Extracts From Different Era's

Psycho (1960)


At the beginnig of the clip, there is many close up shots used to concetrate on the body parts for example, the hands against the wall during a shower and also the feet. We can also see the shower curtains being pulled at which shows that someone is in danger or is being hurt. Then we see a man in a medium shit holding a knife which indicates that he is evil. Also, the man is in low key lighting and we cannot see his face. This creates an enigma at the begninning as we, the audience want to know who it is. In addition there are many short shots used to show all the characters in the film and also to show the surroundings of the area and whereabouts they are, such as a motel. There is a long shot used when we see a house in low key lighting. The shot is from a low angle which symbolises that the house is big and dangerous. the low key lighting conotes that the house maybe evil and bad things may have happened there before. the music is very slow which builds up tension and seems to be kept in time with the shots, towards the end the music speeds up until it reaches the end where there seems to be a 'bang' noise. This makes the audience realise that the genre of the film is horror and this is also presented throughout the low key lighting and the props e.g. knife.

The Godfather (1972)


At the beginning we see a close up shot of a man talking about his daughter and the problems. As he speaks the camera slowly zooms out of him and we can see that he is speaking to a man, The Godfather. We then see a close up to the Godfather. From the close up we can see that he is an old man who is wise and very powerful. His clothing which is a smart expensive suit shows that he is rich and also very powerful. This is also backed up by the fact that a man came to him with his problems. there is a medium shot used after which shows the surroundings in which the godfather is in. we can see that there are many men in suits around him, the shows that he is the most powerful man in the room and is the don (leader). The lighting is also very low key which shows that they are criminals and they are not good people.