Camera angles/movements/shots: A lot of the angles are high angles and most of the shots were close-ups. The angle help contribute to the cameras and how they were position to spy on the victims. The close-ups showed the characters reactions to things. There were other shots used in this film such as, wide shots, two person shots, over the shoulder shots, hand held, POVs, and low angle shots.
CLAMPS:
COSTUMES for the characters were mostly modern everyday clothes but for the "stalker" his attire ripped up, raggedy, worn out clothes.
LIGHTING alternated depending on the setting. In the house the lighting came from lamps and house lights, when the setting switched to the footage room it was just computer lights projecting onto his face making him look sketchy. In the basement he used these types of tool lights which made the place look dim. and the also used natural lighting or porch lighting for the outdoor scenes
ACTING for the characters was very normal except for with the "stalker", his behavior differed with the rest of them. He often acted very strange and barely spoke and was very creepy.
MAKEUP set apart the tenants from the stalker. The stalker often looked dirty and the other characters were well put together.
SETTING is in California when a married couple expecting a child moves from New York into a new house that is rigged with cameras all around by the home owner. Most of the scenes take place in the house of in the yard some in the stalkers " footage room".
Editing: They used a lot of transition in this film. There mostly jump cuts. They mostly made these transitions using the similarity in sounds.
Sound: There is a variety of sounds such as natural noises like wind and trees rustling. And there was music that would intensify the feeling of the audience by letting them know something was about to happen. There were also similar sounds making transitions better.
Elements: The elements in this film were the constant transitions from the tenants in their house to the stalkers footage room to show what is happening in the house and how he reacts to it.
Elements that appeal: I liked the fact that they used actual spy cameras to capture the reality of the man filming them and alternating between the spy cams and the actual cameras because it shows us that they're unaware that they're being watched.
Elements that don't appeal: There were times that the stalker would go into the house to set up cameras and fix up the basement but when he did he would feed the dog burgers which I think was unnecessary because it made the dog sick and the tenants worried.
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