Tuesday 8 October 2013



Textual Analysis

(only the first 2 minuets)

Audio Codes: The sounds throughout the clip are mostly non-diegetic heavy, dark, echoing sounds with some tapping to establish the gravity and seriousness of the programme from the start. The sound also seems looped, maybe to represent the long repetitive drive. When the mysterious character steps out of the car the heavy echoing sound stops and just leaves the bass and tapping sounds making it seem quiet, you can only hear the music and the characters actions. 
At around 1:00 you hear the lights turn off on the bridge, obviously you cannot actually hear lights turning off but this simulates the sound of the switch, to show that someone has turned them off instead of a power cut etc. The music also stops at this point again, showing how serious this is.
In the scenes without the mystery character in, there is very quiet music until the character leaves the bridge, then there is no non-diegetic sound, giving the character kind of their own theme tune. 

Visual Codes: Most of the clip is the character driving, maybe just making the drive seem like it took a while, but this also cuts to shots of the street, making the viewer aware that the driver is now in a rough type of area. At around 45 seconds you see the bridge in the distance, showing its significance, and then the driver looks at his wrist to check the time, showing that he has the whole thing planned. then there is a long shot of the bridge when the lights turn off. After the lights turn off it cuts to some people in a CCTV type room and they say that the lights have turned off looking very concerned, the driver also looks unfazed by this. The driver then opens his boot and you can only see the boot open nothing else, making it look like it opened on its own, making it again more mysterious, showing something significant will be in there.

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