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DEXTER-MORNING ROUTINE
Throughout the Dexter morning routine the recurrent theme is
destroying and infilling pain on others that is symbolised throug
this is shown mainly through the use of extreme close ups.Thepeople associate it with the flesh and insides of a human body.
with the use of close ups and extreme close ups on the meat. T
the thriller genre as it not very clear to the viewer what is actua
The lighting surrounding the meat is dark. This creates a sense
sharp scissors provokes the feel of violence and fear. The shot
for a long duration. This makes the audience feel slightly on ed
fast pace, and builds up tension. The non-diegetic music is the
the synchronous sounds of the meat packaging being sliced opsizzling in the pan. The man is slicing through the bacon, both
his hand are in darkness. This makes the audience question w
also builds up mystery
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The extreme close up of the mans mouth biting t
the audience feel slightly uncomfortable, as it is c
synchronous fleshy, squelchy sounds from him e
lighting is dark to create the feel of mystery and d
audience can only really focus on his sharp teeth
the meat in an aggressive and rapacious way. Duaudience havent clearly seen what the man look
close up allows the audience to visualise him as
greedy. The duration of the shot is quite long, this
uneasy atmosphere in the scene. An extreme clo
the egg being cracked on the pan. This allows th
focus on the man cracking the egg in a harsh ma
on the egg could by symbolic to the cracks in his
only lighting is on the egg and the mans hand. thsynchronous sounds of the egg being cracked, th
normal feel to the scene, as he is simply cooking
These elements would be intriguing to use within
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The next shot is an extreme clo
the egg being put on the pan, th
these extreme close ups give u
impression of Dexter being viole
the same time very accurate an
its almost giving us hints of way
up or disposes his victims . For
egg is sliced. These close ups m
everyday activities seem more
also keeps the identity of Dexte
The close-ups tend to focus on
related to death.
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Dexter then fries an egg and eats it, all shot at extre
He adds ketchup, which appears like spurts of bloo
these actions connote his sinister but hidden nature
extreme close up emphasises on blood and depicti
actions as gruesome-like. Its almost as if the viewe
sure what is actually going on or who the person ac
The use of the non diegetic music makes it appea
not even a serial killer as the music would seem to
aura but at the same time the things he is shown d
seem to say the opposite creating that element of that is important in the psychological thriller genre
games with the audiences mind.
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This Ariel shot of the blender crushing the
effective, it almost looks horrific and foul. T
up makes the audience wonder what the p
crumbling. The is a connotation on the the
through the diegetic sound of the blender
the nuts. The lighting is very neutral and is
at the centre of this shot, this questions whmeaning behind this sequence, and could
himself has having a dark side through the
is an aspect that I am interested in using in
This extreme close up is very effective as
as shallow focus is used to highlight Dexte
the lever, Dexter has an extremely firm gri
looks as though he wasnt to inflict pain by
someone. In this shot his identity is still hid
audience has an overview of what his pers
and what his traits are through his actions
are aware his is a dangerous character, th
in violent activities.
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The close up of the knife piercing the orange is
very effective as you see the juice being splatte
an extremely slow pace. This yet again shows c
Dexter involvement in violence and his despera
slowly. The lighting is very dark and the backgr
this symbolises danger and blood. The mise ensharp knife is a symbol of the weapons Dexter
life and yet to kill his victims. The next shot is a
up of Dexter cutting the orange, this is a follow
shot and is very effective because you barely n
is a different shot, t is extremely well edited and
follow on shot. This is something that I will work
my final task, very sharp editing
This shot is a close up of Dexter having his firm grip
the orange and squeezes all the insides of the orang
shot looks very disturbing and very sickening throug
persistence to destroy the orange. The insides can b
blood and cuts. His identify is still hidden but the aud
aware of the connation's danger.
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The director uses a close up of a hand squeez
to release the juices, this is to highlight his pote
nature as his grip on the fruit is really emphasis
of the close up. This is followed by diegetic sou
within spraying out once again giving the audie
violent character. A extreme close-up with shal
used to further develop the first shot as it prese
disorientated which may disturb the audience aalmost looks like a wound and blood portraying
Dexter as a violent person even though the aud
been fully introduced. Mystery is created throug
is hidden of the character leaving the audience
themselves who this man is? And what is he lik
he be capable of ?
I may want to use this in my opening as Ilike th
hidden meaning behind it, creating connotationthrough destroying things and inflicting pain thr
actions of cooking food giving the idea to the a
of person the character is without giving away t
clear indication its of the thriller genre.
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By Lara FalzonAnastasia Falzon
Maureen Quashie
Isabella Carini