The director focuses on Paul’s epiphany scene to control the audiences apprehension of the horror on the river road. Mid scene Paul was driven to a place where there were dead bodies and the camera angle was of him standing in the dark looking hopeless. The amount of bodies lying on the floor was unbelievable the music they were using were mostly dramatic because in most of the movie it was heart breaking for me.
Also not only they were using music but they were using sound effects an example of one is a knife being scraped onto another knife which gives that scary feeling that something is going to happen. Next when Georges leaned in through the window you could see the arrogance on Georges face and how trapped Paul was feeling.
The settings in Hotel Rwanda have a big impact on the viewers thoughts about the movie. The setting has a part of making a seen dramatic and grabbing the viewers attention for example when Gregoire and Paul were in the car at night and everywhere was quiet and dark, The camera shot in that scene was a mid shot to show that its just Paul and Gregoire in the car its not only the setting that makes the viewers think what’s going to happen its the sound. The whole idea of what the director is trying to do is put no sound to build some suspense. Another example is when Paul was standing on the bodies, that scene setting shows all the lives that were taken also, it was dark and foggy because the brightness is the thing that sets the mood.
Mid scene, Paul is shown in the right of the frame in clear focus as he recovers from falling into the body of the dead child; in the back round the bodies are still visible, but only indistinctly- out of focus. This adds to the tension in Hotel Rwanda because we are gradually realising that these are dead bodies, but we still have hope that this isn’t true.
In Hotel Rwanda they use a lot of music, the music they use depends on what is happening in the scene for example if they are celebrating something good they would put happy music but if something like someone is about to die they would play dramatic music or sad music. The reason why they use music is because they need to set the mood so the viewers can not only see what’s going on but feel what’s going on.An example of when music is used is when Paul treads over the bodies with the car, the director uses music that suits the setting which is dark and foggy. What the music is trying to do is to focus on what’s surrounding Paul whic is the dead bodies. Another example is when Georges leaned through the window and was talking to Paul, the music that was playing was focusing on how serious Georges was and how trapped Paul was feeling.
Out of all the movies I have watched Hotel Rwanda is the movie that uses the most Special effects. For me the special effect that they love using and is really good is the mist, the mist is the special effect that makes everything spooky. Especially when its dark, you never know if someone or something could be sneaking up on someone which creates suspense. An example of when they use mist is when Paul was visiting the dead bodies and every where was misty and dark.
The director loves to focus on the actors faces and blur out the back an example of this is when the director was showing Paul’s facial expressions to looking at the dead bodies. Paul’s face looked surprised, scared and looking for revenge.
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