Cape Fear, 1962

During a cover lesson for Miss Lynch we had to look up the opening scene for Cape fear from 1962 . We had to find 5 questions the audeince would ask, the convention and then analyse it using the camera work.



*Cape Fear 1962, Opening Scene



5 qustions the audience would ask while watching this was:

• Who is he?



• Where is he going?



• Why does he look back?



• Who is he looking for?



• Why is he looking for him?

The conventions i found when looking at this openig scene are:

• Eerie music, this sets the scene of uneasyness and leaves the audeince wonderign why?



• Supense, makes the audeince ask even more questions



• Tension, this is caused by the Eerie music and the way he is acting.

How the camera is used:

• Long shot showing man walking and his surrounding, this gives the audeince an idea of where he is.



• panning, this follows him round to where he is walking. this looks as if someone is following his every move.



• long shot of him walking across the road the camera then cuts to a close up of him crossed the road abd walking upo the stairs, leaves audience asking why.



• Cuts to a close up of him in building, looking around.



• Extreme close up as he walks away.



• Mid shot of him walking up the stairs, walking striaght past a lady who dropped a book, he doesn't help up. this gives the audeince an idea of the sort of person he is.



• mis shot of both men looking back at each other, this creates tension.



• long shot of man talking to cleaner who is in a close up asking where someone is.