9 FRAME

MOONRISE

FRAME 1

The scene starts off with dramatic low

key music alongside a medium shot of

walking legs, the floor is bombarded by

rain and the long shadows cast by the legs

stretch off shot. These are all very strong

characteristics of noir, they are all markers

which cement to the viewer a pessimistic

and intents theme. The steps are in time

with the music- this use of synchronised

music draws importance as to where the

characters are going. More and more feet

join the march, they stop and the camera

tilts up showing a crowd of half

silhouetted citizens .

FRAME 2

The crowed are looking up at this-a

silhouetted man about to be hung, the

silhouette makes the scene more vivid,

allowing the audience to image the look

on the mans face, also the strong use of

silhouettes is key to noir, implication and

associations come hand in hand with the

dramatic music and intense story line.

Crime. Crime is mostly glamorised within

the world of noir with care free gangsters,

drugs and drinking , however within this

frame you can see how the director (Frank

Borage) has considered the punishment

and effects of crime.

FRAME 3

The scene fades to this, another silhouette

cast upon a child's bed, it resembled the

man hanging, the camera pulls back to

show it is a child's toy, sinisterly placed to

mock the childes farther. The child seems

to be being bullied because of his fathers

criminal exploits, a side rarely shown in

not just noir but film as a whole. The

room is light by a window, it leaks bright

light onto the bed, clearly showing the

child crying under the covers. The crying

is all foley, in fact it doesn’t even match up

with the child’s mouth. It seems that the

child may be in a orphanage but it is not

clear yet.

FRAME 4

Elliptical editing is used to show the child

older, this time in a playground fighting

with a school rival. Other children can be

seen running towards the fight, as they are

all boys it seems more probable that this is

in an orphanage or school. As ever the

shadows are long and the music is

dramatic. The rivalry between these two

children all could stem from the farther

being hung, the scene shows the ripples

of ones mans crimes.

FRAME 5

Again conflict is shown between this one

child and the other boys- they hold him

up against the wall and rub dirt in his face.

The boys face is shown half in darkness,

these techniques are often shown in noir ,

weather it be to show fractured

personalities or to reinforce the

pessimistic dark world with surrounds the

characters. The high angle tells the

audience that the bullies are in control and

that this defenceless boy is a victim, the

shot asks the audience to pity the boy

despite his fathers roots.

FRAME 6

The next frame shows a high school

dance, well light and reflected in a swamp

like marsh. The fore ground is almost

completely black, only showing the outline

of leafs and shrubs. This shot shows

seclusion; distance, not only for the

audience but for the characters among this

forestry land. As this is a teen dance it

could be said more elliptical editing has

been used.

FRAME 7

The marshes are the perfect setting for the

final conflict, its dark and mysterious. The

bully seems smug and confident, smartly

dressed and styled . The victim is scruffy

and dark he has been destroyed by the

bully. The lighting is coming from the

moon and is fractured by the trees, typical

of noir. The sound within this scene is

ambient forest and residual noise from the

high school party.

This long shot shows the conflict in

progress, the scene has moved to a

near log cabin, these darkened

scenes show an approaching climax,

the bullied teen is almost completely

hidden in blackness, the bully's

white suit is carefully light. As far as

the music is concerned is quite quiet

and low.

FRAME 8

FRAME 9

The bullied teen is cast in almost complete

darkness, his eye sockets are completely

black and his attacking the bully, the

audiences opinions of this victim are

shifting, as the bully is on the floor,

defenceless, and the teen is above him

with a rock in his hand – an attack seems

imminent. The audiences shift opinions

quite quick, we feel sorry for him and feel

ashamed of routing for him. The music is

low key and quite orchestral. This climax

shows the result of countless bullying

encounters.