How does the sewer scene in The Third Man use mise en scene to create meaning?

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For this shot it is shown that matrices are used, this is in place to create a sense entrapment and growing or prolonged fear and lack of power that the character is dealing with this comes with the additions of diagonal lines and high angle shots from the characters perspective. The winding staircase creates a sense of disorientation, a metaphor for power, how he is trying to gain more and climb back up.

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This shot also connotes and presents to the audience a sense of entrapment and lack of hope for the character central in the shot. The chiaroscuro lighting used can also emphasise the metaphorical surrounding of darkness, helping to foreshadow the characters fate and for now the lack of hope for his escape to continue, let alone succeed.

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The diagonal lines in this shot create a sense of confusion, not only this but alongside the uses of matrices they help to enclose the character into the shot which then follows on to causing a maze like setting. The large space of which is shown by using such a wide shot creates and enables the audience to view the large shadows which follow on to emphasise the protagonists evil side. The wide shot can also provide a chance for the setting to become a metaphorical space - Claustrophobia, the character is stuck in this space.

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In this shot the chiaroscuro lighting creates silhouettes which then can be seen to connote the characters darker side, he is surrounded by darkness. The use of a stable on screen vanishing point brings the addition of a conclusion/end to the thriller, a clean finish. The protagonist is shot no longer properly central in the sewer which can suggest he has less importance now, and is also shot to be small in the entirety of the shot, therefore connoting weakness.

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In this final shot it creates a overwhelming feeling of disorientation. This is created by the angle it has been shot at and the wide long view of setting. The angle provides entrances to the numerous different sewers. This therefore then makes the audience question where he may be and the mystery that question holds, also then adding a sense of confusion. The character within this image is presented as vulnerable, this is accomplished by the size of him compared to the vast space that he is featured alongside with.