Post-Viking Scene Analysis

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There’s a scene where Murdoch uses post-dubbing to play a recording of James and Eve talking while the camera “tracks” James and Eve walking through Glasgow at night (Monaco 201). This gives the audience a sense of action as the characters and the camera moves. At one point Murdoch uses a multiple exposure shot to show a close up of Eve and James while showing a wider angle shot of the traffic in the streets of the city on screen at the same time, instead of jumping from one image to the other. There’s also a lot of wide angle camera shots that show parts of the city at night to give the audience a sense of setting.
Murdoch uses post-dubbing to play a recording of dialogue between James, Eve, and Cassie. During this dialogue the camera shows …show more content…

Perhaps the most visually elaborate scene in the film is where the band, God Help the Girl plays the song “I’ll Have to Dance with Cassie” in front of a live audience at a music venue. It is one of the most catchy and upbeat songs on the soundtrack. To highlight this song, the audience member’s at the venue and the band members all dance together in a very clearly choreographed and visually compelling fashion. The casts dance moves are choreographed to match perfectly with the lyrics and music of the song. Murdoch uses a lot of different camera angles and camera movement during this scene to capture all the dancers, give the scene lots of energy, and make it visually compelling for the audience.
The scenes during the song “Musician, Please Take Heed” are also very visually compelling with a lot of camera angles and movement during choreographed dancing. There’s a girl that follows the character Eve around all over Glasgow and dances with her while Eve sings. During this song Murdoch uses a multiple exposure many times to show the image of Eve and the girl dancing in different settings and the image of a spinning vinyl record on the screen at the same time. The song itself is very dark, eerie, and foreboding. In fact, the song ends with Eve’s drug

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