Hostage Analysis

Film Title:Hostage
Director: Florent Siri
Titles Designer:Laurent Brett



Camera – distance, angle, movement…
Shots used vary from panning down tall buildings to birds eye views of the city. Many high angle shots are used looking up the buildings. This is to make them appear bigger and for the audience to feel inferior. It also creates the sense that the city is a dangerous place and crates narrative for the setting of the film.

Editing – speed, style…
The editing pace is quite slow with mainly straigh cuts used as the camera pans around each shot.


Sound – effects, musical score…
The music, which slow and quiet, becomes louder as the pace quickens and becomes more dramatic. This is parralel with the scenes of the large city lansdscape and images of guns and police.The music is mainly is classical and piano and violins are predominant increasing the tension.


Mise-en-scene – props, costume, setting, lighting, colour…
The colours used are mainly black, white and red. This is very common in thrilers as red and black connote danger and death.Props such as guns and people dressed as armed police also connote crime, a common theme in thrillers. The setting of the city is also quite a dark, sinsiter and harsh environment which reinforces the narrative.

Special Effects – CGI, animation…
The sequence is more animation and uses block colours such as red for the sky to make the buildings stand out. This gives it a very modern feel and is similar in style to 'Sin city'.

Titles – font, colour, placement, over black / over clip…
The titles are white with a very bold font. They are incorperated into the titles on the sides of buildings and scafolding beams making the sequence very abstract.