Thursday 24 January 2013

Spooks sequence analysis

Sequence A
Firstly we are shown an establishing shot of the outside of the building and then we see a character in the office searching for profiles on the computer and the computer reads 'top secret' we see a shot of him typing and a side shot of his face. Then we cut to the warehouse and we see a box containing jewellery

We are given information on the screen of the computer and wear the office is also the side of the face of the character, we can see the jewellery being thrown into the box in the warehouse

But we don’t know why the character is searching for these specific people, we don’t know why they are in the warehouse or why they are taking jewellery and putting it into a box. We also can't see the full face of the character in the office

This sequence is important because it gives us as the audience a small insight into what the man is searching for on the computer and the fact that people are taking something but we don’t know why, or if the people are stealing. Also because the scene is intercut we know that it is all linked together but we don’t know how 

We need to see the in between scenes to show that it is all linked, the audience want to see the enigma of the scene. The order of the sequence increases the level of interest as it giving part of the story but not all of it. 


Sequence B 
They cut between the action at MI5 and the thieves to show that they are linked but also because at MI5 these could be the people that they are searching for on the computer

 When I first saw them I thought that they were taking jewellery for a certain purpose, but I didn’t think that they were stealing 

Screen shot K is crucial to knowing what the thieves are doing also screens D and L because then we can see the faces of the people that they are looking for.

We see less of the thieves because they want to create a mystery to them and, as they are thieves they don't want to give too much away, or this could indicate that we are not supposed to know too much about them

10 we know what they are doing towards the end of the sequence, it takes a long time because they want to leave the enigma there as long as possible to keep the audience interested 

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