Sample Responses: Tears

Here are two of the responses.

Joanna
As the scene begins, we find a man, who I assume to be the protagonist, in a dark alley, the rain pouring down upon him. He looks as if he is searching for something. I feel like this image tells the viewer that the man is in a dark, sad place in his life and is possibly searching for an escape. Then he jumps across two buildings and barely makes it far enough to grasp onto the pole jutting out from the wall. The camera shows his dangling over a great amount of fog that we can't see through. I feel like this is showing that he feels every decision he makes will lead him into the unknown, for better or for worse, and he fears that. Then the scar faced man appears over the edge, the music shrill, but then, as the music shifts to a more spiritual tone, he saves him. This could be showing how he is a dark character with a dark past, but overcame it. Then the nail in his hand could symbolize maybe that he was "killed' and brought back new like Jesus.

Alex
It shows that at first Harrison Ford panics and is scrambling for his life. You see this through the quick cuts and ominous lighting and all of the busy scenery going on around them. Ford never says a word, yet the audience feels what he feels. You see him hanging on for life. The killer runs towards him and the cuts slow down drastically, and he speaks slowly and calculatedly. Both are bleeding and it is raining to symbolize despair. Finally, the dove represents their souls leaving earth and they die. Throughout the clip, Ridley Scott uses the various elements to enhance the suspense of the scene.