also shows the other family, Hodgson family, which is showing the family being haunted by evil spirits but then the two families emerge as the warren family go to England from America, to help the Hodgson family get rid of the spirits that is haunting their family. This is why the movie is multi stranded because of the two story lines then emerging finally at the end. In addition, Conjuring 2 also uses long shot angles in the movie to show that people in the movie are running or pancaking which will show all their body movement which will help emphasise the character's body movements.

The image on the left is showing the Hodgson family when the children have just came back home from school whereas on the right, it is showing the Warren family and it's showing when Lorraine is crying after she’s just had a flashback to a horror memory of her watching the death of a family.

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This image is showing the beginning scene of the movie which shows the part when Lorraine is in her flashback when she is seeing the death of a family who has been previously been haunted by an evil spirit.

Camera work:In Conjuring 2, the movie mainly uses mid shot and close up angles. The reason for the use of mid shot and close up scenes is to make the audience feel like they are in the scene and experiences the far that the character is feeling when there is a jump scenes. Another reason for using close up angles is to show the audience the face expressions of the characters and to show the hand and upper body movements. Also, by having a mid shot or close up of the jump scene this will scare the audience more as it is in their face and because of the image zoomed in their face, it will make the audience more scared. For example, a use of mid shot angle is in the scene when Lorraine is having a vision with the old man who is talking to her about being controlled by another evil spirit. By using the mid shot angle, this makes the old man look less scary and weak because it is shown in an eye level view and this makes the audience view the old man as weak and not as scary as he was in the other scenes when there were different angles presenting him. A use of a close up angle is when Lorraine is a room in her house where the painting of the evil nun is hanging on the wall, but the n the spirit of the nun controls the painting and is shown to be chasing Lorraine with using the picture. On the other hand, the movie also uses angles such as, long shot and dutch shot. A use of long shot angle used in Conjuring 2 was used in the scene when the young boy of the Hodgson family is watching the dog turn into the crooked man. The use of the long shot angle will give enough head room and as the crooked man is growing taller, the camera angle starts to tilt up which give the impression of the crooked

man being scarier and making the young boy and the audience feel scared.

This image is from the scene when Janet, the young girl from the Hodgson family, is being controlled by the evil spirit. The camera is showing a use of close up because the camera is recording the girl’s face. The use of the close up angle is to show the emotions of the character's face and to make the audience feel what the character is feeling.

These two images both show a use of close up angles. The image on the left is showing a close up of the young boy’s facial expression to emphasise his emotions to the audience, whereas the image on the right is showing also the use of close up angle when the crooked man has risen from being a dog into himself as the crooked man. The crook man is shown to be see in an tiled up angle as the camera has been tiled up at a high angle to emphasise that he is big and scary which will make the audience see him like that as they will be looking up to him as if they are in the young boy’s position. However, the camera is also a close up of the crooked man but tiled at the same time because it wasn't to emphasise the

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This is a picture of the evil nun who has taken control over the painting of the evil nun that Ed had drawn previously from his dream. The close up allows the audience to get a better vision of the painting and it makes them feel scared as this is part of a jump scene when the painting starts to come alive and chase Lorraine. The close up of the nun shows the audience the face and makes them feel scared because the face is disturbing and is supposed to scare the audience and by having a close up of the painting, it will make the audience feel as if the painting is directly in front of their face like how it's suppose to feel for Lorraine.

Editing:There are many editing techniques that Conjuring 2 uses in the movie such as, parallel editing, match on action, cutaways, pace of cutaways and combination of shots. The movie mostly uses cut aways as this will show one scene of the movie but then change to another scene of the movie which will show another scenes and create tension as it may change from a scene to a jump scene which will make the audience feel uncomfortable. The movie also uses mainly single camera but sometimes use multi camera as they would need more than one camera to film a scene which requires more than one camera due to an action that needs to be filmed but may cost too much if it is recorded more than once such as the scene when Janet is standing at the bedroom window but then the glass of the window smashes and goes everywhere including herself. Also, by using combination of shots, which is regularly used in the movie, it helps to build tension as it shows a character or object gradually getting closer to the screen which will make the audience see the character or object close to their own face as if they are in the movie and seeing it for real life but also shows the character or object going further aways from the scene which which could led to another scene which suggests that the tension has died down. In addition, parallel editing is done frequently in the movie as it is suppose to show one scene but then cut away to another scene to show what is happening from the main subject. This will show the audience that one main scene is happening but will cut to other scenes that are happening at the same time to show the juxtaposition of the different scenes. For example, when Ed is alone in the Hodgson family’s house, it shows him walking around the house blind, but saying an exorcism in Latin to try and get rid of the demon but then, the scenes cuts to another scene chi shows that Lorraine is at the door of the basement which is trying to break down the door with the neighbour. It shows that the pace of the two scenes are different at the scene with Ed shows the cut aways to be slow whereas in the scene with Lorraine, ot shows to be faster and this presents the juxtaposition between the two scenes. The use of editing will help make the movie much better as it uses different types of editing for different scenes and by using different types of editing techniques for different scenes, it will make the scenes different from each other and show scenes in unique ways by using a technique for a specific scenes if it requires that

technique.

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These two images show close up of the scene when Janet is in the chair where the old man died in and then is shown to be the old man sitting in her place. This scene shows that the cut away ios not been used as the scene is 2 minutes long of just janet sitting in the chair but the old man sitting as her when the scene is over which is shown as a transformation because there are no cutaways to change from the girl to the old man. This makes the scene more real as it would take away the reality if it showed a scene of the girl but then cut away to another scene of the old man. Also, by not having the cut waya used in this scene, it allows the audience to see Ed’s fac expression as is shows him looking frustrated and confused because when he is talking to the old man.

These three images are from the scene when Lorraine has followed the vil nun in the study room in her house. The first image shows the scene to be shown as a long shot then cuts away to the next scene of Lorraine walking to another part of the room shown as mid shot and finally shows a close up of Lorraine’s face to show her facial expression. There a lot of cut aways used in the movie because when there is a scene, the scene will then be cut to another scene which will be cut in a slow or fast pace depending on the tension of the scene. It will also show to emotions the characters are feeling as if the scene is showing a close up of a character's face like in the images above.

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These four images show a use of cut aways in a scnes. They show the use of cut aways because the scene is showing when Lorraine is looking at the mirror but then backs to see if something is behind her but then looks back to the mirror but when she looks back the second time, the third cut away shows that something has appeared. It cuts to an action but then to an empty space to show that something will soon appear.

The juxtapose between these two scenes show that in the first scene, the cut aways are cut to a slow pace whereas the second scene are cut to much faster pace as the second scene is used to create tension and for the first scene, there is use of non diegetic sound to create tension as well. This scene also uses parallel editing as it shows one scene but then cuts to another scene which shows the juxtaposed between the two scenes. The scene where Ed is in, needs to have slow cut aways and non diegetic sound playing in the background because it helps make a dramatic tension build and it suggests to the audience that something bad will happen to he character as the non diegetic sound is only heard by the audience, making them feel tensed and the slow cut aways will get the audience to feel more scared as they will be waiting to see what is going to happen next and when since a jump scene will be later on used. However, on the other hand, the scene where

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Lorraine and the neighbour are in, the cut aways need to be faster as the scene is showing the audience that something bad is happening from the previous scenes and the other characters need to get to the other charters to save them. There is also uses of non diegetic sound as this scene also builds up tension because they are suggesting to the audience that if they don't save the other characters in time, it will be too late.

These two images show that match on action editing has been used for this scene. The first image shows when the Janet is in front of the window with her arms beside her body however, when the next mage is show, Janet is still in the same position but the scene shows when the glass is broken put flying across her body and falling onto the floor. Match on action is used to show on action but in both scenes but from different angles. By using this editing technique, it will allow the audience to see an actio being shown from different angles which will give them a more clearer and overall view from different angles. Plus it will make the scene more interesting if it is shown in different views as it would be boring and won't show the whole view of the scene if it's just shown from one angle all the time.

The two images show the juxtaposed between the two families. The first image shows the Warren family and presents their lives as happy and are safe whereas the second image shows the Hodgson family which shows the audience that they are going through hell because they are being haunted by the evil spirits. It gives the audience two different families and see their different lifestyle, one poor and one rich, showing the contrast between the two.

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This image shows the use of superimposition because it shows texts on the image whilst recording the scenes in the movie. The use of superimposition is to help establish the scenes. In Conjuring 2, it is used to tell the audience a story because at the end it uses texts to explain what happened after the scenes when they defeated the evil spirits, it's telling the audience a story.

Sound: In Conjuring 2, the sound that is mostly used is diegetic sound. The uses of diegetic sound is sound that comes from that text world. Which means that it is sound that emanates from a source within an actual scene. Conjuring 2, uses diegetic sound such as, screaming, gasping, crying, banging, tapping and heavy breathing because it is using sound that the characters are presenting int the scenes of the movie. Diegetic sound is conventional in a horror movie as it uses sound that comes from the characters from the movie and it uses scenes that are made to make the audience scream and feel frightened of the scenes. Also, the sound needs to be diegetic because it shows the sounds that the movie uses from characters or objects that are being used in the movie. On the other hand, it would also be conventional if Conjuring used non diegetic sound because most non diegetic sound such as, music being played when a jump scene is about to happen. Non diegetic sound is doing that (theoretically) cannot be heard by the characters within a video but the audience can hear it. It emanates from a source outside of the text’s own world. It is beneficial if Conjuring 2, or other types of horror movies use non diegetic sound because it can be used in a scene that needs a sound that will make the audience more interested to the movie as the movie is using background sound to emphasise what is happening in the scene and make it more real with extra sound playing in the back.

This image shows when Lorraine is looking through her bible which she had previously written the demon's name when she was having a vision. When she is looking through the pages, there is an eerie sound playing in the background which is only heard by the audience but not by the characters as its suppose to give an impression to the audience that something bad is going to happen and to make the scenes more intense with the extra sound playing the back.

Mise-en-scene:The mise-en-scene in Conjuring 2 shows how the decor of the homes are presented and how characters are dressed like. For example, the decor in the house of the Hodgson family is presented in the style of the 60s even though it should be shown as in the 70s. This is

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because the Hodgson family are portrayed as poor and cannot afford to buy new future for their home so they live with the previous family’s old furniture. The juxtaposition between the Hodson family with the Warren family because the hodgson family are portrayed as poor as they cannot afford to buy new objects whereas the Warren family are shown to be wealthy and can afford modern objects and clothing. Moving on, the lighting in the homes are very different, for example, the lighting in the Warren household is very bright warm tones which suggests that there house is safe and wealthy as they can afford to have electricity in their house. In contrast, the lighting in the Hodson family is shown to be low key lighting and with dark corner which suggests that it is not safe and nerve-racking as it means that something bad will happen as there is not light to see what could be hiding in the dark or something evil

will happen as there is no light to see the areas of the house.

On the left, the image shows the character Peggy. She is portrayed as a single mum of four children who is stressed and always looks tired as she has a lot to deal with. Her eyes are red with bags underneath which represents the tiredness and stress she is feeling, and her hair is shown like it's not cared about but just brushed to the side because she hasn't got enough money to go to the hairdressers or to cut it in a nice hairstyle. Her clothing also represents that she is not rich enough to buy modern clothing and the clothes are seen to be not fitting and falling off of her as she is seen as skinny which suggests that she is not eating enough or stressed. However, there is a use of juxtaposition between Peggy and Lorraine as Peggy is portrayed as tired and poor whereas Lorraine is portrayed as wealthy and smartly dressed. Lorraine is shown to be wealthy as she has enough money to go to the hairdresser and to get her cut into a modern style with modern clothing. She is also shown to be less tired and stressed than Peggy as she doesn't have any eye bags and is always dressed formally and wealthy.

This image shows the scene when Janet is being possessed by the old man and Ed, the paranormal investigator is holding the crucifix to protect himself and make the evil spirit leave from the room. The

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crucifix is an object that is symbolised as religious object. By having mid shot of the object and the character it suggests that the object is important and that the character is evil because the object is holy and the crucifix is used to protect people from evil. Also, in the background you can see the wallpaper on the wall is old, damped and falling apart. This suggests that the Hodgson family is quite poor because they haven't got enough money to change the furniture that the previous family live in and it shows that the furniture is from the 60s instead of the 70s because most people who are wealthy change the furniture in their house but because Hodgson family in not that wealthy they have not been able to afford to change the decor of the house and have just the old furniture in the house.

This scene is when the Warren family is with the reporters who are investigating the Hodgson family about the evil spirit that is haunting them. They are shown to be sitting in a pub in England which represents the tradition of England as the American make fun out of the British people that they always go to the pub. The lighting in the pub is shown to be bright because it shows the characters can feel relaxed and safe because they need a place to talk another and in a safe place away from the evil spirits. The image is shown as a mid shot of the character's upper body which is used to show the audience the upper body movements of the characters to emphasize their emotions and the hand movements which is used to show how they feel. Gesticulates is used to show the audience the character's hand movements they do because of how they are feeling. For example, in this scene, the man with the glasses who is the reporter who wants to prove to people that the Hodgson house is being haunted, shows his hand movements as moving around a lot whilst he speaks as this suggests that he is confident about what he's talking about and that he is trying to explain to the people on the table about what he is feeling and wants to say.

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This image shows the kitchen of the Warren family. It shows that they are wealthy as they can afford modern decor for their home and the lighting in the house is shown to be bright and warm as it represents that their home is safe unlike the Hodgson home. Also, you can tell they live in the 70s as the furniture is seen to be 70’s style and this shows that they can afford to change the decor of their house to modern times as they have enough money to.

Quarantine

Quarantine (2008) is a horror movie with sub genre of zombies. The movie is about a reporter who goes to interview firmen and see how they work. When they get a call to go and help a building that is in danger, the get to the building where there is a deadly virus

spreading. One of the people living in the building had spread a deadly disease that would infect other people if they were bitten by the infected person. The infection is so deadly that of you are bitten, you become into a zombie. The report and her cameraman must record all

the footage that is happening in the building as they will need to show people what is happening to people from the disease. Most of the people in the movie get infected and turn

into zombies that try to kill other people who are not infected.

Genre:The movie Quarantine is a horror genre but with a sub genre that is zombies because even though the movie is horror, there is a subgenre that shows that there is more than one genre that links together. The movie is mainly horror zombie as the movie is based on zombies and this suggests that the movie’s genre is a subgenre of horror zombies. The style of the movie is shown as found footage as the movie is supposed to give the impression of raw footage found but someone else who is watching the scenes the reporter’s cameraman has filmed. The movie is unconventional as the zombies are more aggressive and more faster than other zombie on any other movies as they are suppose to be slow and just want to eat whereas the zombies in this movie, they are shown to be more

Narrative:

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The narrative for Quarantine is linear as is is showing the storyline in chronological order. The movie is not in non linear as it shows the storyline in order and it doesn't confuse the audience because they know that the movie has started with a scene that explains how the rest of the scenes will happen. The movie is closed narrative as there is no cliffhanger at the end of the movie and it doesn't leave the audience questioning what will happen next and if a next movie will be made to finish of the previous movie telling the audience what happened after the final scene. The final scene ends with Angie being dragged back into darkness buy another subject, this shows that the movie has ended as she has been taken away and not seen her anymore. Finally, the narrative is single stranded as there is only one storyline which shows only one main storyline. There is no other storyline apart from showing the scenes of the building with infected people and the fire station. It is good that Quarantine only uses a single strand as it will not confuse the audience if there are many different storylines and it will make the movie seem more real as it is in the style of found footage.

Camera work:For camera work, it shows in the movie that there is no use of tripod throughout the whole movie as the movie is based on found footage and later on in the scenes, the scenes are shown to be shaky as it is meant to be looked like someone is holding the camera whilst recording everything they see. There are uses of long shots to show that people are running around and panicking as this shows their body movements and shows to the audience what the characters must be feeling. Also, by using long shot angles, it will allow the audience to see how the characters act and show how they are feeling as their body movements will suggests this. You can see from these two images that there is a use of long shot angle and close up as it is showing body movements of the characters and close up of the face expression to show their emotions and how they feel. Editing:The movie Quarantine is made using found footage. It is using found footage to present the whole film because it is made to show the audience that it is found footage because the movie is based on a reporter who is filming their whole experience and needs to record everything to show people what they are seeing. Also, there use of raw material as there is not much editing done to the actual film because it's suppose to give the audience the impression of actually being in the movie and showing them found footage as the movie is recorded based on a reporter’s task which is to film what is happening in the building. There is evidence of ellipsis as one scenes has been cut from one scene to another scene to suggest that minutes or hours have been passed as the camera has been switched off but then starts recording again. There are hardly any cuts used in the movie as they cannot edit any scenes because of the style of the movie and cannot edit the scenes because the

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movie has been made for a person to pick up the camera and watch the footage as it just is. However, by not having any editing techniques used in the movie, this will test the actors acting as they will need to be acting correctly throughout the whole movie as if they stop recording at one scene, they will need to have the same positions as they were in the previous scene so no errors will occur and that the time needs to be filmed properly and on time to make sure that continuity is kept the same throughout the movie. If there was more uses of editing techniques,it would make the movie seem less real and take away from verisimilitude.

Sound: The sound in Quarantine is used as diegetic because as the movie is recorded as found footage, there will be no use of non diegetic sound because it would defeat the purpose of the movie being found footage is all of a sudden uses of non diegetic sound as non diegetic sound is mainly used for scenes in movies to add extra music in the background to make the audience feel more attached to the cnes and make tension rise in the scenes. Besides, if there is use of non diegetic sound this will confuse the audience because the movie is shown as found footage and it will make the movie less real and mess up verisimilitude. However, there is sues of asynchronous sound such as the gunshots, helicopter and sirens in the background which has an effect as it makes the scenes more realistic and it is expected to be heard as the characters are entering a building that required help from public services and gunshots are heard as there are people who die from being shot. There is no incidental music as there is no use of non diegetic sound. The obvious form of diegetic sound is dialogue and there are many scenes of people speaking to one another. There is use of synchronous sound such as, screaming and shouting as it used for a purpose because people in the movie are scared and are panic because of the situation they are in. For example. The police man starts shouting at people to get them to listen to him and people start screaming when they see the people who have been infected turning into zombies. Furthermore, when there is the use of dialogue, there is also use of breaking the fourth wall when there is a person looking and speaking directly at the camera. The use of

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the breaking of the fourth wall is at the beginning of the movie when Angie is telling her research to the camera as she is a reporter and another scene is when the policeman has just shot the ld women living the building because she was infected and was going to kill them. She looks at the camera and speaks as she goes to grab it because she wants to see the footage that was just captured. This is evidence of ellipsis as one scenes has been cut from scene to another scene which suggests that minutes or hours have been passed as the camera has been switched off but then starts recording again. There are different accents in the movie such as American, British and there are some characters that don't speak english in the movie. There is a diverse of accents. For example, the policeman speaks in an authoritative manner and he is telling people what to do. Also, Jake the firman, speaks in a more informal manner and has a calmer tone than the policeman as he just shouts at people which makes them feel more worried, but Jake makes them feel safer and reassured as he is speaking to them calmly and they listen to him because he is reassuring it still has the authority. Angie firstly speaks calmly and formally when she is speaking to the camera but then later on speaks informally as she swears and is shouting and screaming. Overall, at the beginning of the movie,everyone is speaking calmly to each other and in an informal manner as they feel relaxed and calm, but near the end of the movie, everyone is shouting at each other and rushing what to say as they feel scared and are panicking. Mise-en-scene:There are varieties of mise-en-scenes used in this movie as it used for a purpose, such as a colour of clothing that a character may wear is to indicate a reason for why there are wearing that specific colour of clothing due to their personalities. For example, in this movie, there is a policeman who wears a uniform throughout the whole movie, this suggests that he is important as he wears a uniform which means that he has an important job and the colour of his uniform is a dark navy colour which represents that he is masculine and has power as his job gives him the authority to tell other people what to do and make sure they listen to him. The use of mise-en-scene is important in the movie as there are many different characters with different occupations and have different characteristics. Misc-en-scene allows the audience to identify what personalities the characters have, for example, if a person wears a piece of colouring that is in the colour white, this means that they are innocent, if a person wears a blue clothing this suggests that they are intelligence. Moving on, props are also used in the scenes as they are used for a purpose by a character. An example of this is, when the policeman pulls out his gun. The reason he pulls out his gun is to threaten the other characters in the movie to listen to him as he thinks he is incharge of everyone, but it also suggests that he is scared as he thinks that by having a weapon, he can control everyone and thinking that he has all the power. The weapon symbolises power which suggests to the audience that he can control peoplebecasue of the weapon he has. The weapon suggests that the policeman only points the gun to the other people to show that he is scared and threatened that he will lose his control so he feels he has more power over the other people in the movie. On the next page, when you look at the images

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captured from the movie, you can see that in almost every picture there is dark or very low key lighting. This suggests that the area the characters are in represents badness and evilness as the dark tone suggests the place is not safe and there are no warm tones to suggests that there is safeness, but there isn't. The only warm toned colours are in the police station but that is the only building that represented safeness.

This is the image of the policeman holding the gun pointing to the people in the movie. You can see the look on his face shows scarceness and feels endangered as he thinks that he will not be able to control the people and that his authority will be lost, so he feels that he has power with his gun.

This image shows the policeman and fireman standing next to each other as they speak to the people in the building. You can see that they both are wearing somewhat uniform which suggests that they have power and are in charge.

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This image shows people wearing hazard suits as they come into the building. The use of the hazard suits suggest that the area is either in danger or infected as hazard suit are only worn if people need to be protected from a dangerous subject. You can also see that the colours of the area they are in are dull and cold colours as it suggests that there is something wrong and there is no light to show some sort of safety.

The image shows the veterinarian. He tell the character sin the movie that he works with animals and he has a rough idea of what the infection as he has seen very little similar results but nothing quite like the one in the movie, which turns people into zombies. The colour of his shirt is a grey or dark blue colour which suggests that he has wisdom and is smart.

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This image shows Angie wearing a white t-shirt whilst holding the keys that belonged to the caretaker of the building. The colour white represents primary and innocent, and the keys are a symbol of hope as it allows the characters to feel that they have a chance to try and escape out of the building as it opens all the doors of building.

The image on the left shows the use of the needle used by a person wearing the hazard outfit. The needle suggests that they are trying to knock out the fireman who has been infected. It will allow him stop hurting the people in the movie and protect everyone else who has not been infected. The image on the right shows the use of a drill as the hazard man is using a tool to get a sample of the infection to use it to find a cure for the infection that is causing people to turn into zombies.

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These three images show newspaper clippings, lab rats and the tape recorder gives context to why the infection happened and why it happened. It suggests that someone that lived in the building had something to do with the infection as the objects are someone’s room that lived in the building. The movie doesn't tell the audience why it started, as there is another part of the movie which explains more about the infection, this movie just showsthe effects of the infection and how people have to survive from not catching the infections.