In the last few scenes of the movie ‘Interview with a vampire’, Louis is gazing out of the window; the rule of third is used here so that he is placed on the right side with dead space to the left so that our eyes are drawn to his face. The lighting is used here to show that outside the window it’s brighter as he is looking out for a better future; he is inside, where it’s dark, because it reflects his life at this stage as he is always looming in the shadows ready to take down his prey. Using a track shot, the camera follows him back to his seat before dropping to show both him and the interviewer. The interviewer is closer to the camera on the left side so that he is noticed first, then our attentions follows round to the vampire in the background before coming back round to the middle- this is the golden mean. To emphasise that the interviewer is the subject of this shot the background is blurred until he turns to look at Louis who sets up the action line for the shot, this is successful as it stops the audience from getting confused.

 

 Along the action line, not breaking the 180 degree rule, there’s a shot reverse shot although due to the way Louis is sitting facing 90 degrees away from the interviewer they are both in the centre of the shot with one facing right and the other left. This is done so that their eye lines match up to show that they are both looking at each other.

 

The next camera shot is coming from beneath to show the height at which the vampire is holding him up, with the man held up on the left and the back of Louis’s head on the right it shows another golden mean as your attention moves round and back to the interviewer’s face as the focus.

 

After he is dropped there’s a wide shot of the empty room to show that the vampire had left without a trace and the transactions between the shots are quick to emphasise how quick he is, this is the same as before when he lunges forward towards the interviewer.

While the interviewer is racing towards his car and speeding off the rule of third has been used as a marking point so that he’s always in the area to avoid the shot looking messy and unorganised. At this point a match on action is used showing the front of the car and then the side to show it’s movement and to highlight his speed.

 

Another wide shot is viewed of the bridge ahead which could symbolise him moving onto something better- a new life. By the way that we can’t actually see the end of the bridge could suggest that he’s on this path for the rest of his life, leading the audience to the idea that he’s about to become a vampire himself. The darkness could be a reflection of how Louis sees his immortal life to hint further that this is what the interviewer is about to experience…