Behind The Scenes: Camerawork

We tried to use as many different camera angles as possible throughout the opening.

We used a canted angle when the wife was looking at the mistress. We used this to show how the wife's anger has caused her to become desperate and frantic. As well as this, canted angles tend to catch the attention of the audience as it allows them to ask why they are viewing it from this angle. We wanted our audience to feel sympathetic for our mistress character, showing her innocence throughout- we did this because we wanted to go against the stereotype that you see about them. Usually they are portrayed to be manipulative and unsympathetic to the family of the man they are with, but we wanted her to play a victim, she was unaware that he was married. 

We used a few long shots throughout, many of these were used to set the scene. The first one we used showed the setting- it was used in the same way an establishing shot would've been. It shows the couple tied up and the woman behind them. It immediately clarifies to the audience what they are dealing with. These types of shots are used frequently in thriller movies. As well as this we used one when we showed the male character getting home from work. We did this so the audience would be able to see the whole of the scene, as throughout this scene, the camera didn't move- the people walked towards the camera.



We used an extreme close-up of Amelia's face (she plays our mistress) to show the innocence of the mistress and how she was unaware he was married. She is begging for her life. We did this to make our other two characters seem more like villains than they really are. We want there to be a certain degree of dislike for our lead female character as well as a dislike for the male character. We also used an extreme close up to show how the male character felt no remorse for his actions. 


The majority of our shots were either mid-shots or point of view shots. This was done, firstly to show consistency throughout the shots, so the audience didn't get confused. It was also done because we wanted to show the audience how the wife views these people, who she believes has 'sinned' her. There is also a use of a point of view shot with our opening credits, as the female character walks towards her house. We wanted to show how her mental illness effects her life- hence the shaking camera and fast movements looking around checking that she is not being followed, this is because she is paranoid- she hears voices in her head and she doesn't know what to do about it. We wanted to show why the characters have been abducted for something as menial as cheating- we thought this would be the best way to do that.