At the start of this scene; there is a 'shot reverse shot,' the shot quickly moves from the girl to the other girl, this is to represent panic that they are feeling. The impact of this onto the audience creates sympathy, makes them feel the panic towards what the characters are feeling. The characters fear for their lives, this then also makes the audience scared as it is a life or death situation which involves a lot of tension.
In this scene, there is also a 'reaction shot,' when the girl is trying to break free when her friend is being tortured. The particular scene goes from her untying the knot she has been tied up in, (which represents the danger he is about the put the girls in) to then her friend screaming "I want my mum." This then adds effect towards the panic the victim is feeling, making the girl more panicky as she knows she will have to go through the same torture routine that her friend went through.
The timing of shots when the girl breaks free is 'fast shots,' to show that she only has a little bit of time to get away from the antagonist. This creates more agitation towards both audience and the character running away. It is meant to be fast shots to represent the fear she is experiencing, she is running for her life. This then makes the audience sympathise for her and then are eager to find out whether or not she will get herself out of this bazare trouble, or get herself into even more trouble.
Once she has found a safer place to hide, it then goes to 'slow shot,' as she feels more safe she does not feel the need to run about but just be quiet and hope for the best. As she left almost like a trale of blood for him, it was easy to know where she was and where she wasnt, as she touched a lot of walls, my interpretation of why she done this was to almost hold herself up right, she was so scared she could not walk properly and using walls as a way to stand really shows how little she knows where her future lies. As he is aware of where she is, he does not feel the need to have a fast pace either, so then he walks slower down the corridor towards the door in which she is in hiding. This creates suspence, he also walks slower to represent that he is a powerful character, he does not need to run after her as he is aware already of what is locked and what isn't. The victim of this scene is also using slower body language as she feels a lot safer than she did when she was in the corridor, using one lock of the door as a sense of relief, all she can do now is be quiet and wait.
There is also a 'jump cut' in this scene as the sequence moves from antagonist outside the room to then the victim inside the room, petrafied towards what will happen to her if he manages to open the door. This then adds effect and build suspence towards the audience, as the audience are unaware of what is going to happen to her, if the antagonist catches her, the chances of her being tortured even more now would be extremely high. As you can see he is determined and motivated to get her to torture her, defiantly will not let her get away she would reveal his sick mind towards the world, informing everyone of what she had witnessed so early into the torturing session.
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