Film Analysis

The Hole

The opening of this film bgins with the title flashing on a black background, to give the effect of lights in a dark hole searching around which relates to the title of the film 'The Hole'. We then see an ariel shot of a car driving and hear suspious music playing whilst a siren is blairing. There is a tracking used to follow the journey of the cars, and show how impressive the building is. The credits are appearing in the same way as the title, to again relate to the name of the film. The view of the buildings already gives the audience the idea that the characters are privelliged. We then hear the music start to fade, and they run a news report over the sound of the sirens. This immediately tells the audience what has happened and builds up tension. It cuts to different news reporters using mid shots and pans across very fast, this creates a chaotic atmosphere and makes the audience feel very anxious. The mid shot of the photographers diving on the front of the car, is effective as we see only a police hat on the top of the dashboard, which gives us the idea of this character being important, and a high ranking police officer. We then see an ariel shot of the crime scene, which gives the audience an idea to the story line, as they appear to be in a hole. We suddenly see a long shot of a girl lying on a hospital bed, the music is still continuoulsy played throughout and sounds similar to a heatbeat which is effective as it creates an intense mood, there is also no dialogue used in the scene which is effective. Everything in the room is white and clinical, where as she is very dirty which suggests she has been involved in the crime. The nurses then begin to examin her, and she starts screaming and curls up into the foetal postion. This represents this character as being very stressed, and hints that she has been involved in some sort of tragic accident.