CEMS (first 5 and a half minutes)
Camera - at the beginning of this film the camera angle included are long shot, establishing shots, ariel shots to set where the scene is. With these shots they are showing a party on a ferry for the navy sailors and their family and friends. The camera is slown down into slow motion to show the expressions on the people's faces which helps to create the mood. Also P.O.V shots are used to show the mood of the families, friends etc, this gives off a happy, excited atmosphere.
Editing - in the opening credits, as soon as the film is beginning they show one bit twice, which relates to the title of the film. The cut rate of this film at the beginning is about 5 seconds, which creates a calm atmosphere. The camera is put into slow motion to show all the people on the ferry, their facial expressions, of laughter, being tired, excited. There is also another slow motion bit where this little girl drops her doll into the water, and her voice is drowned out over all the music from the orchestra. The cut rate soons speeds up to about 3 second, and this starts to make the audience suspicious and the tension starts to rise. There is a bit in this scene where it shows a man on the bridge watching, its a long shot away and the audience only see him for about 3-5 seconds in that part of the scene, then it shows him again, riding off on his motorcycle. When the bomb goes off the cut rate is almost instant, it switches from underwater with people screaming, to people on the boat crying and running away, this cut rate is about 1- 2 seconds no longer.
Mise en Scene - in 'Déjà Vu' there are men wearing a navy uniform and they are all with their families. There are children all over the boat doing their own thing to entertain themselves, thres a boy with a gameboy, a girl with her doll, which she drops in the water, a whole group of young children poking, and picking on one of the sailors for fun. Everyone has a smile on their face which sets the mood. But in the car park area of the ferry that this party is held on, the radion suddenly turns on really loud. leaving one of the guards suspicious, you see it on his facial expression that there is something wrong and hes weary of this car. The whole mood changes after the bomb goes off, it turns into panic, screaming, crying everywhere.
Sound - At the beginning of Déjà Vu the music is very slow and calm, but has that little feeling that audience would feel about it being suspicious. When the credits are being typed in, you can hear the typewriter for some of them. in the background you can hear all the people's excitement for this party, theres laughter, cheering etc. As the ferry is setting off the beat of the non-diagetic music speeds up a little bit creating tension for the audience. In the car park area when the radio swithes on, it keeps switching from the radio to the orchestra which is a very up beat song. The lyrics on the radio, ironically are 'Don't Cry Baby', and straight after that the bomb goes off, creating manic everywhere. The sound of the explosion is amplified so that the audience can get a shock just as the characters in the film would be getting. Theres no music playing at this point all you can hear are, screams, splashes etc.
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