exsplain Camera work and Sound in "misery" by king in 1990

Independent research into the thriller genre.
TASK: EXPLAIN HOW CAMERA WORK, AND SOUND ARE USED TO ESTABLISH THE SITUATION AND THE CHARACTER/S IN THE OPENING 2 MINUTES OF “MISERY” by king, in 1990.
Camera work and sound are used in the first what should be 2 but I have done 3 minutes as in the video I have chosen, there is a climax crash I stop at as the mood changes so I extended by one minute. Camera work and sound are used in suttle but effective ways during the introduction, were it places the audience viewing in a false sense of security that is later on taken away by a sudden change of events.
The scene starts with the first few titles and a black backdrop, accompanied by silence maybe the most sinister, anticipating sound of all. This is then followed short sharp piercing, sounds of a typewriter then a slow fade in to a carefully placed cigarette and match in an extreme close up with the unfocused hands typing away in the background, so to start with not revealing much apart from a man that is maybe very organised and precise. Then we zoom out further on the figure in the background and this time a single Champaign glass so say that this is a one person lonely celebration. which is in focus this a more media shot and the a shot on the chilled Champaign bottle, so the first three shots are showing that there is some sort of build up or celebration coming up. Next we have a very different type of shot the the first ones in this a lot of movement and a point of view shot, so now in the first 15 seconds the sequence of shots has set the scene an almost finished book and a celebration for one awaiting. The next set of shots are all relatively similar showing the character, the sound to this point has all been on screen parallel, until the shots are joint by a simple piano playing slowly in the background, which is more non-diabetic and the character is unlikely to be able to hear that, we are also presented with a extreme close up of the books title and author, were we learn the characters name, and that he has his book as untitled.
The titles, they go against and stand out from the typical everyday background they look out of place, the colour is deep blood red in a very sharp font, the main title “misery” comes out and seems the be the most out of place against a very white and angelic background in the hills with jazzy happy music to go along with it. So despite out false security as us being tricked into that this could be a nice film we are reminded by the sharp sounds, and deep red colours of the titles.
The camera work through out so far has been unnoticeable and invisible which is the idea we don’t want to spoke the audience with fast noticeable cuts quite yet in the intro which is reinforcing the idea of calm and in control. So from now we are being thrown around from medium shots in the car and then tossed out to an extreme long shot of the car in the hills, so setting the scene, the camera work is almost leading us the viewer to anticipate a crash, with the ELS to show location and hill cliffs then of the close up of the snow covered wheel and the snow falling and the wipers being turned on. The sound stays in the background and in this case seems to be contrapuntal as a radio, tape or cd playing in the car as the character taps away and moves with the music. Were shown the character grasp his bag holding the book showing a personal attachment towards it, then following a sequence of shots showing us impending danger the sign set of centre, and heavier snow falling. And after setting up what’s about to happen and preparing the audience, we get the high revs of the engine the overpower the sound of the radio that shock the audience and start to panic after being put In such a commutable state of mind, so accompany the uncumftable sound we have the fast cutting shots, at the same angles we saw previously but now in a more threatening way. We then see the car go hurtling of the side of the hill and roll, were we get an interesting point of view shot like being in the car rolling, the in car music comes to a halt and then with a cold wind and no movement.
So in Conclusion, the camera work and sound in this thriller introduction I think is set out to lead the audience down a certain pathway and the camera work and sound put them under an illusion and make them think what the makers of the film, want to think and to be surprised when they want to. For example the very typical setting to start with in a very controlled situation were it was unlikely for anything thrilling to arise. The camera work is used to build the suspension with setting out what’s going to happen with very obvious positions such at the wheel and snow covering the windshield so make us believe that something dramatic is about to happen and the soundtrack is placed over to give us the comfort until the climax moment. So from the introduction what we’ve learnt is a few things about what seems to be our main character, we see that he is a tidy and neat person, we are shown his identity his face and name, and that he some sort of writer that he keeps close to him.

The end. By Ross Ewing.AB-C-1.Media. .
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