I recently watched an episode of Criminal Minds entitled "Painless" that originally aired on 10/12/11. In this episode many film techniques contributed to the plot and story line. The use of mis en scene inside the jet on their way to Boise, Idaho is important because it shows the organization and importance of this case. As well as organization every one of the characters is deeply engaged into the conversation. While the flight home every one is casually lounging and disengaged from one another and this symbolizes the relaxation after their job was well done. As more tense moments occur in the show the background music became more quickly paced and supportive of the scenes movements. Along with the sounds the quick and short camera shots went along with the plot and really symbolized the urgency of the case and how other people’s lives depending on its solving. Lighting in this episode played a large role and impacted the mood of the show greatly. In opening scenes, the first victim is mourning an even that had occurred ten years ago. He is leaning over a case observing old newspaper clippings explaining the incident. He is shown covered in shadow and as the camera pans over to the clippings they light up just long enough to read the title and immediately become engulfed in shadow. In the last scenes that show the solving and resolution to the case they are in a boiler room searching for the perpetrator guns drawn, they creep down long hallways while the criminal hides in the shadows. When they finally meet it is in a brighter area and you can clearly see the emotion within their faces.
February 15, 2012
Criminal Minds
I recently watched an episode of Criminal Minds entitled "Painless" that originally aired on 10/12/11. In this episode many film techniques contributed to the plot and story line. The use of mis en scene inside the jet on their way to Boise, Idaho is important because it shows the organization and importance of this case. As well as organization every one of the characters is deeply engaged into the conversation. While the flight home every one is casually lounging and disengaged from one another and this symbolizes the relaxation after their job was well done. As more tense moments occur in the show the background music became more quickly paced and supportive of the scenes movements. Along with the sounds the quick and short camera shots went along with the plot and really symbolized the urgency of the case and how other people’s lives depending on its solving. Lighting in this episode played a large role and impacted the mood of the show greatly. In opening scenes, the first victim is mourning an even that had occurred ten years ago. He is leaning over a case observing old newspaper clippings explaining the incident. He is shown covered in shadow and as the camera pans over to the clippings they light up just long enough to read the title and immediately become engulfed in shadow. In the last scenes that show the solving and resolution to the case they are in a boiler room searching for the perpetrator guns drawn, they creep down long hallways while the criminal hides in the shadows. When they finally meet it is in a brighter area and you can clearly see the emotion within their faces.
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I also watched the episode of Criminal Minds titled “Painless”. From the very beginning of this episode, a number of film techniques are used. The show opens with close up shots of a man reading articles in a glass case in a school hallway. As the camera pans across a few different articles viewers can clearly read the headlines and understand that he is reading about a bombing that happened at the school ten years earlier. The music in the scene is slow and depressing to reinforce the feelings of sadness the man seems to be having while reading the articles. Without even knowing who this man is, I can see he was affected by this tragedy. The scene then turns into a short montage of the thirteen students that died and these pictures are shown over video of the school itself to create an overlay effect of multiple images at once. The camera then zooms in on a picture in one of the articles of the man himself carrying a victim out of the mayhem. Viewers now know that he himself was at the school when this bombing happened. Not a word was said, but viewers know so much. Another scene rich in film techniques occurs while the bombers younger brother is being questioned. Agent Rossi’s face always seems to be in the light, while Brandon’s face is never shot straight on and seems to be in a less lighted part of the room. This gives Brandon a sense of mystery which helps to convince the audience he may not be innocent. Short stabbing sound effects are played as Rossi asks tough questions to elevate the emotion viewers feel while watching. This conversation occurs with a series of short close ups to make the audience a bit uncomfortable.
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