Cloverfield Analysis

1. Theme - Thriller, action, sci-fi, documentary
2. Cinematography - wide shots, so you can see all the action, birds eye view, helicopters etc, special effects
3. Lighting - Dark, mysterious, conceals information
4. Editing - faced paced, quick cuts
5. Narrative - destruction of NewYork, catostrohic atmosphere, sense of serious danger
6. Sound - at first realistic and normal sounds, then later - emphatic sounds, sound cuts out
7. Characterisation - normal everyday citizen