In the beginning of the film there is a long shot of the house, and it retains that shot for a long duration of time. Whilst this is happening, this makes the audience anxious for something to occur, and the extras walking in the shot to make it seem more realistic as it feels like the passing of everyday life.
But it is then revealed that the long shot was in fact a video recording, as the shot cuts from the long shot to a mid-shot of a husband and wife watching this recording. This shot can be considered an interval for when it cuts back to the long shot recording.
Sound
During the long shot recording, diegetic sounds that can be heard in open areas such as birds, airplanes etc, adds to the effect of realism and makes the audience feel as if they were there. Voiceovers were also used during the recording to show narrative. This is also used when the recording fast-forwards, using a noise of fast-forwarding the tape.
Editing
Parallel editing was used throughout the duration of the recording in continuity editing. One example of this is when it cross-cuts from the recording to the people watching it. But this also makes it seem as if the shots were played in montage editing, using a recording as a shot to show the past events and cutting it to the viewers of the recording to show the present.
Mise en scene
The extras walking in the shot were wearing normal everyday clothes which again, adds to the realism of the film. The people watching the recording were wearing casual lounge clothing to show the time of day, which in this case is the afternoon. When the son comes into the shot he is wearing outside clothing and a school bag to show that he just came back from school.
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