The Killing The Serial

In this essay, I will analyse the first three minute of the TV serial, The Killing. The serial is an american crime drama based on a danish TV series. The genre, while being comun, has a unique flavor in its making as the first two seasons are centered around one case. The crime based drama genre can be depicted in the was the serial was filmed and edited. Through Camera work, editing, and sound, The Killing suggest how the genre isn’t only a theme but also a visual and immersive aspect. The first shot is a long, establishing shot of a small lake. The sky shows a very stormy day. The shot has a slight dolly effect going away from the shot. The sound would be very nature: the wind, frogs, crickets. But also there is a fare away tingling sound. …show more content…
The camera has a crabing movement, with a shallow focus graduating from focused in the background to being focused on the woman 's’ legs as they pass by the camera. The sound in this shot remains to same expecting the tingling sound disappeared, replaced by the sound of the woman 's steps on the ground. However, the nature soundtrack changes when she passes by the camera as the wind sound transformed to a made sound. close enough to the wind, but the view will hear it as a sign of apprehension, almost giving chills. The next shot is a wide shot of the woman jogging down a bridge. The camera shows her from behind, following her a a shaking camera movement, emphasising the idea of running. The angle is slightly high, and slowly catching up with her. The sound now minimized the sound of the steps and added a hooting noise giving the impression it is night …show more content…
Then it shows flashes of cuts in of what can be guessed to be the victim underwater with the ripple effect on the visual. The shots a primarily dissolved in one another, particularly with the CGI car flashlight staying longer on the cut in of the victim 's’ body parts shown. The parts shown differents from the arms, legs, the shoulder with her breast, the sideline of the jaw with her neck, her ear and the her half of her face in a vertical way. The entire credit shows how water is an important theme in the serial, as we later know that the victim was drowned. The fact that almost the entire credit is under the perspective of inside the car can give a hint of how the story line will jump a lot from distanced location, implying the usage of a car. The flashlights and the out of focused light could represent the police with its red color and and their urge to go to from one place to another.
It has been shown how the camera work, the sound and the editing, the genre has more of a visual, and immersive impact on the view than of just a general idea of the storyline. The soundtrack drive us in, making us feeling the tension or the state of a character, in this case, the victim with the drums. The editing, changing a scene to another