SSC Film Studies

Will Roberts There is then a pan shot, this shot shows two sides of a cave, this shot is effective as it allows you to feel as though you’re Frodo’ position as he has to decide which route to take down the cave. This makes the audience feel that they are actually there and draws them into the scene even deeper. There is a dark side and a light side of the cave; this straight away tells us that one side would be safer as the darkness makes us fear the unknown. The camera then tracks backwards along with Frodo, the camera is hand held and is looking directly at him using a mid shot, the use of the hand held camera allows us to see all around Frodo, it also shakes slightly, this deliberate shaking associates with fear and gives the scene an edgy nervousness about it. In this shot the foreground is blurred, this makes it seem as though something in the distance is focusing in on him, with the camera not being a close up shot means the audience aren’t near him, it is as though the distant camera position is allowing space for something from the darkness to sweep in at Frodo. As Frodo wanders further down the cave he see’ lots of giant spider web and dead animals. This is a sign of what is to come of life in this cave. There are no sounds, this also tells us that Frodo is now alone in the cave, it makes us wonder why there are dead animals and why Frodo is the only living thing left of the cave.