The trailer then, at nearly one minute in shows the main storyline of the film. A photo of a girl, close up to show importance. From here instead of transitioning using the slow blinks of a black screen, they flash the black screen twice to build up suspense and the quick blinks go with the music. He summarises the plot through his dialogue in the film "so this prisoner escapes in the last 24 hours" and the bald man replies "we don't know how she got out of her room, its as if she evaporated straight through the walls". This tells us the detectives are here to investigate the disappearance of this girl and where she could be. There are quick shots of the girl covered in blood and mud with loud fast paced music, this shows that the woman is capable of murder and also this scene gives off the feel of it being a psychological/horror thriller too. The detective speaks to the other saying "we haven't heard the truth once yet, but no-one will talk, its like they're scared of something". As soon as he finishes speaking, lightening and thunder is shown at the institution, this would raise questions for the audience. It creates mystery to why the institution wont talk and why. From here, the camera shots are fast paced. A man is shown telling the bald man and detectives that the lines are down and even radio. The next shots are showing heavy rain in the darkness while the detective speaks "whatever is going on here, its bad". In this scene, the detectives are getting into a car. The dialogue and them leaving gives the impression that something drove them out of the institution, especially as the detective looked back at the bald man with a look of betrayal or confusion, this makes the audience question who can be trusted. Music builds up faster and faster, the classic thriller music, leading to the next scene of the detective sitting opposite a patient and he says "we need to ask you some questions okay?", she is shown to pass him a notebook, the music increasing in speed, which is then revealed to say 'RUN'. The build up music stops and instead slows down. The camera focuses on the word and music slows down, sounding as though something is shutting down, this links to the upcoming scene of lights going on and off. The detectives walk towards a room resembling a warehouse, the voiceover speaks "do you know what fear does to the mind?" there are quick shots of the dark, jail-like looking institution and of a nice looking apartment before showing two different shots of the detective's face. In the two settings shown, it is as if he has two personas each for the setting. This is shown through mise-en-scene, particularly his clothes.
Papers are shown falling onto the floor and being ruined this could represent how the situation is getting out of control. "It corrodes it, rusts it", while this is being said, a patient's wall is shown to have engraved 'stop me before I kill more' on it. Once again, this highlights the mental state of patients in the institution. What looks like the detective's hand, is shown to be touching the wall, this could show he is trying to get in the same mind-set as the patient. He turns around fast with a face of fear and lights a matchstick, peering into a cell. By him doing this, he provokes a patient to attack him. "This is a game" he finally gets a patient to speak, "you're a rat in a maze". The patient is warning the detective he's going towards a dead end. The detective asks "who did this to you", the concern on his face shows he is caring more about the patients compared to before when he stated the opinion that they should not be treated with calm. He is suspecting the institution workers instead.
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