Second analysis- Sin City

Film Title: Sin City
Director: Frank Miller
Title Designer:

Technique
Effect (analysis)

Camera – distance, angle, movement…

Close ups, slow zooming, tilts, long shots birds eye view, zooms out and around setting- NY?
Help audience to connect with characters, birds eye view of dramatic scene- audience take it all in.

Editing – speed, style…

Slow editing, straight cuts
Show emotion, more connection within characters- what is going on.

Sound – effects, musical score…

Overhead voice, diagetic sound of wind
Informing the audience of what is going on, how the characters are feeling (emotions)

Mise-en-scene – props, costume, setting, lighting, colour…

Color is only black, white and red. Costume smart, elegant. Dark lighting, rain.
Black- sinister, evil, dark.
Red- love, passion, romance.
(connotes)
rain- links with how the characters are feeling.

Special Effects – CGI, animation…

Pausing of scene- cartoons used in place of actors., editing is very long in these places.
‘comic book’ theme links to how the film came about, long editing- connection.

Titles – font, color, placement, over black / over clip…

No titles within opening sequence, focus is only on characters
Rare within a thriller, only characters shown.