Textual analysis 3

Screenshot 1

Shot duration• 00:57Lighting• Quite dark• Low-key• Creates tension for the audienceSound • Birds chirping-sign of life• Perhaps noise in the background is a violinTitles• The Silence of the Lambs• Bold black font with white outline-makes it stand out from the setting• No animation• In the middle of the screenMise en scene• Dark, intimidating forest• Stereotypically forests bring with them associations of being lost, isolation and being away

from urban civilization and being unsafe.

Screenshot 2

Shot duration• 01:16Lighting• Still quite dark and gloomy• Foggy and intimidatingSound• Same as beforeTitles • Same as before but positioned in the middle of the screenMise en scene• Main protagonist running a course alone• Shows her strength and resilience• Overcoming all the obstacles she is faced with

Screenshot 3

Shot duration• 01:28Lighting• Same as before as she is still in the forestsound• same as beforeTitles• No titlesMise en scene• Here we can see the determination on the woman's face as she is running• We can tell that she wants to complete the course as best as she can

Screenshot 4

Shot duration• 01:44Lighting• Low-key• Dark• Foggy• Creates suspenseSound • “ ”Titles• No titlesMise en scene• The main character running into the fog-this creates tension as the audience doesn’t know

what might happen to her, we do not know what is behind the fog

Screenshot 5

Shot duration• 02:09Lighting• Quite grey • darksound• “ ”Titles• No titlesMise en scene• She is gritting her teeth in determination while running• Once again we can see that she is set on completing the course• We can see that she is pushing through the pain

Screenshot 6

Shot duration• 02:23Lighting• Slightly lighter than before because she is now out of the dense part of the forestsound• “ ”Titles• No titlesMise en scene• She is now climbing over a net with ease which suggests that she has done it before and

has learned from her mistakes.• This also shows her strength once again, it also shows that nothing will get in her way• We can see that she knows what she is doing and will not stop

Screenshot 7

Shot duration• 02:39Lighting• The lighting is now getting slightly darker as she heads into the forest againSound• “ ”• talking/shoutingTitles• No titlesMise en scene• Here we can see the woman jumping over some logs• She isn't stepping over them even thought she must be tired she is jumping over them to

push herself.

Screenshot 8

Shot duration• 03:11Lighting• The lighting here is lighter as she is now out of the woods• However it is still quite dark and greySound• “ ” Titles• Casting by Howard FeverMise en scene• Here we can see a lot of empty space suggesting that she is quite isolated, we can see that

this is quite true as females seem to be the minority• However this empty space also suggests that she is quite independent and is being her

own person

Screenshot 9

Shot duration• 04:04Lighting• Quite bright as she is now insideSound• “ ”Titles• No titlesMise en scene• Here we can see the woman who has just been called in by someone gets into a lift with

other male characters• This again shows that women are, in that line of work, the minority• The male characters eye line is higher than the female• This means the woman will have to look up at the men to meet their eyes, this suggests

that men have power over the women