Period 5
AICE Media Studies
Extract Essay
The director’s vision or theme of the extract is “Patience is key”. At first on the CAMS, editing, sound and mis-en-scene worksheet, the original theme that I had was that “Rushing gets you nowhere”. I decided to change my theme becuase after watching the extract 4 more times, this theme better suits the true meaning of what the director is trying to convey. My original theme is still good but the new one is better. Patience is key is the message that the director is trying to convey, because the various camera angles, shots, movements, mis-en-scene and sound that he included really helped reveal it to me.
To convey the message of the extract, the various camera angles, shots and movements that the author added were there for a reason. For example, in the extract there were quite a few zoom effects in it. The things that were zoomed in on were a clock on the wall, the suspect and detectives face. The zoom on the clock helped show that time was running, and the detective needed to be patient with the suspect. The zoom on the detective while being quiet, really showed how patient he had to be with the suspect to get some answers. He was not being patient, which caused him to flip out and attack the suspect. Another camera shot that the author used to convey the theme of the extract is over the shoulder. The over the shoulder effect really help to show who was talking at a certain time. It showed how when the suspect was talking, she would avoid the question just to not give the detective answers. When the over the shoulder effect switched to where the detective was talking, it showed how impatient he was which led to him getting frustrated and attack her. Another effect that helped convey the message of the extract, was the shot-reverse shot that the author added. The shot-reverse shot basically kept on cutting between the commotion in the interrogation room between the suspect and detective, and the special agents watching them on a TV from the outside. The special agents were also being patient while watching them because they would watch and must wait for if any violence was about to breakout, which it did. The different camera angles and editing in the extract were well put in.
Furthermore, another thing that the director added to the extract to convey the message is the sound. The sounds overall really helped understand the gravity of the situation. All the sounds the director added helped to construct the true meaning of the extract. For example, the dialogue was a very crucial part of the extract. Without it trying to find out what is going on would be difficult. The dialogue helped show what it is that the detective wanted from the suspect, and her incompliant acts. The detective was not being patient with her and wanted answers now. If he were patient, maybe he could’ve break her, and she would have given in. Since he wasn’t his threatening dialogue and the way he went about the whole situation caused him to flip out. Another sound that helped convey the director’s message was the incidental music. The incidental music was added to identify how the impatience of the detective was going to lead to something bad happening. The whole time it was there indicating that no good was going to happen within the next few seconds or minutes. Finally, the sound of the clock ticking was very subtle, but was added to show that time was ticking and that with patience he could’ve gotten what he wanted.
Additionally, the mis-en-scene elements also helped convey the director’s message. The costumes, location, props, and lighting design of the extract were all just as important as the other. For example, the lighting of the extract for the most part was dim and dark. Although that detail does not directly have much to do with the message of the extract, it most likely indicated how serious the situation is, and that it was going to be long. If that’s the case, then that would’ve given the detective a reason to be patient with the suspect. If the dim lighting represents a long interrogation case, being patient with the suspect and not getting all hostile could’ve caused the suspect to go mad and just give in. Another mis-en-scene element that helped to convey the message is the clock. The clock has such small screen-time, but to me it represents a lot. What it represents to me relating to this message is that they could be there all day if the suspect does not give answers. It shows the elongation of how long the interrogation can go on. That being said, that’s also a reason to why the detective should’ve been patient to get what he wanted. Forcing the suspect with violence and threats could’ve worked, but it’s the wrong way to go about the situation. And finally, to convey the message of the extract, the director chose a great job on choosing the actors. The actors were great at playing their roles, Jack Bauer was playing the detective, and did a great job at being the impatient and aggressive detective. Maybe if another actor was casted then he or she wouldn’t have played that role right for the message to be clear.
In conclusion, “Patience is key” is the theme or message of the extract, because of the well put in camera angles, editing effects, sound and mis-en-scene in it. My theme is right because after watching it multiple times, what the director added really revealed the message that he was trying to get out. My original theme was that “rushing gets you nowhere”, to me its still partially the theme, but watching it over 10 times really opened my eyes to see the bigger picture. Overall if the detective was patient with the suspect, there is a great chance that he could’ve gotten what he wanted. Instead he chose option B which was aggression and violence. The director’s vision is for us to have patience, with patience you can overcome frustration and keep a positive life.
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