Auteur Signature Film Form: 

• Close up – contrast of foreground and background 
• Black and white 
• Dynamic editing – breaks 180 degree rule, jump cuts, not continuous 
• Mirror 
• Off-beat camera angles
• Wide angle lens
• Voice over
• Editing – repetition – they both go to the same places, him in the station is edited the same as her 
• All at night time 
• High contrast, black and white, no explanation – this happened at a different time 
• Harsh, functional lighting 
• High contrast, extreme wide angle lens, depth of field 
• Functional lighting e.g. lamp 
• Close (house), city/outside is faraway – binary opposition and disconnected theme 

Experimental use of Film Form: 

• Wide angle lens – unflattering 
• Sound – phasing (tinny) and sonic perspective isn’t right? E.g. train far away sounds close 
• Sped up train and plant shot – establishing shot, sense of emptiness 
• Foley of police car when we don’t actually see (binary opposition of criminals and cops?)

Experimental Narrative Devices/Narrative Construction: 

• No explanation of these characters relationship 
• Not about plot but feelings 

Auteur Narrative Style and Themes: 

• Loneliness – pager – can’t reply 
• Not about plot, but feelings 

Auteur Signature as Experimental Process:

• Use of big star, but he doesn’t let him speak (apart from voice over, which is in the opening)

Auteur Signature and Meaning Making/Themes: 

• Narrative repetition – explores characters relationship