MP - Technical Analysis

Dog Soldiers (Marshall, 2002)

0.31 - 0.38: The location is revealed straight away as an extreme long shot fades in. The typography is simple, and is 'typed' onto the screen, giving initial thoughts of technology and the present day.

0.38 - 0.45: The shot fades through a medium shot to introduce the first character, suggesting that he may be the protagonist of the film.

0.45 - 1.23: Close up reaction shots present the second character and the relationship between the two, placing them both in the audiences' mind as lead roles. Both characters have equal amounts of screen time, which reinforces the 'modern man' ideology that both sexes are equal.

1.23 - 1.42: This then fades through again to extreme close ups of a very intimate scene between the two characters, revealing more about their relationship, and the purpose of their being in the woods.

1.42 - 1.58: A close up motivated cut is used here after quite a long cut that shows the reactions of the two characters in relation to what the motivated cut is about to show.

1.58 - 2.16: Close up shot-revere-shots are used here after the audience is shown what has shocked the characters, and their on-going reaction to it.

2.16 - 2.26: A chaotic set of extremely quick cuts, mostly close-ups give a very panicy feeling to the event of the woman being killed and dragged from the tent. This shows how the man is feeling perhaps, now that his partner has been abducted.