Analysis Of Strangers

Strangers is a short film set in the underground subway system and shows a modern take on the tension between the jewish community and the neo nazi’s. From the mise en scene it is clear from the start that this film is all about different beliefs as theman already seated on the train is reading an arabic newspaper. The man who enters the train is wearing a star of  david necklace which immediatley identifys him of jewish religion and he makes a point to convay this to the arabic man using subtle eye contact. The director builds the suspense between the two characters by using no dialogue only the diegetic sound of the train. he also creates suspense among the the audience by using slow chot changes between the two characters. The dim unatural lighting of the underground further highlights the awkward unatural situation. Two more men enter the train and sit near the arabic and jewish man. The two men have shaves heads, tattoo’s and piercings and convey the message of being aggressive. The director then decides to show a shot of a nazi symbol tattoo which shows the audience that the two men are neo nazi which creates a further tension in the train. There is still no dialogue used to add to the tension and the diagetic sound of the underground creates unatural and awkward sounds. The shot changes are still slow to build the tension further and the director decides to show close up shots of the men making eye contact with each other. The credits then appear and the screen goes black however still continues with the diagetic sound of the scene which leaves the rest to the audiences imagination.