The director through this clip is trying to tell the audience
that violence isn’t always the correct way to get what you want. Through this excerpt,
the interrogator is trying to get the woman to tell him information about a
bomb that he thinks she had something to do with. This turns into a
negotiation, but he is unwilling to give her anything. The man eventually gets
extremely frustrated, throwing a table and almost choking her. Though his
actions were extreme, she gives him no information.
This scene is very dimly lit through,
this creates a serious and intense mood. This makes the audience get more interested
in the scene. The scene starts with the man walking into the room with her. We
see this through an over the shoulder shot, this shot shows him walking in, as
well as his facial expression and body language, this is important to develop
the mood of the scene, as he looks angry when he first enters the room. When he
walks in, the camera zooms into the woman’s face. This is used to humanize her
in a way, even though she may have done horrible things, she still is a person.
After that, a dialogue starts between him and her. This gets very intense at
times, and eventually causes him to freak out. During the dialogue, there are a
lot of jump cuts, they are used to quickly show their reactions to what the
other is saying, it allows for a smooth conversation.
There is also a shot reverse shot
when they’re talking to each other, this is a way to build tension between the
two of them. This tension is built up as you can see him get madder as she refuses
to give her the information he wants. After that, he flips over a table, this
table is a good prop, as it represents a barrier between them, when this
barrier is removed, everything goes downhill in the negations. A use of
diegetic sound is the loud bang the table makes when it falls. This slam
represents a break of anarchy, because right after it hits the ground it gets
very intense and physical.
All these choices of camera angle,
shots, movement, editing, sound, and mis en scene all build up to the climax
where he becomes very violent with her. This choice by him may have cost them
the information they need, and if he didn’t get so mad, they would’ve been
better off.
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