In the movie” 24”, the female characters nerves and shows how she is trying to keep calm while being interrogated about a bomb through the use of building suspension by having her interrogated by a man. The authors vision is to portray a scene where the lady is caught in the act of crime, then gets pressed so hard, she begins to crack and the truth starts to come out, along with the mans anger. This leads the viewer to believe that she cannot handle the pressure as the scenes lean toward her plot being uncovered by the man. What gives this away is the use of camera angles, shots, sounds, and Mis En Scene all purposely used to show the true meaning of the story.
The opening two shot scene shows their exchange in the interrogation room and allows you to see the women’s facial expressions, giving away her cover, allowing the reader to realized she is stuck and is getting in a bad situation because we can see her expressions. The following over the shoulder shot of them talking shows the man getting angry with his aggressive nature, forcing her to start to talk, showing the viewer that she is not able to deal with him. These convey the movies plot of her not handling the pressure as these shots directly show her not keeping up with his talking because the viewer can visually see her face and emotions.
The cross cutting going from the interrogation room to the computer room shows the intensity of the scene, adding to her anxiety as she is getting choked out without help. This allows the reader to see through her actions as we realize she is vulnerable because she freaks out. Also, the speed of the cross cutting gives more anxiety to the shot as this speeds up the movies tempo. The next jump shots create a similar effect, when the guy flips the table, she squirms and begins to fall apart. This once again shows her starting to break. This means she cannot handle the pressure and revels she is in over her head, exactly what the author wants to show. These editing shots point towards her breaking point as they express her distress and lack of ability to fix the situation.
The dialogue is probably the number one thing that shows the dire situation as we can hear it in her voice that she is timid and afraid due to her high pitched, very slow voice. On the other hand, the man uses a loud overcoming voice to try and break her. She also cannot give an answer to him as when asked, she tries to avoid the question. The score in the movie really drives the tension in the room upward. The low drumming and high pitched noises are used to show her lack of ability to answer, driving the directors vision of showing that the man is going to win her over and break her.
The props in the movie like the tables, camera, and chair all are used to show the seriousness of the situation. In the interrogation room, they are all used as devices to get her to open up. He flips the table, shoves the chair into the wall, and eyes the camera to scare her. All of these are all intended by the director to get her to open up the man, while causing her pain so the reader can understand the situation. Also, these are done to draw in the audience as it is live action and shows her at her most vulnerable.
Finally, the costumes in the movie show her lower statue as she wears a collared shirt not buttoned up all the way, not pressed, and is dark in color. This all points towards the idea that she doesn’t care about her appearance because she isn’t put together. This is a similar theme in most criminals and crooked people and the director is hoping that most would be able to know this and acknowledge she is a crook getting ready to break under the pressure the man created. Most of the people going against her are wearing proper fitting suits and are very presentable, showing the contrast in the two parties, just as the movies author intended.
Overall, my idea on what the director was trying to do was pretty spot on. They wanted to create a serious, yet intense scene that conveyed the idea that people cannot handle the pressure, especially if they did something wrong. My idea was pretty spot on, I said that those in the wrong cannot handle the truth and all this was found by my interpretations of the shots, camera angles, sounds, and mis en scene.
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