Angles, Shots, Movements
The camera is commonly left lingering on through pans or tracking shots to create a droning, suspenseful feeling.
Eye-level shots allowing eye contact between audience and character increase tension.
Over the shoulder shots of one character pan into the face of another behind them to show a shocking, or unexpected reaction.
Low angles are used when characters are yelling to make them seem more powerful.
Mis-En-Scene
This film revolves around a single setting, a mansion, where all the characters are in; this allows all the characters to interact and bounce off each other to create a more intriguing plot.
Acting also plays a large role because it acts as a vehicle for the dialogue, which is necessary for building a mystery and solving the mystery.
Makeup/costume are used to create a certain niche, for example, money hungry older relatives who wear sharp fashion and minimal makeup. These niche characters are all different forces that interact with each other throughout the film.
Sound
The film uses a lot of non-diegetic sounds, like hoarse violins, to increase the tension in a scene when an unexpected fact is revealed.
Dialogue is heavily relied on this movie as it conveys the facts necessary to create a mystery, and the dialogue between characters is used to slowly reveal.
Editing
Jump cuts are heavily used to keep momentum going through a scene where large events are happening. For example when a will in this movie reveals all property goes to a single character, jump cuts are used to display everyone's reactions, creating a fast past that makes the scenes fast paced and tense.
Mystery Elements Used
Costumes and makeup are used to effectively convey to the audience what role a character will play in the grand scheme of the mystery and what their intentions might be.
Tracking shots are used during chaotic scenes to exemplify the messiness of the situation.
Over the shoulders often portray a blurred figure behind a character, adding an element of mystery.
Elements That Did Not Appeal
Although the movie did use makeup/costume, for the most part, effectively a lot of the characters can be seen as stereotypes, for example, a stuck up and snobby elder who only cares about money.
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