Red eye's initial shots are the ones that are most effective,
they take place at an airport with a women (Rachel McAdams) rushing to catch
the last flight, we see her first in a taxi on the way to the airport and the
action immediately jumps in as the taxi driver appears extremely dangerous on
the road. This adds a powerful sense of forthcoming danger, the weather is also
bad, Pathetic fallacy, and indicates a hidden threat. The airport is extremely
busy and manic and the protagonists helplessness is conveyed by use of high camera
angles and suggests she will be the victim and most sound is diegetic, adding
mayhem to the scene, however non diegetic sound is added when the characters
are on the plane, the weather and plane are very loud, emphasising Rachel
McAdams fear of flying and again foreboding the trouble she is unknowingly in.
Being on a plane at night also requires dim lighting, however the light on the
female Protagonist is much higher and more equal than that of the aggressor,
who despite this is still significantly lighted for character importance.
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