The director uses different types of camera shots. Those shots are not chosen randomly. Camera shots are carefully chosen by the director in order to emphasise the feelings felt by viewers. The director used sound to make more drama in the scenes. In the second scene when the car goes up the green hill, the director operates with a long shot. To the contrary, in the following scene, the director changed shots and used a level med over shoulder shot. This change of shots creates a clear split between those two scenes.
In one of the scenes Paul is dropped out from the static visual field of the camera. That builds up tension because we don’t know where he went, where he did land on.
Then the camera focused on Paul’s face. The camera man uses a close up shot to his face. You can see on his face that something is not right but we still don’t know what it is. Then Paul recoiled, jumped up and the fog started to disappear and we saw what Paul landed on. The film maker uses the changing of weather condition to emphasise the tension.
Another effect used by the director is produced by the sound track. The director uses several peaceful digetic sounds such as frogs, grass and cricquet, which create a relaxing and calm atmosphere. Then the director suddenly change of atmosphere by stopping the previous soundtrack and from this point we start to hear the sound of the squeaky sound of the car vibration. This soundtrack rupture creates a shock for the viewers.
In the last scene of this film, we can see Paul standing up an then looking up towards the misty road in front of him. Then, the fog slowly disappeared and we can see many dead bodies lying on the road. Here, the director uses a long over Paul shoulders shot. When the fog slowly disappears, it creates a tension effect. We don’t know what remains hidden by the fog. Also, the over Paul shoulders shot makes the viewers feeling Paul’s pain. It is like we are part of the scene.
React!