Setting- field, creepy as it is isolated and empty
Icons- Crow, the symbol of death
Narrative- screaming, knife stabbed into the ground and you see a persons foot stop moving, makes us think there was a murder as man looks panicked and rushes to his car, when really the woman screaming had given birth. You think its going to be a horror but turns out not to be.
Characters- Creepy, sweaty, large farmer. Screaming woman, sweaty, covered in blood from giving birth. New born baby.
Camera
Starts with an establishing shot
Long shots on the setting, sets the scene
Tilt up/low shot, you're left waiting for information
Fade- the shot is going somewhere
Sound
Sets the tone
Intense
Chirpsing from the Crow enhanced, constant, we aare made to focus on the fact the bird is making alot of noise
Wind- we know the temperature, type of day it is, often linked with scary moments
Orchestural Soundtrack- again, often linked with horrors
The music and sound tells you how to feel, without it the film wouldn't seem like a horror in the begining as much. Mix between diagetic and non-diagetic sound
Mise-en-scene
Costume- the farmer was made to look quite dodgey through the fact his clothes were dirty, the woman giving birth was covered in blood but in a non-horror way. It was due to her giving birth. Her clothing made her look typically pretty, and that she wasn't meant to be there
Lighting- The lighting is bright, which goes against the horror genre which is what we think it is at first, when we discover a murder isn't what is going on the bright lighting makes alot more sense and typically you wouldn't do a murder in the middle of the day as you are more likely to be caught. The lighting is soft although bright, which makes the whole giving birth moment beautiful.
Actors- Both fit the parts they play well as they look the part as well as have the mannerisms which fit it. The man is a little bit fat which makes him look a little scarier, at the time because he is worried he looks alot scarier than he is, but at the end the shot of the two characters smiling makes you completely change your mind on him as he looks like a lovely man.
Makeup- Both are covered in sweat, which makes sense when you realise he's a farmer and she just gave birth. The male character looks grubby whereas the female just looks extremely worn out.
Props- Props used includes a knife, blanket, contents of the womans handbag. By seeing the womans handbag and the contents all over the floor this makes us think something has happened to her, as she isn't near her bag and isn't trying to put everything back into her bag. The knife stabbed into the ground as the screaming stops makes us pressume the woman has just been murdered. After that he rushes to a car to get a blanket, we pressume this is because he wants to cover up the 'body' when infact it is for the newborn baby. The props are used to trick us into thinking something has happened when infact it hasn't.
Setting- The setting is clever in that it is such an isolated place that the first thing that comes to mind when we hear a crow and screaming is that it will be a murder which infact it isn't, its a woman who has clearly stopped for help from a farmer as she has gone into labour. The end establishing shot shows us that he has come off a tracktor and she has stopped by the side of the road, it helps us understand why she is giving birth in a field.
Editing
Overall it has been edited in a way to make you focus on certain things, close-ups f of the contents of her bag, the knife being stabbed in the ground, the crow, which all fades into eachother. They are all key features of the opening sequence and we are made to look at them.
Notes
Crow- creepy, sets a tone
Phone, money, screams, blood
Curly toes- strain, pain
Tattoos on the man
Look in his eye- panic
Sweat
Tone completely changes- she gave birth
Rushing made us think he was a murderer, infact it was to ensure both mother and baby were safe
Tone turns from creepy to happy.
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