Analysing

Beck- Room 302

The show starts off with non-diegetic, mysterious music playing with instruments such as drums to create a sense of tension in the viewers watching. The first thing you see as the show begins is an establishing shot as it shows the audience the location- this being some buildings at night before then showing two people trying to steal a car. The lighting in these shots is low key as it is filmed at night so the light is minimal- only being shown by natural light such as the moon and stars. The two thieves are shown to be wearing dark clothes in order to seem more mysterious and unknown. After this, the camera angle then changes to show a man walking out of his house- later known to be the owner of the car, Peter Ahre. The camera angle is low to show the difference of status of those in this situation- from the two thieves being lower down in society to Ahre who is shown to be wearing business clothes showing his importance in society in comparison to the people stealing his car who is shown of less importance due to how the camera is positioned. Due to the show being from another country, subtitles have been added into the show for viewers to understand what is being said. Once all of these characters have been introduced, the two thieves then notice Peter as he speaks and a close up is used to show the mans reaction as he is grabbed by these people and is patted down to show any of the valuables he has on him such as his watch that is shown in an extreme close up in order to show the audience what is being taken. A range of diegetic sounds can be heard throughout this such as the characters voices, the mans painful scream as he is hurt by one of the thieves, the car unlocking as well as Ahre dialling the phone and the person on the other end speaking- these are all diegetic as they are all seen on the screen and is intended to be heard in the actual scene. Some of the non-diegetic sounds include the music that is played in the background to increase tension or curiosity in the audience from the beginning of the show where the two thieves are shown as well as the music change as Peter is asked where the incident happened from the person on the phone. This change in sound is softer as it is showing some important information in the storyline- making the audience notice what Peter is saying at that point of the show. Each shot that is shown throughout this point is edited so that the audience does not realise that the shots have been edited- this continuous editing makes the various shots look smoother as they are edited.

The next shot that is shown is of a woman exiting an elevator while pushing a tall metal trolley down the corridor. The diegetic sounds that can be heard here are of the elevator doors opening and the woman humming as she walks away from the camera that is positioned close to the floor in order to see her walking away from the camera. The lighting in this shot is realistic and soft as you cannot tell that there has been any unnatural lighting used, only the light from the window shown to the left of the screen can be seen as the source of light, creating a soft shadow of the woman on the opposite wall. A change of shots the shows a close up at a side angle of a man rubbing his eyes- causing the audience to believe that he is tired. The lighting here is realistic, yet slightly dark due to the closeness of the camera- this shows a darker shot even though when the shot then focuses on a woman walking in, the lighting is realistic due to it being neither too light or dark, but how you assume the lighting of a room to be. The woman who walks in at this shot is dressed very professionally with a blazer and trousers, showing the type of establishment she works in- a name tag is also shown on her blazer that allows the viewer to grasp an idea of what type of place she works in- this being a hotel. The woman that was previously shown walking down the hall is now shown through a mid shot side angle of the woman stopping her trolley outside a room- here, you see that she is a cleaner due to the cleaning supplies shown on the top of her trolley. In order to create tension in the audience, an extreme close up is used to show the cleaner knocking on the hotel room’s door before using her card and entering. A mid shot is then used to show her walking in from the room’s interior before jumping to a point of view shot to show the audience what the cleaner would see in the room- creating the sense that they themselves are in the room. The room has been shown with clothing around the floor, indicating that the occupiers have had sex. With the point of view shot, you also see the woman looking to the bed where there is a woman in bed faced down- at this point both the audience and cleaner assume that she is simply asleep until the camera follows her lifting the quilt to see that the woman is dead. A reaction shot is used here before changing to a close up of the dead girls face. Sounds such as the trolley, cleaners voice, knocking on the door and it unlocking is all diegetic as you can see them going on in the shots- however the music which starts to play at the end of the shots is non diegetic as it has been included in order to increase tension in the audience.