The interpreter
- 1. The Interpreter. By Zainab Morafa.
- 2. • The interpreter, 2005. • Budget: $80 million • Box office: $162,944,923 • Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller. • Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a US Secret Service agent is assigned to investigate an interpreter who overhears an assassination plot. • Director: Sydney Pollack. • Writers: Martin Stellman (story), Brian Ward (story). • Stars: Nicole Kidman , Sean Penn and Catherine Keener.
- 3. The credits at the beginning to the film fade in an out in an eerie and non-chronological fashion, which gives the film a sense of distortedness from the very opening itself. White on black, usually symbolises mourning and a cheerless occasion, the use of it at the opening lets the audience know that this isn't going to be a rom-com.
- 4. We are then shown a figure that emerges from a sandy background the image is blurred and is walking directly towards the camera the . This shot is an establishing shot in which we see the surroundings and we, can immediately see that this could possible be set in an LEDC (Less Economically Developed Country) which immediately makes the audience intrigued yet apprehensive because the customs that we are used to aren't shown and we are almost been thrown out of our comfort zone.
- 5. This shot is an extreme long shot of the cars and people walking in the back ground but also a close up of the sign. The sign reinforces the fact that we aren't in an predominantly English speaking country because of the sign that we see, and we cant read it which makes us feel out of sync with the film as if we are clueless to the surroundings.
- 6. We are then told where we are, even though we still feel apprehensive we feel better because at least we now have a vague sense of where the movie is. We can now see that the movie isn't going to be about the woman that we were first introduced to as she is left is the distant and the camera is now following what seems to be a safari car.
- 7. We are then introduced to 3 male characters their clothes seem dirty and the two white men seem to be sweating a lot more than the black man which could show that they aren't as a costumed to the climate. The white male at the back has a journal which gives the audience a deeper in site into them because they could be journalist. The white man at the front talks about a woman that they have previously met which shows us that their is an history, in the story and we are in fact been introduced into something that has already been previously happening. They talk about a man named Zuwanie and they speak about all the people that he has killed which gives the audiences the idea of good vs. evil.
- 8. We then see a man and he is been guided by a child because he cant see and the man at the back takes a picture of it, and the flash of the camera changes the image from colour to black and white which shows him capturing, and almost a photographic memory. Also the camera could be used for evidence later on in the movie which makes the audience feel as if they may be journalist even more. Non- diegetic sound is used to enhance the camera which tells the audience it comes with great importance.