Columbiana is an action film based within a prison. The main character is a female criminal who is causing mischief within the prison. There is a closeup of a prison door handle and a mug with the diegetic sound of the door being opened which was used to make the location clear. There is a low angle shot of a prison officer which could be used to show the superiority of the officer. The clip involves very low lighting which suggests a very negative atmosphere. It starts with long shots of the main character sleeping but then begins to move into closeups and medium shots. A parallel edit is used as it shows the woman escaping from her cell and then cuts to show the police officers who are meant to be observing the cctv. There is a closeup shot to suggest the cctv is part of the plan As the main character begins to move around the prison it uses tracking shots to follow her. As the character gets a glass of water it moves to a closeup shot of the water which suggest it is important to her plan. It then goes on to focus on the electric room which suggests this is where the action is going to start to take place. It moves to a high angle shot as she opens and climbs into the vent. There is quite fast pace non diegetic music in the background to try and build the tension within the scene, also there is the diegetic sound of the fan as that is what is being focused on at this point as she is trying to break it so she can slip through it. As the fan cuts out so does the non diegetic music but soon starts up as the action begins to take place again. The scene carries on with the parallel editing between the main character and the police officers. The long camera shot of her through the fan suggests she has completed that section of her mission. Moving into a low angle shot as she leaves the vent, the low angle shot suggests her superiority and power is increasing. As she creeps up on the police officer in the bathroom it moves to several closeups of her face to exaggerate the intensity of the situation. The long shot of the officer as he falls down allows the audience to see her crouched behind him so they understand that she used him to get through the door. The extreme closeup of the gun indicates the danger and action which is yet to come. As she walks through the prison it focuses on a man asleep which suggests he will be involved. As she approaches the sleeping man it cuts between closeups of her face and the camera zooming in on him before it focuses on a closeup of the gun aimed at his chest. As she wakes him up it cuts to a closeup of the mans face to exaggerate the fear and tension before another high angle shot over the prison cell. As the shooting happens it cuts to the police officers hearing the diegetic gun shots. After the gun shots it goes silent before non diegetic fast pace music starts being played as more action is happening and to display the panic within the prison. This is followed on with the diegetic sounds of alarms ringing and police sirens which further suggests the panic within the scene. There is more parallel editing as it shows the police searching the premises as a high angle shot captures her climbing up the side of the building. Closeups of her hands and feet suggest the power she is using within them to be able to manage to climb up and hang off he wall. A high angle shot of her hanging emphasises how high up she is which also emphasises the danger. There is a non diegetic sound of a beating heart which further emphasises the danger. The low angle shot of her jumping down from the event suggests she has gained her power and is now superior but as the officer is outside her cell it uses a low angle shot to view him which suggests he still has power of her. The clip finishes with a mid shot zooming in on her as she sighs with relief but still has a very tense serious facial expression.
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