Irreversible PP
- 2. IRREVERSIBLE
- 3. The majority of the camera shots in this sce are long shots and unusual shots, where we s the victim/protagonist travelling the r hallway. The image of a the protagonist walki down the hall in this medium/long shot, makes h look extremely vulnerable and small when compar with her surroundings and the lack of people. H attire of a tight-fitted silk slip also creat an immense amount of weakness and vulnerabilit not to mention the colour contrast of the sensu red walls, which reinforces the sexual act a the danger that she’s faced with; this directly compared with the white dress connoti purity and innocence. The long shots of t corridors also display a level of uncertainty you never know who/what is going to come rou the corner, allowing the audience to g emotionally attached to our protagonis CAMERA WOR
- 4. Mid shots were used regularl throughout the feature film t establish a close relationshi between the protagonist an the audience. the use of th camera following her as sh walks down the corridor, an just showing her back to th audience, firstly gives th effect that someone i following her (although n eerie music was used t indicate this) but also t place the audience in th protagonists shoes and to se what she sees. This creates realistic experience for th audience
- 5. The lighting in the scene is very lo key and dingy, however at the same time when compared with other horror films this gory scene is considered relativel bright and challenges most horro lighting conventions. Other camer movements consist of slowing down whe the protagonist slows down/speeding u when she does and generally follows her not having a shot where she’s not in it Interestingly there isn’t any cuts i this scene therefore the action isn’ dissected and it is even more horrifi as it makes it even more realistic. Th way that the camera moves is clear t see that it is on a tripod. I feel tha this is very useful as it allows th audience to be completely focused on th sexual assault rather than be distracte by a shaky-cam
- 6. In this scene in Irreversible, ther is nothing but diegetic sound. Ther was no music added in for emotiona effect/response. This therefor challenges the typical eerie musi commonly heard in a horror film. Yo can hear certain creaks as sh travels down the corridor, as wel as her footsteps, which is a commo trait in horrors. What makes thi scene worse than most other horro scenes is that for over fiv minutes, all that is heard is woman’s cries as she is being raped There is virtually n speech/dialogue in this scene, jus the panting of the victim as she i violently raped, by the antagonist This si extremely unsettling for th audience, as even if yo SOUND
- 7. EDITING The editing of this scene is quite naturalistic, and from what I could see didn’t contain that many (if not any) cuts, to try and show the flowing scene. I assume that with the minimal cuts, it allows the audience to not be distracted with close ups etc and can be fully focused on the rape act. I feel that this was extremely effective.