Analytical Essay On My ChoiceFilm Sequence The film I have chosen to look at is The Lord Of The Rings The Fellowship Of The Ring. The short sequence

   Frodo starts to look worried and the close-up on his eyes as the dark, melodic music fades in makes the audience think a worse threat than Farmer Maggot is coming. He starts to walk a little up the track, turning to look behind him as he walks. The mild suggestion of getting off the road is ignored by his friends who are grabbing at mushrooms they have found growing by the roadside. Frodo looks ahead of him down the track to see the leaves blowing up in the air and a horrible sounding screech can faintly be heard.With a real note of panic Frodo shouts at his friends to quickly get off the road. This makes the audience assume that something bad is coming and another close-up of Frodo's terrified, wide, blue eyes before they tumble into a verge tells the audience something evil is deffinately right behind that screech. They as they are sat under overhanging tree roots there is a silent scuffle between Sam and Pippin over the mushrooms in a bag. They were too busy to take proper note of the imminent danger but at the appearence of a huge, black horse and rider silences them immediately. The audience can clearly see that this is the real danger, not an angry farmer and the long sword poking out the riders robes makes us realize just how dangerous this thing could be. The camera has another close-up or Frodos innocent, terrified eyes, peeking through a gap in the tree roots. The camera then reverses so we see what Frodo sees. The horse has nails through it's hooves and a sharp "bit" biting into the horses mouth. The audience immediately sees that if this is how the riders horse is treated he must be pretty evil so we start feeling more scared for the hobbits. The rider dismounts with much clanking of metal and we see his feet and hands a covered in sharp armour. He leans over the hobbots hiding place and you see his robes hood covers blackness, you see no face. This is a common characteristic of a classic bad guy but in this case the rider appears to heve no face at all. The hobbits all shrink back and Sam screws his eyes shut tight. The rider is snoffing for their scent so this not only allows the audience to feel the hobbits fear but combined with the faceless hood you start to think it isn't human. Bugs start scurrying over them as they cringe as far back as they can under the bank. The audience feels very uncomfortable as if they were in the situation instead of the hobbits and the bugs make you squirm. The audience, by this point, is feeling terrified for the hobbits and wishing, like they are, that the hooded rider will get back on his horse and leave. Frodo starts to look dizzy and his eyes close. He takes the ring out of his pocket and the rider sniffs in that direction, as if he can sense the rings power. The sound that starts in the backgroung is a swirling, almost watery hissing which goes well with the rider. Sam grabs Frodo who comes to his senses and the music stops straight away. The audience now associates this skin-creeping music to the rider and the ring. The power of the ring almost overcame Frodo at the start of his journey so Sam, his protector, has already saved him from being drawn into its darkness. For us watching the film we can see that Sam is going to be Frodos bodyguard-like character to stop him being drawn in and Frodo is terrified and needs his friends help. Pippin throws his beloved mushrooms away to ditract the hooded rider and when he leaves they run. This shows the audience how his friends sacrafice to help him and keep him safe. Frodo stares at the ring in his hand and the scared look in his eyes lets the audience know the rings power over him. This sequence introduces thae characters, and their roles on the quest. It also creates the right emotions among the audience and introduces sound links between the ring, the rider, Frodo and his friends.