Dracula (1992)

Edits

Jump cut of cross

Dracula walks away pulls up cloak, and scene fades to black

Nondiegetic sound

Voice over – telling history of a battle

Diegetic sound

Wolves howling (diegetic)

Creepy eerie music

Music becomes dramatic and dark

Mise en scene

Setting: church – dead body of girl, man becomes angry

Setting: castle, big, caged, surrounded by candles

Driver of horse and carriage – black leather clothing, bird’s shaped helmet, dangerous

Smoke and fire – people dyeing/dead on spikes

Old fashioned clothing – suits   (Well-spoken/posh)

Red colours – connote blood, danger

Orange colours – connote fire

Driver of horse and carriage – black leather clothing, bird’s shaped helmet, dangerous

Costume – Dracula: long red cape, white hair, white gown

Castle is dark – stone walls, eerie

Dracula holding photo of Mina, his shadow strangles Jonathan

Lucy and Mina – big, expensive gowns, glamorous, red lipstick – connote blood and seduction

Renfield – insane, dirty, locked in asylum (claustrophobic), eats cockroaches and maggots

Walls appear to move in and out – claustrophobic

Cobwebs, candles – iconography

Female vampires – seductive, biting Jonathan – gives him pleasure

Doors shut by themselves – mysterious

Lucy – red flowing cape and red dress- connote blood & seduction, walking seductively

Mina – following Lucy in similar blue outfit – hectic movements

Camera movements

Tilt – from window to river as girl drops, shows height of fall

Panning – Dracula’s shadow. He’s not there but his shadow is, he’s always watching

Rolling – Mina and Lucy in the rain, running around happily

Camera shots

Long shot – London

High angle shot – man talking up to no one (in asylum) tiny room

Extreme close up of wolves’ eyes

Close up, low angle shot of Dracula’s face, low lighting, shadows across face – evil

Low angle shot – castle; show height

High angle shot, tilt down – Dracula shaving Jonathan (main character)

High angle shot – wolves howling (see their shadows)

Extreme close up of their teeth – identifying what they are

Close up of Dracula’s eyes in the clouds – always watching

Zoom in – bite marks on Lucy’s neck

Lighting

Low lighting – create shadows across face, when reading letter from Dracula

Key lighting – see face clearly, when reading letter from mina (fiancé)

Shadow of Dracula is pitch black, doesn’t do what Dracula does (mind of his own)

High key lighting – Lucy’s(mina’s friend) home, contrast to Dracula’s castle