Central and A-Central Imagining

Central Imagining



This clip from "Saw II" is a clear example of central imagining, presenting to the audience what physical pain the character's in. As she wades through a pit of needles to find a door key, she is constantly screaming in agony and the camera does close-ups of the needles going into her body and her bleeding everywhere, The mise-en-scene of the needles give the audience a visual of the pain this character is in. The music in the background adds to the suspense along with her screaming.

Acentral Imagining



This scene from "Armageddon" is an example of a-central imagining, focusing more on the emotional response. In this part of the film, Harry has to stay behind in space to stop a meteor from crashing into Earth and he has to say goodbye to his daughter. The soft music in the background insinuates that it's an emotional conversation that they're having. The constant cutting from Harry in space and Grace on Earth shows the distance between them, foreshadowing the idea that they'll be separated forever.

Central Imagining



In this part of "Inglorious Basterds", we see vast amounts of violence and gore which yields the audience to have a physical response. The mise-en-scene of all the weapons gives us an insight to the pain each character would be feeling. For the majority of the scenes the camera does medium-long takes to build up the suspense from their conversation, but when the shooting and violence starts the camera does sharp, quick cutaways.