HANNA ANALYSIS

Hanna:

This scene is from the film Hanna. It contains a lot of violence, action, drama and excitement for the audience to watch. Instantly, we can see the film is to do with some sort of prison as she is wearing an orange jump suit, which symbolises the prison uniform. During the opening part where Hanna begins to try and escape from this prison, we see many close ups of her face. This is used; so that we can see the detail of the blood from her victims she has kills. This demonstrates she is a flawed anti-hero. This means she’s not your typical hero who is perfect, she is killing people in a brutal manner in which, she can escape. This shows ruthlessness and how strong and violent she is as person. Furthermore, we see a close up of the gun. This highlights that this item demonstrates this scene is violent and dangerous. We then see a wide shot, which shows us the massacre she has created in killing all these security guards. The non-diegetic sound of the music is in time with her heart beat so it pumping fast and is used to entice the audience which gives enhances the term ‘action’ film. The camera is behind her so it’s following her. This shows that she is in control and that we are following her and she is protecting us. While running many shots are used to give many perspectives of Hanna herself. The first shot is a low shot looking from the feet up which shows us her authority. Finally a close up shot of her face, which presents the fear, she shows in being caught and her determination to escape. At the end of the scene, we hear the synchronous electric sound and we see a close of Hanna swirling round very fast is a connection to how crazy and mentally disturbed she is as a child. Finally when she opens the hatch to escape the bright shining of light represents the light at the end of the tunnel and her pathway to freedom.