Another film i have watched for research in this project is The Girl on the Train.
The Girl on the Train is a Thriller/Mystery about the story of Rachel, an on-off recovering alcoholic, post-divorce. She spends her daily commute creating a dream in her head about a seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes enraged.
As a direct result of her alcoholism, she doesn't remember things that happened the night before, and in the past her husband would fill her in on what happened. Since she split with him she no longer has anyone to fill her in, and one day she wakes up covered in blood and bruises and doesn't remember what happened.
The same day Megan Hipwell is declared missing, and Rachel becomes invested in the case, and tries to remember where she was and what she was doing.
Scene from The Girl on the Train, after Rachel has woken up and can't remember what happened the night before, or why she is covered in blood.
Camera Techniques:
-When Rachel is drunk, the camera goes in and out of focus, creating a subjective view and help us to put ourselves in her shoes. Slowing down of time, makes us think people are looking at her/following her. Flashbacks for a split second on the screen.
Scene from The Girl on the Train, Rachel is drunk on the train and thinks people are watching her.
Scene from The Girl on the Train, Rachel thinks a man is following her, and she sees who she thinks is Anna go into a tunnel.
-00.35.20, high aperture settings, completely blurs out subject in the background as she’s talking to Rachel, shows how her mind is blocking out all other thoughts, and she's trying to remember.
-Followed by CU zoom shot of Rachaels face (kuleshov effect and flashbacks)
-Voices echoing/repeating to exaggerate confusion, not in the right headspace.
Scene from The Girl on the Train, after the detectives have questioned Rachel.
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