24 extract essay

The extract from 24 is a scene where two characters named Jack and Nina were in an interrogation room and Jack is over using his power and being violent. I feel as if the author is trying to convey the idea that police or anyone in that field abuse their power and tend to get very violent. The author wants the audience to know and feel and know what goes on during interrogations. As shown in many other movies, police usually think that using a scare tactic is a good way to get someone to confess. Police also get angry when the person isn't cooperating and take their anger out on them.  I think the author did a good job at getting his message across. All of the aspects he put together in the movie went good together and shows police abusing power. He used many different elements that helped develop the theme.
    In the beginning of the extract, it shows Nina in the main location, an interrogation room, and then it shows Jack opening the door and walking in. The interrogation room is a small room that has no surroundings other than a chair and a table. This ensures that the audience is focused only on the characters. Throughout the whole extract, the lighting is dark. Dark lighting is used to show negativity in movies, it also helped create suspense. After Jack walked in, A suspenseful, high-pitched song was added in. This non-diegetic sound builds more suspense as to what is going to happen and foreshadows that it isn't going to be good.
      The next scene that caught my eye was when Nina and Jack were arguing back and forth continuously. This was shown using a shot reverse shot. Even though thy mostly only throughout the extract, this scene was when everything was being explained to the audience. For example we found out why she was being interrogated.  By using a shot reverse shot, this shows the characters reactions when arguing with each other. You can see the anger in jack rising as Nina is talking. Speaking of talking, this scene is when dialogue was used the most. Dialogue is what makes up the movie and helps develop the theme along with their actions.
     In the next scene, Jack was shown pushing Nina towards the wall and choking her. Once he started to push her, a split screen was shown on the screen. The split screen was used to show the other detectives running towards the room since Jack was taking his anger out on Nina and was being too rough. Once the other detectives entered the room, an over the shoulder shot was used.   This particular over the shoulder shot caught my attention because the director used it to show Jack choking Nina from behind the other detectives shoulder. This showed the full shot of jack letting his anger off on Nina during the interrogation. Also while Jack was choking Nina, A close up shot was used. The close up shot showed Jack choking her and whispering ruthless things into her ear. This showed the rudeness of police. 
     I believe the actors intentions were to show the ruthlessness of police and how they don't care how they treat others. The director did a very good job in conveying that theme. His many different elements of the extract did good and all made sense when put together. He was also able to keep focus of the theme and not go off track.