Arlington Road Notes

Arlington Road Notes

Ø  Dark light when something is about to happen.

Ø  Over the shoulder shot in fast driving scenes.

Ø  Music which matches the pace of the movie.

Ø  There was a point where killings were taking place and you could only hear hints of what they were saying but the rest was sound effects.

Ø  The camera moved alongside the action.

Ø  They also used point of view shots.

Ø  Also the use of shadows shows that something bad is about to happen. They also use establishing shots and when something is going fast they do extreme close ups.

Ø  There is a few times when the audience feels uncomfortable because of extreme close ups.

Ø  They also under-light the face a lot and show many of the facial expressions when needed.

Ø  They use a lot of movement at the beginning which shows confusion.

Ø  A lot of two person shots.

Ø  Establishing shots used when trying to show where they are at that point in time.

Ø  The lesson was about bombing in the beginning foreshadowing what is going to happen at the end.

Ø  Crane shot in the study to give an over view shot of everything which was happening in the study.