The first scene consists of Marvin in a room waiting to be questioned. There will be only diegetic sound and it will be very silent until Marvin speaks. This is because the complete silence at the beginning will make the audience feel uncomfortable, as most people are used to some form of sound in films. The lighting will be quite dark, only lighting him from one side to create a tense, dark, suspicious atmosphere. It will also hide Marvin's face creating some mystery as he looks down. The camera will slowly zoom from a medium shot to a close up show when he looks up and delivers his line, "They'll wanna know what happened". This will probably last about five to eight seconds. Here I will cut to darkness for probably about half a second to create a sense of sudden tension and to keep the audience waiting.
Immediately the music will start as this next shot begins.This shot will again be about six to ten seconds. It will be a birds eye view shot of Marvin sleeping. The shot again will zoom, but this time from a wide shot to an extreme close up of Marvin's face. The lighting will be quite muted and generally will just be natural lighting. During this shot Marvin will wake, his eyes will slowly flutter open and the shot will end as his eyes are open and you can see him thinking and working something out in his head through his facial expression and wandering eyes.
The next set of shots will be very quick takes to contrast with the long takes before. this will create tension and unease for the audience as they would not expect to be suddenly bombarded with a set of quick, harsh takes. These will feature his morning routine. The quickness of the shots will also show the audience that this routine is something he knows, something he can do quickly and efficiently every day as he has done it so often. These shots will include him reaching for his glasses, sitting on the edge of his bed and standing, making his bed, getting his clothes out of the wardrobe and showering. I will pay close attention to the shots of him making his bed. There are five short takes of the bed making. This is to show him pull and tighten the duvet over each corner four times and hint at his OCD. It will also show him smoothing the duvet carefully four times will his hand, to also show his need for perfection. Depending on how the sounds and music fit together in the editing process I might consider making enhancing the sound of this bed making to show how important this is to Marvin and to highlight the intensity of his routine. I will also try and make the clips move somewhat in time to the music.
Another long take will be whilst Marvin is brushing his teeth. He will finish brushing, spit and has he goes to examine his reflection the phone will ring. I will record the sound of the phone and add this separately. At the sound of this a look of panic will flash across his face, he'll look in the direction the noise is coming from. He'll count to four and take a breath and before looking at himself once more. This shot will slow down the face pace and it will also show the audience an important moment for Marvin - his routine being broken. The obvious contrast between short shots and this long take will show that this is different, this is something that could change the character or that something to do with this moment and phone call could be of specific importance. This creates a feeling of mystery and also keeps the audience guessing of what might be going on in the story. The take will be about eight seconds.
The compilation of shots during the phone call will all be fairly quick but they will differ. Some will be very short and snappy where as others will come to being around three seconds long. This will represent the many different fluctuating thoughts and emotions going through Marvin's head, his uneasiness to his routine being broken and his anger at the phone call as well. The shots will include close ups of the clock to remind the audience of his need to keep to the time limits of his routine. It will also have shots of his angry, anxious facial expression, him pacing and tapping his leg four times, as well as him clenching his fist four times. This will again hint at the audience of his OCD and obsession with the number four. This section will end after Marvin hits the wall, grinds his teeth together and then takes a breath. All in fairly medium length takes (two to four seconds each) to show him cooling off and regaining his composure and also to contrast with the quick shots before.
The last compilation of shots will go back to his normal routine. They will again be quick and effortless as his does up his shirt, pulls up his trousers, makes himself some breakfast, gets the knife from the draw and leaves. Has Marvin slams the cereal on the counter I will enhance the sound to make it sound harsher and harder. This will be to show the now slightly violent chance in mood. The close up on the spoon is also quite important as it will show four hoops of cereal, again drawing on the number four for the audience to pick up on. He then looks to the clock, this will be an extreme close up to show the intensity of Marvin's need to be on time. I will use match on action here to show Marvin looking at the clock, with the next shot being the clock. When he puts his cereal bowl in the sink I will also increase the sound to again show his violent mood and his want to leave hastily. He then opens the draw where he keeps some of his war memorabilia and takes out a knife, this shot will be slightly longer as he closes the draw four times. The last shot is of him gripping the knife four times, one last hint at his OCD and also showing his violent feelings, making the audience question what might come next.
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