Annotation - Interrogation

The first shot after the transition is a long shot of Jess (the terrorist) sat in a chair with a beam of light on her. This is good as it establishes the scene and gives the audience an idea of where the character is situated. Then as Angus and I enter the shots got more interesting, for example there is a symmetrical shot (in the style of Kubrick) with a light in between us that looked quite good. It showed a silhouette of myself, Angus but also Jess. This was effective as it gave spacial awareness.

The next good shot was the shot down the barrel of the gun, a shot inspired by westerns. It was made even better by the lighting which produced shadows onto my face. The effect we later added with the blaze of light coming from the end of the gun made the shot look even more realistic. As well as this the shot was made better by the GREAT actor in the frame.

Then the sequence carried on, however it switched to a security camera. This provided  bit of variety for the sequence, allowing the audiences attention to be refreshed almost. For the security camera shot we went up to the balcony and did a high angle shot looking down on Jess. This obviously showed how small and possibly insignificant she was but also gave a feel as if someone was watching over them. To make this we filmed it normally, then in after effects we added a hue/saturation and a grain effect. From that we put on a frame and logo to make the security camera feel more realistic.

The last shot that is seen is a shaky camera shot of myself and Jess running out of the interrogation room into the daylight. This is effective as the transition from dark to light have a sense of fading to white, this was then ultimately followed by a fade to white (where the title shot appeared). I thought this looked good as it almost gave an adrenalin rush to the end. This worked well as a normal film opening would not really have an ending after two minutes so the fact we ran out made the film look like it were meant to carry on.