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Knowing too Much
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Camera work

2. The first shot is an establishing shot The straight cut to a long shot puts the After the protagonist has walk further
shows the isolated location highlighting protagonist in focus. The straight cut into the out the shot there is a straight
the darkness which foreshadows was sharp and starts to develop a sense cut to the same long shot but now with
something bad will soon follow, the of tension. the antagonist in view this along with
high angle allows the audience to see his dark cloths and the tension building
the entirety of the shot. music captures the audiences attention
and begins to create a feel of fear with
in.
While the sound has an The use of the handheld
increasing tempo there is a shot is heightened when
sharp straight cut to a mid the actor running, shaking
shot of the protagonist on the emphasises the fear that
phone. The use of a handheld the character and now
camera position Is used and audience can feel. The long
this begins to put the shot shows the stairs
audience in the characters which the character has to
shoes as the shots moves use to get away.
along in a frantic hurry like
him.

3. The low angle shot is used to show the struggle the character is in to get The tracking shot here emphasis the rush and fear with in the
away from the antagonist and also gives the idea he has a chance of character due to the speed at which the camera moves. The
survival as low angle shots tend to give a feeling of have power. long shot draws attention to the distance the character has
ran and also shows the range in the shot.
The character then looks up this is followed by the camera
A close up of the character trying to get in his car with his keys the shot is then taken in and out of focus this creates an ultra
highlights the file he is holding and provoked the audience to heighten in character feel for the audience as they see he
think whether that’s why he is being followed. would struggle to make out who was in the distance ahead.

4. There is then a straight cut to a mid close
up this expression of relief and uncertainly this long shot is similar to a over the The cut to an extreme close up shows the
is seen and the audience begin to feel the shoulder shot it gives the sense that the anxiety on the characters face as well as
near of a climax with the airy fell, which character is being watch and is soon to be the sweat on his forehead this adds to the
the character is unaware of. attacked. The shoot also shows the emotion you can see on his face and urges
surrounding area which is isolated and the audience to empathise with him.
adds to the atmosphere.
Here there a jump shots between over the shoulder style long
shots and mid shots which due to the camera positioning you
can see both the face of the protagonist and the antagonist
coming close. This jump shot between the two successfully
builds tension and excitement while engaging the audience in
the action. The delay in the switch to the next shot is fast and
sharp which also helps build the atmosphere.

5. The long shot again highlights the
isolated location fitting of a thriller The last camera shot is a long shot showing
genre while vaguely showing the file the power of the antagonist who strong
In this mid shot there the camera focus n posture and walk is emphasised by the
which the protagonist once had in his
the file in the protagonist hand again this distance ahead. The shot also pics up on
possession was now in the possession of
tells the audience what the antagonist the fact no one saw what had happened
the antagonist. This shot also bring to
wants the prop although small is given just and the quest of the antagonist was
light the peak of the climax along with
enough feature which is informative for the complete.
the end of the sound used.
audience. As well as the shot showing the
character being knocked out the shot
switch the power seen when the
protagonist was running up the stair to the
antagonist who now stands tall over the
weak protagonist, although we can not
even see his face; this is successfully done
through the range of height between the
two characters.