Scene Analysis: The Marsh

Question 1

Cinematography:
1. repetitive shots of the moon
2. tracking shot as man walks through countryside
3. camera spins when city is shown

Answer 1

1. sense of secrecy
2. lively and chaotic

Question 2

Sound:
1. suspenseful ominous music as the man walks to the meeting place
2. emotional melancholic music when scene cuts to wife alone with baby
3. carnival music from city overlaps with existing ND music
4. creepy dark music when we return to the farm

Answer 2

2. creates sympathy
3. suggest the city is loud and chaotic along with the man’s internal conflict

Question 3

Mise en scene:
1. artificial fog
2. both characters are dressed in black
3. natural lighting of moon
4. footprints
5: chiaroscuro lighting

Answer 3

1. evokes a horror feel and suggests immorality
2. they fade into the night. connotes evil and secrecy
3. romantic
4. evokes evidence of a crime sense. immorality

Question 4

Editing:
1. word ‘drowned’ sinks
2. fade to black

Answer 4

1. expressionistic editing
2. shows the Man’s descent into darkness

Question 5

Performance:
1. fast and jolty movements when man and city woman meet
2. man becomes violent when city woman suggests murder
3. cuts to city

Answer 5

2. strangles her: exaggerated editing
3. shows people enjoying city life