Detailed analysis of Thriller Clip analysed in class

In "What Lies Beneath" most of the shots are from Claire's point of view. There is a high angle shot of Claire walking up the stairs to show that she's vulnerable and going to be the weak character in this scene. There is also a close up of the necklace on her neck to show it will be and important aspect in this scene. Straight after this close up we see a long shot of the bathroom so we link the necklace to the bathroom then a panning shot of the phone. We then see her walk into the bedroom as puts on a white dressing gown over her white dress. The white clothes signify her innocence in this scene. We then see a close up of the phone to show the importance the phone plays as we see that Norman didn't call the emergency services. There are a few match-cuts throughout the fighting sequence where Claire is struggling to get away and when she's running down the stairs. There is a Low angle shot of her when she is crawling on the floor to show he vunrability with a high angle shot of Norman on the stairs looking down on Claire to show his power and that he's in control in this situation. There is a close up of Claire's face when she's on the floor, which makes the camera look like its on the floor, to show her facial expression as she struggles to get away. This is followed by a high angle shot of Norman standing over her but the camera returns to a normal mid shot of him when he's admitting what he done. There is a high angle shot of him carrying Claire in to the bathroom to enhance the menace of what he is doing. This is followed by a birds eye view of the bathroom to show him putting Claire in the bath tub.