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In this shot, the camera follows Officer Rust Cohle as he –while
undercover with one violent gang, raids another gang. The camera spends a lot
of time on Cohle’s face to convey his emotion: rushed and frantic. With no
establishing shot, the audience is left unaware of a lot of Cohle’s
surroundings which helps to increase tension in the viewer.
While in the first building, the camera pans side to side
which mimics Cohle as he tries to maintain control of the room. The room is extremely chaotic, and Cohle must
make sure that the opposing gang member is complying with their demands so they
can make a quick exit. He must do this while surveying his crew and ordering them
not to shoot their weapons.
When tensions inevitably boil over, and gunshots are fired, the
audio becomes somewhat muffled. The gunshots and yelling sound stifled. This
moment marks the situation taking a turn for the worse. The quick second of
stifled noise is not unlike Cohle’s handling of the situation: a brief moment
of shock and pause followed immediately by action to escape the situation.
At 3:43 of the clip, Cohle is on top of one member of the
opposing gang while the camera spins around.
Cohle is surprise attacked by another man that is only revealed in the
frame after his baseball bat makes contact with Cohle. The audience was unaware
of this man, just as Cohle was.
Another interesting use of camera work was from 4:50-5:00 of
this clip. The camera follows Cohle and his hostage as they escape through the
neighborhood. To demonstrate how hostile the environment is, the camera
continues to follow Cohle’s movement on the other side of a house while showing
the gang members that are IN the
house .
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