Text Analysis: A Quiet Place

 Section A

This is my video analysis for A Quiet Place

    The text extract, was from A Quiet Place. The film maker wanted to convey the big idea of there being minimal sound (is extremely quiet), is deserted, and is left without any power. with the usage of boring simple camera shots, the absence of a musical score, and non-clear lighting

Paragraph:
    From start to finish, the film maker shows that there are little to no sound. Only in the end, where the party exits the convenience store does the film's score begin to play. The film maker even shows how quiet the characters are by letting the only things to make sound, are the pages that flip from a newspaper, or a toy being dropped. This then creates a sense of silence. The characters use thick fabric clothing to minimalize the sound they make, even tip toeing to make less noise. This indicates that the characters are attempting to sneak around to create less noise as possible, This sneaking feel can also be felt by the viewer through a Mise-en-scene technique called blocking as well as using minimal lighting. By placing the camera behind shelves of painkillers and behind other empty shelves, it makes the viewer feel as if they are stealthily hiding behind objects, and sneaking around without making any noise. The minimal lighting creates mostly shaded areas inside the store, making the characters stay in the shadows to keep hidden and promote the sense of sneaking around. Once, outside, where the light is brighter and clearer, and when the musical score begins to play, breaking the silence and suspension previously felt inside the store and indicates that they are no longer moving too discretely and is now more calm outside the store. The sequence of shots shown were mostly trucking, and still camera angles and movements. Which can be boring, but used to create suspense for the viewer, and keep the viewer's attention while being very simple because no other crazy camera angle/movement is needed since, nothing intense is going on, if a hand-held camera movement is used, it would look to noisy for the viewer, and would  not fit the effect of being slow paced and methodical. Coupled with the boring camera shot's the editing also is seemingly boring, using only cuts and nothing too much to again keep the simplistic feel, since nothing crazy is going on.

Self Reflection

I feel satisfied with my paragraph, I've given enough information form each category (camera angles & movement, diegetic & non-diegetic sound, and Mise-en-Scene.) I've also felt satsified with the way I've worded certain elements and how they're sorted on the paragraph.