The Shallows - Get Out of the Water!

 The Shallows analysis - Hitchcock inspiration

 

• Close up shot of her lying on the rock, but almost at her eye level.
• Even though it’s a close up, she is seen from quite an awkward angle (just like how Hitchcock has been known to film actors).
• Quite disorientating —> makes her seem vulnerable, reflects her unstable state of mind.
• Similar angle to Psycho —> distorted body, makes the audience feel uncomfortable. 

• Blurry image showing what she is seeing, exactly how she is seeing it.
• She’s weak and only partially conscious (she has been injured or something has happened to her) so her vision is blurred and can only just make out the two surfers.
• The audience is not only seeing directly from her eye kind, but we are physically seeing through her eyes.

• The seagull is there in shot most of the time, like in The Birds. —> circling their prey.
• Makes eerie noises all the time/screeching/vicious