TB:Technical Analysis

Peeping Tom (Powell, 1960)

1. 0.43-50. The opening shot is an extreme close-up of a man's eye, shot with a still camera. It lasts 7 seconds.
   
   As the eye fills the frame there is nothing else going on in the mise-en-scene at this point.
2. 0.50-1.03. The second shot is a long-shot, there is some movement so a handy cam may have been used. It lasts 12-13 seconds. There is some low-key lighting used, as well as set design to add verisimilitude, such as litter bins and street furniture such as signs.
3. 1.03-1.14. This shot is firstly a close-up of a camera with three lenses. It then zooms into the camera itself and the screen turns black. The shot lasts about 11 seconds. There is a use of shadows here to conceal the camera.
4. 1.14-1.57. This shot is a POV shot from the eye of our anti-hero's camera, the camera is shaking and moves towards a women so has been shot using a handy cam whilst walking. It lasts 43 seconds. Within the mise-en-scene there is one prop that the camera focuses which is what looks like box of film for the protagonists camera.

           



     5.  1.58-3.08. This is still a POV shot from the eyes of the man's camera. It lasts 1min 10seconds 
          and is therefore an uncommonly long shot, but there is a lot of movement and has of course
          been done for a reason. It has again been shot using a handy cam to create the illusion that the 
          audience are seeing exactly what the camera is filming. It is shot mainly in a womens bedroom
          but also up the stairs towards this room. Low-key lighting has been included.




     6.  3.08-3.15. This shot is a close-up of our anti-hero's camera on a tripod. It lasts 7 seconds. This
          is not much else in the frame apart from the camera, but low-key lighting has been used around
          the camera.