Textual analysis

I am going to analyse this opening scene using the following techniques i have learnt in class,
Camera
Editing
Sound
Mise en scene.

It opens with loud music which immediately grabs the audiences attention and draws them in. The camera starts off zoomed in tilting down as it views the pictures on the wall which consists of variations of soldiers, leaders, superheros then followed by a number of books of religion, crime, education and fitness. The director uses semiotics here to make you think of the additional meaning to these pictures and the mystery behind them. Making the audience wonder and want to know more. From this you would also be able to see what type of person he is. He is clearly a very religious man and is very conscious of keeping fit as shown when you see all the books he has on fitness and when you see him doing pull ups. The director would use the movements; pan (moving right and left), tilt (up and down), a tacking shot and smooth zooming in and out. When looking at the film inside the prison we can analyse that the director has used a crane and a ledge with wheels to create a smooth camera effect and transition between the character leaving his cell to going out into the prison.
It uses a very effective graphic change as when the prison officer opens the gate inside, it then transitions to shutting a new gate but outside. This makes the transition very subtle and almost natural, it makes it seem as if the camera hasn't moved at all and neither has the prisoner, this makes it less confusing for the audience to follow.
Cape Fear also uses a lot of diegetic sound which makes the audience feel how they are meant to, for example using loud scary music just before a big jump is going to happen. It allows the audience to have an idea of what is going to happen. It gets the audience to feel more involved with the film and feel all that the characters feel, as if they themselves were really in the film.