At the start of the film it starts of with a close up of a hand holding a picture that has been fully developed of a man that seems to have been murdered. The audience can tell this by the way the blood is all over the wall, and the way the body is lying on the floor. Then the hand begins to shake the photo and it begins to un-develop. The camera then follows the photograph as it is placed into the mans jacket. Then slowly the audience see a camera that is then pulled up to the mans face. Its not in till the man removes the camera that the audience get to see the mans face.It then goes to an extreme close up of blood flowing up the wall. this is then how the audience notice that everything is going backward. then the camera goes to bullet and glasses that goes back into the mans hand (as if time was reversing). then a medium shot of the man shooting the other man.
Sound
At the start there is music that is playing, it sounds quite gloomy and sad which the director used to allow it to relate to the picture (of the man that is killed). The music allows the audience to understand that there has been something wrong done and that its about to show what. the music then changes when it goes to the mans face. this is done to suggest that something is about to happen, to create tension. There is also the notice of the camera which allows the audience to believe that it is actually happening, this is called Ambient sound. However, because the camera sound is very loud it could also be classed as Hyperbolic sound as it is an extreme example of what the sound would have been like.
Editing
The editing starts off slow at the beginning. It doesn't start in till the man puts the camera to his face. This is so that it allows the scene to create an atmosphere and build on tension on what is happening. It then cross cuts to each of the different items that are around the room. For example, the bullet and glasses. This is so that the audience can have an image in their head of what they think happened. Another thing that the editing does is it plays the scene in reverse. I think that this is so that that the audience can make up a reason as to why they think this is happening.
Mise en scene
Setting and props
The setting looked as though it was set in a basement of some sort because of the dirty walls and the tiled floor. The room looks as though it hadn't been used for a long time as in the close up of the blood i could see the dirt and grit that was on it. There were props within the scene such as; a camera; a bullet; glasses and blood. each prop told me as the audience something about why and what had happened. For example, the bullet tells me that the man shot him. The glasses to me represent that the man that was killed had some importance.
Costume, hair and make-up
The man that was holding the picture at the start looked as though he had been in a fight as he had blood across his cheek. His hair was a mess which could show that he had been physically fighting. his clothes look like an average day person which could mean that he was just a normal guy before he had a reason to kill someone.
Positioning within the frame
when the camera shot goes to the guy holding the camera it its him in the middle of the shot. this is so that the character is made the center of attention. Then the camera then does close ups of all the props around the room and puts them in the center which also highlights them.
Facial expressions and body language
Although you only see the mans facial expressions for a little while, its enough to see that the man is in shock that he did it. However, he still seems satisfied with himself for doing it. his body language is straight and up right which makes him look like he is still in shock.
Lighting and color
The lighting is low key lighting as there are less then three sources of light. This is effective because it allows the audience to see a light and dark side to the character. the red blood on the black wall looks really effective as it makes the red stand out which allows the audience to think of death. All the colors used in the scene is quite dark which makes the scene more mysterious.
Audience response
I think as the audience that at the start i start to like the character of the man. however as the film begins to progress i begin to dislike him as i realize that he has murdered someone.
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