Monday 30 January 2012

Analysis of the opening of The Rejected

0 sec - image of wolf howling in front of a blue moon "Selenic Studios"
3 sec - close up of hands, lighting a match, then candle
5 sec - "Aleisha Beaumont"
8 sec - fade to close up of photo album and surveillance images "Emma Macey"
12 sec - "Toby Lydon"
14 sec - extreme close up of particular surveillance photo in hand
15 sec - red/orange filter effect
16 sec - fade to extreme close up of same image in photo album "Directed by Abbie Brown"
17 sec - extreme close up of hand covering photo with cellophane
21 sec - fade to close up of a professional knife collection with candle in background
23 sec - "Edited by Aleisha Beaumont"
26 sec - close up of hand holding a knife, moving around, reflecting candle light
30 sec - close up of hands in black gloves sharpening a carving knife "Cinematography Toby Lydon"
36 sec - extreme close up of candle
38 sec - hand appears in background, removing glove
42 sec - candle is put out, fade to black screen
44 sec - "The Rejected" enters screen in centre, becomes magnified
46 sec - zooms through screen
48 sec - mid shot of low key lit room
49 sec - Aleisha enters camera shot (close up)
50 sec - camera pans left, following two girls through house
52 sec - cut to hallway, first girl enters mid shot
53 sec - girl walks past camera (close up) second girl in background (mid shot)
54 sec - camera pans left, following girls through hallway
56 sec - close up of first girl (aleisha) opening door and second girl (Emma) leaving.
1:02 - mid shot of aleisha shutting door
1:04 - camera pans left, following aleisha upstairs
1:10 - aleisha promptly turns round, runs downstairs, camera pans right to follow this
1:13 - aleisha walks towards camera but past it (mid to close up to extreme)
1:14 - extreme close up of phone
1:15 - camera pans up, following phone from holder to aleishas ear
1:16 - close up of aleisha on phone
1:30 - camera pans down, following phone
1:32 - cut to end of hallway
1:33 - aleisha enters mid shot, runs across screen left, camera pans left to follow
1:37 - Slow motion effect begins on close up of aleisha
1:41 - (still slow motion) extreme close up of aleishas face
1:44 - fade to close up of aleisha answering phone (slow motion cut during fade)
1:54 - camera zooms in on aleishas face, extreme close up
1:59 - cut to low angle, close up of aleishas feet
2:00 - phone drops to floor, aleisha runs out of room
2:02 - fade to black

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