Nightcrawler Film Analysis

Nightcrawler exemplifies the surveillance film genre. Nightcrawler first exemplifies the surveillance film genre by having someone use equipment to film, listen, or spy on a person or event that is happening. In almost all of the movies or series that I have watched in this class, they all have had something to deal with a set of equipment. Louis Bloom, uses a hand held camera to shoot different crime scenes that he has hunted down to find. We have also seen in Rear Window, The Conversation, and The Wire, they all have someone using either a camera or a wiretap to gain information. Bloom videos events such as a shooting, car crash, and a home invasion. The surveillance genre is known for the use of equipment to find out information that either the viewers wanted to know, or something that the viewers did not know …show more content…
Through this sequence, we are able to feel the uncertainly and the unsteadiness that Nina feels around Bloom. The camera is able to capture her face as she looks into the eyes of Bloom when she tells him that she only went on a date with him as a professional move and not for anything romantic. When the camera moves over to Bloom, the viewers are able to see how he is trying to convince Nina that he is the reason the news station is improving and that more people are watching it. We are also able to see how confident Bloom is in himself and his business that he has created. The camera captures his facial expressions such as smirks, smiles, his eyes get big, and even his tone of voice, when he is talking good about himself. The viewers then get a mid shot of Nina and Bloom sitting at the dinner table. You can see Blooms reaction to Nina when he notices that she is not engaging with him has much has he wanted. This is a smart move by Dan Gilroy in the sense of allowing the audience to see the feelings between them and how it is a one sided