300 Word Analysis of V for Vendetta

Chancellor Sutler's Introduction:

In this scene from the film V for Vendetta, the Chancellor is addressing a table of officials on the shady character named 'V'. I will now talk about the different shot type, angles and movements of the camera used in this scene.

Chancellor Sutler 

One type of shot that is used most commonly throughout this scene is close ups. You can get a better understanding of the emotions a character is feeling from a close up, from these close-ups you can see Evey (middle still) seems very worried and Chancellor Sutler has a very serious look. V is the only odd one out as he is wearing his mask, although it could portray his emotion.



 The film has a very low key lighting this adds the suspense to it, because if the film was in a high key lighting it would more suggest it was happy and upbeat like a comedy or a romance. Most of the shots in the clip are stationary and focus on one main main character at a time instead of panning across the room and looking around, it makes sure that you keep focus and look at the character at all times, making you feel like you cant escape. Especially with the Chancellor Sutler shots and it makes it look like we are looking up to him giving him dominance over us, showing us that he is in charge.

This is another example of the previous point, but in this shot there is only light on the character and no were else on screen giving you no were else to look making you feel intimidated, this is also a mid shot and you can really see his facial expressions due to the lack of light in the background constantly adding suspense and tension.

This is a wide shot of a panel of people, this make you feel as if you are being judged by them as they all seem very formal and again with the darkness behind giving you no were else to look making you feel trapped.