The Secret Window-''Self Talk'' Scene

Close Up shots:

· Close up shot of the book he is reading in the car with the page missing
· Close up of the hat that sits on the table
· Close up after he looks in the mirror
· Close up of his arm, trying to find marks
· Close up of him holding a gun
· Close up of him as he become frustrated with the ‘’other voice’’
· Close up after seeing things he doesn’t understand
· Close up of his face as he flashes back

In the movie The Secret Window close ups are used to show the intensity of the scenes. One of the scenes where the hat is sitting on the table a close up is used to show some of his confusions as he picks it up and wears it. By using a close up on the hat in the scene, you are able to get a deeper sense of his confusion and thinking.
Another scene that uses close up in the film is when the camera pans from the mirror that he is looking into as he wears the hat and goes into a close up of his face. By using a close up on his face, you see the confusion, annoyance and anger. It shows that his anger increases along with confusion.
A gun is used in one of the scenes that uses close up. Although in this scene the intensity enhances. A slight tremble is present as he holds the gun. The close up in this scene shows a element of fear and frustration.
The scene where ‘’the other voice’’ is making him more frustrated shows that he is become slightly timmed, scared and annoyed. The close up shows his shaking and heavy breathing. His eyes become wider as he goes into rapid thinking. It creates more meaning in this scene because you see his reactions and fear as it grows.
The close up where he begins to ask more and confusion becomes very present shows that he is becoming more afraid. A slight sadness takes over his eyes as he finds that he is lost in his own mind. The close up clearly shows that he is beginning to crack and find that he is afraid of what he is becoming and thinking. His fear is also present in this scene.
The close up shows that he is thinking back and flashing back to what he didn’t know was a memory. The sight of guilt over powers his face as he flashes back to what he has done, but couldn’t recall before. Fear and guilt almost looks like a sickness in the shot. The close up enhances this. It looks like he can’t smile because guilt and fear becomes his only expression. Without the close up you wouldn’t get a sense of what he is feeling and thinking. You able to get a feel for what he is feeling without it being spoken or deliberately expressed.
It is important to have close ups in this film because it adds more emotion. Close ups in the movie are used to intensify feelings towards some of the scenes and to add more meaning and depth to what you are seeing