War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds is a 2005 American science fiction, directed by Steven Spielberg.

The editing used within war of the worlds creates the appearance of the aliens as they emerge out of nowhere. The use of sound helps build the tension of that something’s going to happen as the non digetic music used is very alarming and fast pace.  The dialogue screaming from the people show the fear. The cinematography is used very well as a low angle is used from the peoples view looking at this monster, alien arousing from the ground to show its authority and power of how much trepidation it creates. High angles are used to show how vulnerable and innocent the people are.

No sound is used for a short while to nerve the tension of what is going to happen. As the monster starts attacking editing is brought in again as laser beams from the creature assail the scared group of people surrounded in the setting. A prop used within the sequence is a camera what is dropped and recording this footage, which may symbolise importance. a very serious piece, which had to combine necessary frightening atmosphere with propulsively rhythmic drive for the action scenes.

A tracking shot is used as it follows the main character (Tom Cruise) running from this attack. Close ups of people being erased is shown to show the horrid effects and that this creature is seen as the danger within the film. As our character comes into hiding a close up of his face is shown to identify the shock through his facial expressions.

The lighting is very dimmed maybe to hint that it is very serious. The body gesture of the character shows his fear as his trying to get away from this attack from aliens. His clothing shows us that he is a strong minded character with the use of dark colours.

The performances of the main character was played very well as the use of dialogue, body language was set right for the action of this character, mostly for the enemy character annotations, editing was used various occasions by Steven Spielberg. 

By Jamie Hutton