Extract Practice-24

                 By: Asia Monroe

                          Date: 4/22/20

                          Period:6

                                                     After watching the 24 extract, I believe the director is trying to convey the sense that this bomb that is bound to go off is very important. I feel the feeling the author is trying to give the audience is suspense. I believe this because most of the scenes in this extract are very suspense driven, in my opinion. I think the message behind this extract is to never give in, no matter how hard it gets. But I think the authors vision was to give the audience the feeling of seriousness and suspense.

                                Scene1, really goes towards the director’s vision because of the close-up. The close-up signifies in my eyes the importance and intensity of the character. When the man was asking Nina for a name, he looked into her eyes very intensely. This gave me a feeling that the name of the person was very important to the man, and he insisted on getting it. Like I said, the director’s vision to me is to give off the feeling of seriousness. This scene displays that by having the audience be directly face – to – face with the man when he is looking at Nina very seriously. It gives off the feeling of seriousness because the audience may feel like they are in Nina’s place, and being stared at.

                   Scene 2 goes towards the vision because of the split-screen. The split-screen shows the intensity and emotion when Nina was in a choke hold. One party displayed the feeling of panic and fear. The people running exhibit a feeling of seriousness by the way they were running. The man dropped everything and ran for the interrogation room. Especially with all the people running after him with such determination and purpose. The other party demonstrated both seriousness and suspense. It represents the feeling of suspense because nobody knows what the man is going to do to Nina. We do not know if she is going to die, or if she will be let loose. But it gives off the feelings of serious feelings because the man chocking out Nina is whispering to her and it was clear that she was struggling and in pain.

                      In scene 3, the soundtrack contributed to authors vision by giving off a feeling of seriousness. When the man was grabbing Nina’s neck the music suddenly played proposing that this scene is very important and grave. I know that if you play music along with something, you will remember it better. Maybe that was the director’s intent. To play this very profound music over this scene really made it that much more perilous. The scene also gave off a feeling overwrought because the way it was building up as the characters were in action.

                     Lastly, Dimmed/Dark lighting most definitely gave off a feeling of seriousness and suspenseful because usually when something is dimly lit in a movie it gives off a feeling of uncertainty. When a room is dimly lit is very imitating for various reasons. In real life, interrogation rooms are regularly dim, so I am guessing the director made it dim so it seems more realistic. But when a room is darker than others it can give the audience a feeling that something is about to go down, or it is very parlous.

            I feel that I am right on the authors vision because of the evidence I have stated. The dimly lit room gave a feeling of uncertainty, the closeup gave a feeling of being in a very uncomfortable situation, the split screen gave the audience a feel of suspense, and the no sound can give off a feeling of seriousness just by the way the actors are looking at each other.