1. Image Analysis Sound
Dull image colouring
suggests this is a memory, or
an old video by the grainy
texture. The focus on the
young girl insinuates she is a
main character, or a loved
one of the main character.
The image of the horse is
also a re-occurring image
throughout.
The music to the
openingscene is
veryeerie-
asynchronousto
the image of a
celebration.This
makesthe
audience feel
uncomfortable but
intrigued.
Dull colourof the birthday
suggeststhe emotionhere that
the personwho is memorising
back to thisisfeeling.Number
five initialisesherage,andthat
thisisin the past. White cake
colouringsuggestsinnocence.
The echoingvoices
inthe background
create an eerie
feelingand
exaggeratesthat
thisisa distant
memory.
Thisimage showshappiness
and makesthe audience feel
curiousat to whythismusicis
matchedwithsucha happy
memory.The coloursusedare
still dull andgrainyandproject
a dreamyinterpretation.
The uncomfortable
feel of the music,
teamedwiththe
highpitched
echoingvoicesin
the background
createsa
mysteriousfeeling.
The sudden
crescendoasthe
non-diegeticsound
distortsandstops
insinuatesthe
dreamis ending.

2. The denotationof the dark
room conotatesa mysterious
surroundingonlylitfrom
backlightof the moon.The
highlightingof the food,
suggestshe isa lonelyman,
livingonhisown,single. The
colouris colddarkness,
creatinga suppressive mood.
The non-diegetic
soundof the music
createsa sense of
the un-knownand
setsup the genre.
The hypocritical image of a
karaoke advert,contrastswith
the dark and shadysetting.We
pair karaoke withhappy
surroundings,whereasthis
man seemsexhaustedand
depressed.Thisisalsoteamed
withthe previousimagesof
birthdaysandsuggests this
couldbe a possible present,
settingupthe nextscene.
The non-diegetic
soundstopshere
so we can justhear
the diegeticsound,
inorder to
concentrate and
evaluate what
these propsmean.
The writtencodessuggestthat
thisisa modernfilm, along
withthe home setting.The
word‘TAKEN’insinuatesthe
younggirl whohas beenthe
centre of the openingwillbe
taken.
The complete
silence whenthis
shotis shown,
engageswiththe
audience to
challenge themto
use theirown
emotions,and
relate tothe
character. It also
enablesthe viewer
full concentration
ontothisimage.