Saw

The scene begins with a black screen with titles appearing in blue, which already links to the plot of the story, as represents water. The non diegetic sound of water begins over the titles and then a high pitched score begins too. This already makes the audience feel on edge. The camera then shows close ups of the mans face and of his coming out of the bath, where his performance is very frantic which connotes to the audience that he is scared. The audience are also shown a close up of the key going down the plug whole, this doesn’t mean anything to the audience yet but is a key part to the film.

The setting is very dark which adds to the audience feeling un easy as we cant really see what is going on. The mans dialogue is “someone help me”, this adds to the frantic atmosphere. The appearance of the man is messy and unclean, he is wearing a shirt which is un-done, this shows to the audience that he has been there for a long time, and adds mystery to the scene. When the lights turn on there is a point of view shot of the man looking at them, the camera becomes blurred out which shows to the audience that he is confused and been there for a long time.

The camera then cuts to another man locked up whose appearance is also messy and rugged which also connotes that they have been their for along time. We then see another point of view shot of the other man looking at the first man, and the camera is also blurred out which makes the audience wonder why, maybe been drugged?

The score is continuous although becomes more up temp as the scene carry’s on. We see that both characters notice something on floor by their facial expression, but pleonastic sound is used to make it more dramatic when the body is shown. The camera quickly pans down to show the dead body and then fast editing is used with close ups of the head, the gun and tape recorder. This is very frantic and shocking which grabs the audiences attention. The scene ends with nothing resolved, so this leaves the audience waiting for something to happen and in shock.