Genre research (The call)

Cams- The camera angles, movements, and shots includes: The establishing shot to start off the movie, arial shots to give the view of the helicopters, tracking shots to track the kidnappers car, the trunk shot when the kidnapper tries to talk to the girl, The two shots to show cops talking, and many close ups. 

Editing- The editing in this movie includes: Many Jump cuts, cross cutting, cutaways, graphic matches, eye-line matches, many shot reverse shots and reaction shots.

Sound- The sound in this movie includes: Eerie and suspenseful music, diegetic sound like dialogue, non diegetic sound, ambient sound and a couple sound bridges.

Elements: The elements include: A lot of suspense and tension in scenes with a good good plot. Used a lot of fast motion scenes and had fast pacing.

What I liked: I enjoyed the fast pacing and the intense plot points and ending. Another thing I liked was how the main character Jordan had an emotional connection to the kidnapped girl.

What I didn't like: Theres not much I didn’t like. I think it was a really solid watch. But pretty much the only thing I didn’t like was the repeated extreme close ups, it was just too much and weird.

The C.L.A.M.P.S in this movie include:

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Costumes includes: Since half of the movie took place in a police station, most of the people wore uniform for the operator desk and police uniforms. The kidnapped girl wore regular attire and the kidnapper wore regular attire too.

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The lighting includes: Natural lighting in many scenes like the mall, Dark lighting in the trunk and the basement, and bright lighting in the hive.

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The actors include: Halle Berry as the main character/operator, Abigail Breslin as the girl who gets kidnapped, and Michael Eklund as the kidnapper. There were many other actors like Morris Chestnut who played the cops.

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The makeup include: Regular day to day make up, fake blood, fake bruises, and make up to make someone look dead.

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Some important props include: Guns, police, shovels, paint buckets, phone, flashlight and tools.

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The settings include: The police station to show where the call took place, the original kidnapped girl house, the mall, the freeway and the basement where the ending takes place.