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The text was extracted from the movie "A Quiet Place". The filmmaker wanted to show us that (1) Everyone that is left in the city stays as quiet as possible to hide from something/someone, The place is abandoned only a few people left (2).
Everyone that is left in the city stays as quiet as possible to hide from something/someone. This was proven from the camera angle long shot which shows the rusty buildings and leaves all around. The connotation of leaves and rusty buildings is abandoned place, unmaintained which shows the audience how empty and abandoned the place is. The close up of the missing people newspapers and leaves all around The connotation of that is lot of people has gone missing, no idea where when but they are missing. Explaining why it's so empty in there, no one walking by, no cars driving around. The effect on the audience is it makes them question what has happen, and what is going on. Then we see a young girl with messy hair tiptoeing in a close up shot, and trucking camera movement. Using the close up shot the audiences attention focuses on what she was doing, which is tiptoeing around. The connotation of what she was doing means that she is hiding, scared to get caught. Then over the shoulder shot of a girl witnessing the mom and son together, the mom treating the son and talking in sign language. The connotation of this is that they are extremely quiet not even speaking, trying not to attract any attention at all and it proves the point that they are hiding from something/someone. The close up shot of the mom taking a medicine in the self with things scattered shows us that the place is so abandoned they can just take something immediately without paying. Connotation is they are in survival mode. From the camera angle close up and camera movement tilt it shows of the boy trying to take a plane toy from the top shelf and the plane toy falling down, but the girl catching it in time. The connotation of it is that even that kind of noise is dangerous for them. This is also proven with the sound (diegesis) of the toy abt to fall and the bg music with violin creating the feeling of suspension.
- you mention the leaves twice, and the second time it doesn't support the point you are trying to make.
ReplyDelete- What is the close up of when the girl is tip toeing round, her feet? Be specific.
- The violin sound would be non-diegetic.
- I think you overuse "connotation" and sometimes use it incorrectly.
- Some good points. Try and be more specific and detailed with your examples