The Killing Assessment
The Killing Assessment
In the opening scene of 'the killing' we see a middle ages woman running in the woods. Then the camera cuts to a girl running in the field being followed by someone or something.
At first site this could connote that the woman was once a girl running in the field and is now having flashbacks of her past.
As the woman runs there is a lot of low angle shots of her and her face which could connote that she is very important or has a very high clearance in something that we may find out later in the episode.
All the close ups of her facial expressions make the audience wonder what the actor is thinking when she pulls her think face which creates a sense of imagination for the audience. She doesn't really show any emotions which could connote that she is a very emotionally strong woman.
We then see her run to what looks like a lake and we see what looks to be a dead carcass of some sort. The woman seems curios and fearless as she works to the carcass, and they use pull focus to take the focus away from the carcass and onto the he to show her facial expressions.
She the uncovers the carcass to see a dead pig and then the camera cuts to another low angle shot to show the facial expression of the woman.
She then gets a call and answers by saying "This is Lindon" which gives us a name and also the way she answered was very formal so this could be an important call from a place of work.
We next see her crossing some security tape and talking to a police officer which could connote that she is on the force or is some sort of law enforcement around the area. Which the challenges the gender stereotypes because mostly detectives and police officers are male.
Overall in the start of the episode Sarah Lindon is introduced through her private life rather than as a detective. So the audience learns more about her as a person rather than a detective so they get o see who she is without a badge.
In the opening scene of 'the killing' we see a middle ages woman running in the woods. Then the camera cuts to a girl running in the field being followed by someone or something.
At first site this could connote that the woman was once a girl running in the field and is now having flashbacks of her past.
As the woman runs there is a lot of low angle shots of her and her face which could connote that she is very important or has a very high clearance in something that we may find out later in the episode.All the close ups of her facial expressions make the audience wonder what the actor is thinking when she pulls her think face which creates a sense of imagination for the audience. She doesn't really show any emotions which could connote that she is a very emotionally strong woman.
We then see her run to what looks like a lake and we see what looks to be a dead carcass of some sort. The woman seems curios and fearless as she works to the carcass, and they use pull focus to take the focus away from the carcass and onto the he to show her facial expressions.
She the uncovers the carcass to see a dead pig and then the camera cuts to another low angle shot to show the facial expression of the woman.
She then gets a call and answers by saying "This is Lindon" which gives us a name and also the way she answered was very formal so this could be an important call from a place of work.
We next see her crossing some security tape and talking to a police officer which could connote that she is on the force or is some sort of law enforcement around the area. Which the challenges the gender stereotypes because mostly detectives and police officers are male.
Overall in the start of the episode Sarah Lindon is introduced through her private life rather than as a detective. So the audience learns more about her as a person rather than a detective so they get o see who she is without a badge.
Good work Jordan. Detailed analysis with attention to media language. Can you also look at conventions of Noir and also the way in which Killing was distributed through Netflix
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