Setting: narrow, one way road suggesting there can only be one outcome in the situation. The youths are all running in the same direction showing that they are chasing something or someone, this corresponds with the thriller genre because the youths are chasing a goal single mindedly.

Point of view shot: the audience is easily able to tell that the footage is coming from a mobile phonedue to its poor quality. The shaking hand gives the feel of danger because it is not secure, also the diegetic sound of the youths shouting adds on to the feeling of instability for the audience. This ends up foreshadowing that something unpleasant is to happen .

Setting and sound

Characterisation

The framing makes Scott look very vulnerable. The positioning of the two youths being right in front of him means there is nowhere for Scott to escape. The audience begin to empathies with Scott at this point as they probably will throughout the film. This is where it becomes clear who the antagonist and protagonist are.

The colours that the leader of the youths are wearing is white, this contrasts with the way he is portrayed at this point in the film because white is a colour of purity and peace. On the other hand, his two friends, who are also in this shot, are wearing black, this suggests that he is more important than the others, or at least that is how he views himself.

Framing

Colour

There is a brief pause in the film where there is a fade in/out and the screen stays dark for a second or so, this gives the audience a sense that something is changing. Audiences usually see screens go black when there had been a tragedy (someone being killed or brutally hurt) this could portray that the violence was too explicit to show. The match-cut suggests that it is likely that there is a link between the two.

The high angle shot gives the house a sense of vulnerability, this helps the audience realise that its Scott’s house because we automatically make the link between the two.

Editing

Camera

The sound also changed from the youths being loud to a calm road with hardly any cars passing and birds chipping. The sound change shows the audience that the setting here is more civilised and completely juxtaposing with the previous shot.

Sound

The lighting in this shot is natural lighting, which matches the action of the man – walking to go and get milk for the family home. The director has made sure that the sun is coming from the right side so that there is shade on the right side and it is light on the left. This shows Scott’s dad walking into the shade and suggests that he is walking into danger.

Lighting

This over the shoulder shot shows the power struggle between the teen and the adult. The representation of teenagers is that they are rebelling and trouble making people and in this shot the teenager is going by these stereotypes because he is trying to rebel against the adult. Even though the teenager moves when he is asked to, his facial expression shows the audience and the adult that he is not happy, this tells the audience that it is not over between the two of them.

Camera

Although the teen moves away from the door when he is asked to, the power struggle still doesn’t go away. The shot cuts into the mobile phone footage again, this helps the audience link it with what happened last time the mobile phone was recording and acknowledge that there is a connection between the two then this will not end well. After the man if kicked in the face the boy in white does a victory dance and all his friends are shouting “we won!” This is when the audience realise that this is a normal thing for the youths if it is happening so often and we realise that it isn’t going to stop here.

Editing

This close up of Scott’s fathers facial expression, it shows his reaction when Scott leaves the house to go and face the teenagers. There is a mixture of shock, worry and fright in his face and we begin to sympathise with him too. He feels obliged to go outside and help his son out but the audience can tell he is too scared. This is ironic because youths are supposedly meant to be scared of their elders and respect them, this film reverses the roles of the adult and the youth, this is again shown when the son is the one going to protect the house instead of it being the father.

Camera and mise-en-scene

After all the teenagers are scared away, Scott goes to give his father the bat. The close up of the bat shows Scott purposely throwing the bat so that his father does not catch it. The bat is a symbol of Scott’s bravery, the bat dropping on the floor when the father cannot catch it suggest that he does not have any. Scott’s father is unconventionally shown to be scared and timid when the teenagers are on show. This goes against the norms of what is usually seen in films when the father is the savior and the brave one.

Prop