Tuesday, 31 January 2012

JN: Jamaica inn (Hitchcock 1939) Technical analysis
Shot Number
Camera
Duration
(seconds)
Mis-en-scene
1
Close up fading into
4
Night: Aged wooden Inn sign swinging in wind
2
Establishing shot fading into MLS.
3
Shot of old, neglected, remote Inn on wild night
3
MLS slides into.
13
Man hurriedly exiting Inn – running down external  stairs and mounting horse. Cloak and hat typical of 19th Century
4
LS moving into close up slides into.
4
Horseman riding urgently down badly-made road across rugged moorland
5
Medium long shot –jumps into.
9
Man on horseback approaches lantern on cliff edge, dismounts and approaches lantern
6
MLS,jumps to
4
Man in profile, horses head in shot. Man desperately scanning the unseen distance. Lantern behind shining.
7
Long shot ,fades to
3
Foreground sea, breaking waves with white surf crashing over rocks in storm. Ship in trouble in long shot
8
LS, jump to
1
Sailor struggling with ships wheel , obvious rigging of sailing ship typical of 19th Century
9
Mid shot
1
Sailor continues battle with cumbersome wheel and against storm
10
LS from bridge, Jump cut to prow
5
Prow of ship,  prominent rigging in foreground, rough sea through spray and waves land sighted dead ahead
11
Mid shot, jump
6
Captain, denoted by white cap, helping battle with wheel as waves continue to batter over bridge/ wheel

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