Practice Extract Essay

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.”