Close textual analysis...

Media language:

Many close up shots are used in this scene to emphasise facial expressions and also to create a dramatic effect to feel what the main lady protagonist is going through. This can therfore engage the audience as close up shots stand out in this scene and create an emotional effcect on the audience as this is a very intense and dramatic scene, engaging the audience.

Sound-(non diegetic/diegetic)- the music is very calm yet also very dramatic at the same time. This theme fits in well with the whole scene as the situation is very intense as the two protagonists featured in the scene, have previously encounterd a negative scene together in which the women gets sexually abused. The dramatic music also can suggest the pain and fear the women protagonist is going through.

The camerawork is very blurry and handheld in this scene which can help to portray the reality of the scene as this accident can happen in real life. By the use of a blurred image this helps to indicate the fearful situtaion as there is smoke evrywhere.

The mise en scene is all set in a car that has just encounterd an accident. Therefore this can help to engage the audience as they would want to find out what is going to happen next to the women...will she survive? Thereofore the social situation taking place helps to create narrative enigmas in the film.

The edits in this scene are very fast and creative to catch and engage the audiences attention. These fast edits can also help to fit in with the car crash as the women protagonists life can be over in a number of seconds.

Institution:

The film's budget was $6.5 million (plus $1 million in financing). Because of the financial constraints, director Haggis filmed in his own house, borrowed a set from the TV show Monk, used his car in parts of the film, and even used cars from other staff members

Genre:

The main iconographic images used in this scene is the burning car and fire scene where the car blows up. This can help to indicate that the main genre of the film is action.

A social issue of two opposing characters is also being raised in this scene to connote tension and aslo promote the idea that the film does carry generic conventions of social issues.

Representation:

The male protagonist in the scene(white police officer) can be identified to be the HERO of the situation which links to propps theroy as he is saving her life. This cal also link to role reversal as before he was classified as a villain when he sexually abused the women. Thereofore he is being represented in a positve way to the audience to engage and inform them that role reversal is taking place.

This can aslo challenge sterotypes in the film as binary opposition between a black and white charcter is taking place. By the fact that the white police officer was seen to be racsist in the film this can challenge the sterotype of white people in the film as he is risking his own life to save the other protagonist.

Audience:

The audience in this scene are kept engaged all the way through by the use of different media language techniques. They are associated with many narrative pleasures as suspense and tension is being created in this dramatic scene.

They are also raised with many narrative enigmas in this scene such as "will the woemd die"? or "will she be saved by the hero"?. This therefore engages the audience as the enigma needs to be solved to create a resolution.

The target audience for the whole film on average will be targeted to different backgorunds and classes in society as many different scenes in the film, aswell as this major scene contain a variety of different characters with different backgrounds.

Values and ideologies:

The main liberal value raised in this scene is the idea of anti racism as a black character and a white character(two previous opposing forces) have reunited in this scene. Also by the fact that he eventaully saves the women suggests that in society, we shoud all work together and look out for one another, as the message of anti racism is being sent out to the audience to enage them.

Alot of positive values are also being raised in this scene as the audience are being informed and educated that racism shouls stop in the world as this intense scene could have suggested that someone could have dided(as the main trigger of this accident was a fight with her husband caused by the sexual abusement previoulsy).

Thereofore the overall message in the scene can encourage politcal and social change which the audience can learn from and stop happening.

Narrative:

This scene can be viewed as a closed narrative as a reolution has happened and the women has been rescued eventaully resolving the narrative enigmas raised by the audience.

Many theorists can aslo be applied to this scenne such as propp(hero/rescuer) and narrative themes such as binary opposition. This again engages the audience as the hero positions has changed as before he could have been considerd as a villain in the text.

This scene is also part of a liner narrative as events are happening in a chronological order. This can maybe suggest that life should go on or our lifes do crash together in some stage of life.