The scene starts with a shot that contains low key lighting and is filmed in black and white to create high contrast between the dark wooden church and the light decorations and the desert land. This represents the split between her family life and dangerous past which is coming back to haunt her. As she walks forward a backwards tracking shot is used at an eye level to show her facial expression as she moves towards the exit. Not only is it a reaction shot but it also reveals more of her surroundings and allows me to understand that she is it a wedding, this is an example of the mise en scene being used to give me information.
As she hears a sound she focuses on the outside; as she holts so does the movement of the camera, this is to emphasise a casual movement to create a dramatic effect for the audience. The scene then cuts to a long shot; in which we can see the outside. Therefore I can infer that the sound she has heard is from outside. As she begins to exit the church we switch back to a forwards tracking shot. This suggests that what lurks outside is dangerous, the camera staying behind creates an enigma code as we find out what is there after she does. Furthermore the choice of camera angle is a slightly high angle shot, this contradicts the implicit connotation of the tracking shot that she is brave enough to walk outside, as the high angle shot diminishes her importance and makes me feel as though she is vulnerable and in the dark as much as I am.
As she leaves she takes a position towards the right of the shot, at this point in time I did not know why, but this soon becomes clear. Meanwhile I began to notice that she was wearing a wedding dress. This is because she fiddles with her veil, this would’ve been intentionally included to allow me and other viewers to be sure that she is a bride before we enter the crucial dialogue.
We cut to a low angle shot. Of which in the foreground is an elderly man and in the background is the bride. Interestingly the man is in dark clothing, which completely contrasts with the light setting of the church canopy and the desert in the distance. However the bride blends in with the surroundings; this carries connotations of purity and peacefulness. Throughout the dialogue there is only diegetic sound of the speech itself. Also in spite of the man appearing to be dominant by the first shot. As the beginning to speak a low angle is used on the bride to assert her dominance, along with slow cuts to present the tension of the dialogue and to create a sense of realism. It is also worth noting that as the speech moves on the two characters move closer to each other. To make this crystal clear we see a still shot of her feet stepping forwards, this once again presents the tension of the scene.
A2 Film studies 