Camera Shots/Movements:
The first shots in this scene are close ups so we can see the emotion on each of the characters faces and allows the audience deeper into that characters story. But not only this it is so the audience feel like they are involved with the conversation with the characters. When the shot goes to Luther it is a low angle shot of him to show that he has the power at this point of the scene but after a while the angle starts to decrease showing that slowly Ian is starting to win the power of Luther making him more vulnerable to do something he would regret. But when the shot goes to Ian it is always a high angle shot as he is in a vulnerable situation with a gun to his head so if he says anything wrong he could be dead. There is also a two shot of the characters to let the audience know the background and so you can see the characters body language towards the other. Next is another two shot of the characters as Luther begins to strangle Ian not to try and kill him but to force a confession out of him and as we see this Luther is in the dominant passion as he is above Ian and he can't do anything. There is then two close ups one of each character to show Luther emotion and that Ian is slowly dying as each time you see him his eyes are shutting showing that he is vulnerable. Luther then lets go and there is a low angle shot of him as Ian is hurt and he has the power over him as he is going to arrest him. As Luther is doing this there is a quick close up of Ian's hand as he pulls out a knife this is so the audience is shown what the object is and predict what is going to happen to Luther. He gets stabbed and instantly drops to the floor and there is a high angle shot to show that now Luther is vulnerable and the roles have reversed. Also the fact that Luther is on the floor shows that he is extremely weak at this point. There are then many quick close ups to show that Ian is angry and Luther is in pain and allows the audience to see that Luther is in trouble. The final close up is of Luther and he looks relieved as Alice has came and stopped Ian from killing Luther. Then there is a two shot of Ian and Alice to show that Alice has a gun and is in a dominant position this is reinforced as when she comes and just says 'Ian' he stops instantly showing that she has power over him. Then there is a close up of Ian and it shows his reaction of her being here and he looks nervous as Ian already knows what Alice is capable off. After there is an over the shoulder shot to make the audience feel like they are involved with the scene and draws them in to Alice's emotions. Then we see an extreme close up of Luther's hand to show that he is loosing a lot of blood and to enforce that he is very weak at this point this then slowly moves up to his face and we see his expression and he looks in pain. Alice is then deciding whether to shoot Ian of not and Luther tries to convince her not to but is still lying on the floor and isn't in the position to do that as he is still weak. Next we see an over the shoulder shot to see Mark walk into the scene and he has a lot of dominance at this point as he is the decider if Ian lives or not. Straight away there is a tacking shot of Mark to follow him next to Alice, this also represents that he is on her side and its two against one. Then there is multiple mid shots of each character to show their emotions and to show that they are arguing with each other. Luther is still on the floor and is trying to calm the situation down but is being blocked out by the rest of the characters. After this there is a shot of all the characters in a mid shot as Mark has said to shoot Ian the mid shots are to see all the expressions of the characters at that point. Then there is an extreme long shot to show the audience the whole scene so they also know that only those character saw Ian get shot. There is another two shot and a quick close up to Luther to then again show that he is overpowered by Alice and Mark. Luther then gets up and there is a low angle shot of him to show he is powerful compared to Ian. The final shot of this scene is a two shot with all the characters expressions to what happened.
Editing:
As the scene gets more heated the cuts from character to character is really quick to show that they are all getting angry at each other for what is happening. Also there are cuts to each character when they are having dialogue to show that they are fighting for the power in this scene. They have done a good bit of editing when Luther and Ian are arguing, Ian starts to get the better of Luther and every time the camera is back on him the low angle shot slowly starts to go to a mid shot showing his loss in power.
Sound:
Most of this scene is dialogue but there are some other effects that have been added in. There is a lot of non diegetic sound as when Ian is talking to Luther about having an affair with his wife some sad music comes in to show that Luther is being hurt by hearing this and allows the audience to feel the same emotion as he does. But when Luther breaks out the music soon turns sinister as at the point Luther does this he does want to hurt him but then he realises he shouldn't and stops himself the music represents his build up of power. Then there is a quick bit of diegetic sound as we hear Ian open his pen knife to stab Luther. When Luther is stabbed the music suddenly stops because he has lost all of his power and is now the one under threat. We here some more music when Alice arrives it has a hint of heroic bits to it as she has stabbed Ian from killing Luther. Then there is the final bit of diegetic sound with the gun shot and the we go back to non diegetic. When Ian is shot we hear a lullaby tone to the music so it adds effect to Ian's life being taken away from him.
Mise En Scene:
About 30 seconds into the clip we find out that they are in a train station. But the two characters (Ian and Luther) are arguing as Ian has been sleeping with Luther's wife and is using this to try and make him angry and shoot him. They are constantly fighting for power and for most of their time in this scene Luther is on top but then he gets stabbed by Ian is lying on the floor and when the rest of the character come in it shows us that he is vulnerable to everyone. In this scene Mark has all the power as he says whether Ian dies or not so the whole of the scene revolves around him making a decision on someones life, Alice is just following orders. All the men are dressed well and represent the middle class as they are wearing suits and ties etc as this would be a working day.
Representation Of Gender:
Most of this scene goes with the male gaze where men have to fight for their power as Luther and Ian do and when mark does they fight for power too. But the one thing that does go against the male gaze is that Alice is the one who saves Luther and it goes against it as the man should be saving the woman and once he has been stabbed he is the passive character as he does speak but is ignored by the rest of the characters. But this is then restored by Mark coming in and giving the order to Alice to shoot. We also see all the male characters involved as they all come together and fight each other simultaneously as they all have different opinions on what should happen to Ian. Alice is dressed in general clothing like the others and they are all wearing coats to show that its cold.
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