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
|
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
JN: Jamaica inn (Hitchcock 1939) Technical analysis
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