Cape fear
Camera
Universal pictures logo comes up at the opening of the film. Centre of the camera, it shows that it is important and we get a close up of it. Mid shots are used to show the water and also close ups of it. We get close ups to show us the water and when the director wants us to see the reflection of the bird we get a mid shot. The director chooses these shots to show the size of the bird and also to make it viewable in the water to the audience. Moving closer to the water the camera gives us the impression that we are almost looking in to the water and the director does this to build up suspense, as the audience will keep watching as they are waiting to see if anything else appears in the water. At the end of the clip the camera tilts upwards to show us a ‘scary’ looking man. By doing this it enables the audience to see the main character for the first time.
Editing
The clip uses cuts to show the water from different angles and this makes the audience feel that they are viewing the water from a different place. After showing us the water for a long time the director cuts to a droplet of blood which tells the audience that at least one person is going to die or be injured in this film. We then get a cut from this to the man and he is darkened out to super impose his image. By having him darkened out the director is showing that the man is the bad character in this film. His eyes are all lit up which also super imposes him.
Mese on sene
The ripples and the droplets of the water make the clip a little bit spooky creating tension as we don’t quite know what to expect. It’s fairly dark in the scene reiterating the fact that it’s spooky.
Sound
The music makes the scene fairly spooky and it builds up the tension as it gets slightly quicker and becomes louder the closer we get to the man. The noise of the water is parallel to the water dripping and we also hear the noise of what sounds like a small waterfall.