The establishing shot is a panning shot of rock climbing helmets hanging from a wall and moving along to climbing ropes tied up neatly near to the helmets. This darkness and the lack of noise suggests to the audience that this is a children’s activity or adventure centre at night. The shot cuts to a medium close up of a child rolling over in their sleep, which confirms the audience’s initial idea of it being at night. A medium close up was used for this to show that the child is sleeping and therefore unaware of any of the events taking place around her.The slightly high angle of the shot creates the idea that the children are small and vulnerable. The framing of the shot shows that she is sleeping in the bottom bunk of a bunk bed, indicating that there are other children sleeping in same room, all unaware of any other events. The camera continually cuts to a low angle close up to the bottom of a slightly ajar door with a steady flow of smoke coming from down the hallway. This indicates to the audience that there is a fire in the building, however it has yet to reach where the children are sleeping. Because this shot is cut to so frequently tension begins to build, as the audience is aware there is possibly a fire in the building whereas the characters are totally unaware. This series of shots also have very limited lighting, therefore creating a mysterious ambience as it is initially unclear where the fire is coming from. The camera movement at this point is steady and paced, however becoming faster and faster therefore building excitement.
The camera then cuts to an extreme close up photograph that has been stuck to the inside of a locker door. A hand then removes this, the shot then pans out to a medium close up show that this is the hand of a nurse and she is clearing out her locker. The fact that this shot began with the extreme close up of a photograph indicates to the audience that this is the reason that the nurse is clearing out her locker and is probably leaving her job. A medium close is used at this point to show the nurses facial expression as well as her body language. This is key, as another nurse enters the scene. The shot tracks the second nurse as he walks past the first in a casual manner. The camera tracks the second nurse until he reaches the far side of the room. The shot the cuts back to a medium close up of the first nurse (Roxy). The framing of this shot tells the audience that the characters are in a locker/ staff room. Through the door the audience can see can see a corridor and people at a vending machine. As these people are not dressed in medical clothing, the audience can assume that they are not staff. All this information indicates to the audience that this is a hospital and that these people that have been established as not being staff are either patients or friends and family of patients. The camera then cuts back to the second nurse. This is a medium close up of his hand, which is filling up a disposable cup at the water fountain. His hand is then tracked upwards to his face. The audience now has a clear understanding for his motive of coming into the scene. From this point onwards this scene is made up of eye level, over the shoulder, medium close up shots of the two nurses. Eye level is used to ensure that neither nurse appears superior to the other. The medium close up shows their facial expressions and body language. The audience can see that the two characters are friends but not particularly close as there is quite a distance between where each of them are standing and there is no physical contact.
The scene is then cut back to the scene of the sleeping children in the smoky building. The first shot is a spectator shot, showing the different bunk beds and all the sleeping children. There is very limited lighting therefore it is difficult to tell how many children there are or their specific positions in the room. At this point a woman, presumably working at the activity centre, bursts into the room waking the children. This becomes a long shot as the audience can now see through the door and down the corridor. The framing of this shot shows that the corridor behind her is full of smoke and there is an orange glow at the end of the corridor suggesting the presence of flames. The camera movement speeds up, and the camera cuts frequently to the children moving around the room. The concept of chaos is created as the combination of camera movement and the way the characters are moving around the room. This makes it difficult for the audience to understand what is going on apart from the fact that there is a fire and panic is rising. The panic is bought to a climax in a white flash explosion which then cuts to the next scene. This abrupt cut causes the audience the want to know how that scene is going to progress. The next scene is of two paramedics. The scene is predominantly made of two shots, which as shows the two characters interaction with each other. The body language is intimate and suggests that they are in a relationship. The shot then cuts to a spectators shot looking out from the back of the ambulance, between the two paramedics to the view through the windscreen. This shows the audience not only what the paramedics are doing, i.e. how they are interacting with each other, but also what they can see through the windscreen.
In conclusion the camera angles and editing are very influencial in terms of indicating to the audience what to feel and think, i.e. to feel paniced with fast camera movement and cutting.
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