scene 1 is a mid handheld shot of a car driving in the night. The lighting is very dark, the only thing you can see are the headlights, the car is not alone as you can see other headlights behind it suggesting that it is a busy road or motorway. In these scenes, credits begin appearing in the center of the scene in bold white writting. From this clip, we are told that it is late at night and that there is a car at it is significant to the story. Throughout all the scenes dramatic music is played which slowly increases the tension by increasing the pitch throughout the opening title sequence.
scene 2 is an over the shoulder shot of the driver a mild blue gel is used in the lighting of this clip, this tells the audience that this a cold, sad story. In this shot, the driver slightly tilts his head.
scene 3 has a very quick almost flash transition to the girl in the passenger seat who looks quite scared as her mouth is slightly open and her eyes are very wide. The same lighting is used with a blue gel, the lighting is not very strong as strong dark spaces are present creating a mild chiaroscuro effect. The shot is a close up of her face.
Scene 4, we are shown a birds-eye view of the driver's hands on the wheel, the driver does not appear to be stressed as he is not clenching the wheel but rather he is just slightly holding it. The lighting is very dark almost to the point you can't see it's the driver holding the wheel.
Scene 5, we are shown someone's foot on the floor surrounded by leaves, the lighting is very naturalistic in this shot. It is a floor-level shot, close up of his or her foot. This allows the audiences to visualize that something bad has happened as it is not a natural location for someone to be laying on the floor. Scene 5 is composed of a montage of different body parts of this girl victim including her foot, hand, and hair at this point the white credits are smaller and more spaced around the shots. The shots used include mid shot, close up. The last shot of scene 5 is seeing the full body of a girl on the floor lifeless surrounded by leaves, she is placed on the left of the shot. This scene tells the viewer that there has been a murder.
Scene 6, the camera is moved up, handheld shot, it reveals that the crime is under investigation because the designers of the scene have used police tape. The lighting is very natural for the outdoors in a forest. The audience is shown two forensic scientists walking towards the body of the girl who is the same girl as the one who was in the passenger seat. As an audience member, you can tell it is two forensic scientists as they are wearing the full-body white suits to protect themselves from destroying any evidence.
Scene 7, We are shown the girls face before a flash transition to a worms eyeshot of the trees, turning into nightfall. This shot starts with natural light before it changes into a very dark light.
Scene 8, finally we are shown a montage of the girl in the back and the events that lead to the moment of her death. As well as we are flashed an extreme close up of the driver leading the audience to believe he is the killer. In this scene, we are shown different parts of the car and the girl in the back of the car versus her dead on the ground. Multiple shots were used including mid shot, close up, extreme close up and a handheld chase shot of the girl running.
studio :
Mute by redrum productions
Scene 1, the screen fades from black to an extreme close up of a person's nose and eye that is bruised. This scene is silent apart from when the character opens his eye and gasps which is a diegetic sound. The lighting is very dark creating a chiaroscuro effect due to the strong shadow contrasts.
Scene 2, we are shown a mid-shot of what can be assumed as the main character. No credits are shown through the last two scenes. Mild lighting is coming from the left side of the room indicating that there could be a window. As the character sits up a diegetic sound of bricks falling plays. The character has makeup done indicating injuries given to him. Nothing else is visible in the room.
Scene 3, Is an over the shoulder shot of the character looking through a hole in the wall which is covered in blood. As he looks through the hole diegetic dripping starts and non-diagetic eery music starts to play when the character leaves the hole. Weak light is present coming through the hole.
Scene 4, the previous scene flashes onto a shot of a light bulb exploding which makes the room pitch black. The sound of the light bulb exploding is diegetic.
Scene 5, We are shown a fully black screen with the diegetic sound of crashing and shuffling around.No credits have been shown throughout these scenes. Heavy dietetic breathing is heard.
Scene 6, A flashlight is pointed at the wall revealing blood and a handprint. This is done using a mid-shot.
Scene 7, we are shown multiple mid-shots of people laying on the floor injured and mouths duct-taped. The lighting used was still a spotlight lighting from the torch. Throughout the scene, you can hear a slight storm which would be a diegetic sound. Fake blood and make up has been used to show the characters are injured or dead.
Scene 8, we are shown an over the shoulder shot of the main character leaning down to another injured person in the room. As he leans down a loud non-diegetic ringing starts to play and it gets louder as the character gets closer. The lighting used is the flashlight and some natural light from what can be assumed to be a window is shown on his back. The camera then moves to a birds-eye view close up of this character whos laying on the floor with duct tape on his mouth. the lighting used on this character's face is the torch. The character on the floor opens his eyes before we flash transition to the name of the film Mute. The music getting louder indicates a jump scare.
comparison:
I would say that better quality was achieved with the on-location than the studio. In the studio, the production looked as if it was a cheaper production however this is not the case so therefore should not look as though. The studio's piece was not as good due to props, as they did not look very realistic and the fake blood looked like fake blood. A bigger variety of camera shots were shown in the Passenger seat compared to Mute, I believe that Mute could have had a bigger impact if more camera angles and shots were used. Sound was well used throughout both productions.All together i would say that the two pieces were very well put together.
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