Practice Extract Essay- Antonio Gatica-Moreno
4/24/20
The director of the film 24 has a
theme off as time comes close to an end tensions rise, and decision-making
becomes harder. Emotions an adrenaline kick in. It all comes down to this final
moment. The director of the film is trying to convey that there isn't enough
time and they need to get answers or else the bomb will set off. This message
seems to be based off most of the examples throughout the film.
To begin with, the actors of the film
24 were a male and female. The male was interrogating the female and trying to
find out how to stop the bomb and this was seen throughout the whole film. The
male actor was trying to intimidate the female to give up information and he
did this by being aggressive. This would give the audience a feeling of
seriousness. Before anything else you can see that the location is an
interrogation room. This room was giving off a dramatic vibe since you must be
honest and not get into trouble although, in this scenario the actress doesn't
care and want things her way.
The film starts of with the first
camera angle that is clearly shown. The first camera angle is an over the
shoulder shot that can be seen throughout the film. This shot shows focus on
the conversation and understanding of the situation. Before the conversation
begins there is a cutaway edit effect that focuses on the camera watching him.
The point of the camera was to control the male actor because he knew he couldn't
be aggressive or else he can get into trouble.
To carry on, the camera angle that can be seen is a
low angle and it can be found when the female actress looks towards the clock.
When she stares at the clock it demonstrates that time is ticking and there
needs to be some sort of compromise soon. then comes the dialogue that was
being held also throughout the film. The point of the dialogue was to explain
that there is a conversation about what seems like an atomic bomb that will set
off soon. That also increases the tension knowing millions of lives can be
lost.
Towards the end of the film there was an example of
non-diagenetic sound. This sound was due to the impact of the woman being
slammed against the wall in her chair. This would show us a trait of exaggeration
because it shows the audience that his slam was powerful and might’ve hurt the
woman in the chair. This transitioned to a split screen of the people who were
interviewing the interrogation and can be seen of them running into the room.
The split screen shows the reaction of the other actors who know he is not
allowed to be physical and needed to stop him.
All these things combined would
indicate that the director is trying to give theme of a rush to give answers in
order to save others. The director doesn’t want to give any other feeling because
in this part of the story the atomic bomb has a limited amount of time before
it blows up the world. With the aggression in the male actor would reveal how
eager he is to try to get the answers he needs. It kind of gives the idea of
there is stress going on where the actor wants to know but in order to save the
reputation of the actress, she wants to do it her way. As she states she wanted
it to be “simple.”
