Section 2: The Da Vinci Code Analysis

Narrative structure:

• An old man is running from what appears to be danger in an art gallery/ museum. It is then revealed to the audience that he is running from a man with a gun and when the man catches up to the one running away he wants information from him and when he is told he then shoots the man who was running away.

Code and conventions:

• Disstorted camera sequences
• Music that creates tension or mystery with a final climax (sometimes before the action takes place
• Partial vision- dont see the killer until the end of the sequence at first all the audience see is his shadow moving across the wall of the art gallery/ museum
• Concealment and protraction- killer is hidden from the audience this creates this creates mystery to the audience
• killer usually has some form of a weapon, in this case its a gun, and the killer usually has some form of a religious or psychological motive. In this case its religious

Camerawork:

• pan/ crab right leads the character into shot and also introduces him to the audience
• tilt down brings us directly behind the character and shows audience the direction of the action
• close up of the paintings eyes on the walls to show the audience that it looks as thought the eyes are following him to his death
• birds eye shot with track in and this makes it look as though something is swooping down upon him e.g. death
• close up of killers face shows anger, control and any other emotions the audience may get from his facial expressions

Mise en scene:

• movement and expression- the killer is standing and the old man is on the floor, this shows the vulnerability of the old man and the power that the killer posseses
• Long shot of character running and this suggests to the audience that something is happening
• setting is and art gallery (the Louvre in Paris )
• the old man clothes are old fashioned and this is a reflection of his age and also his possible profession 
• the killers clothing is the same as a monks which suggests to that audience that he is a religious man with a religious motive for killing
• the lighting is dark on one side of the room and then light on the other and the old man runs from the light side to the dark side which suggests he is headed for doom

Sound:

• diegetic- running footsteps, worried moans (creates tense atmosphere), gun shot
• non diegetic- choir orchestration and classical music which creates mystery and suspense. all of the tones were ominous and dark and deep which is a hint at danger
• there was no music in the death scenes and this draws the audience attention as well as creating suspense

Editing :

• fade in to opening sequence
• continuity editing, lots of sequences of the old man running through the art gallery and it shows how his setting within the gallery has changed
• shot reverse shot on the killer and the ol man talking before old mans death

Graphics:

• Large bold white text against the black background which makes it stand out to the audience