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Film Analysis - 'A Quiet Place' (Directed by John Krasinski)

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Official Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR7cc5t7tv8 . Sites for reference: -Wikipedia:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Quiet_Place_(film) . -IMDB:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6644200/ . ' A Quiet Place ' is a 2018 horror, science-fiction, thriller  (with a running time of 90 minutes) that was directed by John Krasinski ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Krasinski ) and produced by Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form . The film itself grossed over $338.6 million within the box office, greatly exceeding its original budget of (a relatively small,) $17 million; though proving to be a success within the film industry, it did face a number of rather unique issues within cinemas globally as the plots focus heavy on silence (as suggested by the name) lead to problems with sound produced by the audience during public screenings, such as people talking and consumption of food items within the theatre during scenes of (building) tension. The f...

'Pan's Labyrinth' Opening and Ending scene analysis/comparison

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Youtube link: 'Opening' :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMnp-XmMiEg Youtube link: 'Ending' :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvjiQTdcCRU The film, 'Pan's Labyrinth', (directed by Guillermo Del Toro,) opens and ends with two near identical scenes. Beginning with little to no visual detail, the viewer(s) is only given the faint sound of (semi-fast) breathing; the sound is non-diegetic at first, creating a sense of ambiguity as well as emphasising the sound as it is not contested by any visual distractions. As the shot pans (no pun intended) upward, it is revealed that the source of the (now diegetic) sound is a (presumably severely) injured girl who is bleeding profusely from her nose; this indicates that she is possibly suffering from either internal bleeding or brain damage, given the setting she is in, one would assume that she wouldn't be able to receive the necessary treatment required to heal such wounds in time, further emphasising the ...