Camera Work
The extract begins with quick shots that are currently changing but from what can be scene the majority of the shots POV, this coupled with the quick edits, blurry images and echo-ey dialogue connoting that the audience are experiencing a flashback or dream. The shot then cuts to a close up shot of the main protagonist This would have been done to show the reaction of the protagonist to his dream of which he had just awoken from. We then see the man sit up from a medium shot showing his upper torso and head. We see only a silhouette of the man though as the camera is positioned so that the man is blocking light between the light source and the camera, creating a shadow. The shot then cuts to a hand held camera being used to follow the man with a medium shot as he walks and stands. This can be compared to the shots used in the dream as the hand held camera produces a natural camera movement and shake, similar to the dream he just had connoting that he is still thinking about his dream although he is now awake. As the new female character enters, frequent over the shoulder shots are used while the two characters converse in the various rooms they flow between. This give an audience perspective, showing them what it feels like to be on either end of the conversation that is going on between the two characters.
Editing
There is a great juxtaposition between editing styles within just the first couple of minutes of the film. The first shots are very fast paced cuts of blurry and shaky imagery. This style of editing makes it very identifiable to the audience that what they are seeing is some type of dream or flashback. The speed of the cuts rapidly increase until the shot then cuts to the face of the lead protagonist in bed, an iconic sign that he must have been dreaming. From this point editing, as mentioned before, juxtaposes that of the dream as the pace of the cuts, the decision to have longer lasting moving shots and the use of less camera angles and positions slows done the pace of the scene.
Mise-en-Scene
The first aspect of mise-en-scene the audience will see are the use of props. During the dream the audience see lots of different props such as guns, passports ect. As well as this the Lighting during the dream is very unsettled. The switches between darker and lighter shots are constant. The director would have done this to show how unsettled and anxious/nervous the host of the dream feels. Once the dream ends this changes, the lighting becomes very constant. The scene is very darkly lit, denoting that it is night time. The man is wearing shorts and a thin vest, a symbolic sign of heat. The set is very culturally correct. As this scene is located in india, the use of a 4 poster bed with an insect net surrounding it and things such as beads hanging from doorways represent their location in the world. This is supported once the main character and the lead woman walk onto the deck of the house were the audience then sea a beach with the ocean over the edge.
Sound
During the 'dream' at the beginning of the extract, audio is used in all of the quick paced cuts so for a lot of the time its hard to tell what exactly the sounds are but we know that most of the sounds are diegetic, the sounds that the audience can here are the sounds coming from the various things on screen. As well as these sounds, non diegetic music is introduced into the background. This would have been used to create more of atmosphere of anticipation and fear than would have been possible if the music were not there. Once the dream ends, the sound that is used is entirely diegetic. Sounds such as the crashing waves and wind are used to signify the location of the scene (Near the sea) and other sound such as creaky doors and taps running are all used to create a sense of realism within the beginning of the film .
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