TASK 3

The first shot we see is a close up of Michael with Janine watching over him. The camera then begins to zoom into Michael as he begins to wake up whilst still keeping Janine in the shot to keep the idea that she's watching over Michael. The camera then cuts to a medium shot of Michael waking up and throwing the cover off of him and him getting out of bed. The camera then pans Michael leaving the room without acknowledging the crying baby. I think this pan is used to highlight the fact that Michael is ignoring the baby and more concerned with contacting someone on his phone. The camera then cuts to a shot of Janine over the baby's basket. I think this shot is in place to, again, highlight the baby. The camera then pans upwards as Janine approaches the baby and we see a medium shot of her and we can clearly see her facial expressions as she stressed and possibly annoyed at Michael for his lack of interest in their baby. The scene then cuts to a shot of a bunch of flowers and the torso of Kat. The camera begins to track the petals which have been picked off and are now in a trail across the bar. The shot then begins to track upwards and reveals Kat's face so that the audience can read her facial expressions and gestures. This track is effective because it is all one shot so it's almost like we are in the bar watching Kat. The medium shot of Kat is held for about 25 seconds before we see her find what could be a note of some importance. Holding the shot for this long is effective because it builds suspense and tension before we see her finding this note. The scene then the cuts to the Branning house and their is another tracking shot, this time of Max. The camera is tracking from behind items on the kitchen counter but the focus the entire time is on Max and the phone he is holding. The phone is of some significance because the camera focuses on it for about 8 seconds before Max eventually throws it to the table. The camera then begins to zoom in on Max's face where he appears to be worried or stressed which seems to be a running theme in the opening scenes of this particular episode. We then see a medium shot of the hallway of the Butcher house and we then see Derek come into the shot from the kitchen.  The camera then begins to pan upstairs which is effective because it follows Derek's head movement. The camera then zooms into Derek's face and again he also shows worried expressions. The scene then cuts to outside Jack's front door, focusing on the milk bottle. We then see Jack's hand grab it and the camera quickly pans upwards to reveal Jack. It then switches to a long shot of Jack in his doorway. This is a good shot because it's almost like we are watching Jack from a distance. We then cut back to the Branning house but this time Max is fully dressed and Abby is at the kitchen table. The camera starts by showing Max buttering toast before it begins to track upwards where we can now see Max worryingly look at a motionless Abby and that's where the extract ends.