Thursday, 29 November 2012

Analysis of Arlington Road (1999)





The use of movement creates a first person response for the viewer, you feel as if you are there and viewing it with your own eyes.The static shots create an air of stillness and cold. The grey and negative effects used make an innocent and everyday clip seem like a dark twisted nightmare. the juxtapositions used, like the children playing switching to an empty swing set, gives the idea of the innocents of children being lost or the children are "gone"; this with the sol-um music gives a empty feels to the clip. The frame transitions are fast and erratic with no viable pattern, they used a dog siting calmly and then switch straight to a close up of an aggressive barking dog, the instant flip to extreme aggression is unsettling. the zooming and position of some of the shots, looking through fences and bushes is creepy and makes the viewer seem less significant, as if you don't belong. the glowing eyes and teeth of people shot with the invert effects make them seem demonic and in-human creatures. Some shots linger and are seen for longer making them more significant, and the resulting scene becomes a more significant change.

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