It starts off with a black screen and a non-diegetic sound of gunfire to set the impression of chaos and disaster. Then an establishing shot of a forest is used give the viewer a feeling of isolation. It appears that leaves are falling from the trees but when you look carefully you then realise that it is ash falling from the sky and all the trees are dead. This indicates that something bad has happened and makes the viewer wander what has happened. A convention that is used is mise-en-scene, we see a gun slowly rusting away next to a dead man, and then a track shot takes us to a man in a gas mask wielding a cross bow and waiting for his prey to line up for the perfect shot.
Another convention that is used is sound. You hear the diegetic sound of the wind blowing and trees rustling, this emphasises the isolation of the forest. The music in the background gradually becomes lounder and more intense as the camera moves closer to the man with the bow, as he tightens his bow we hear him breathing. It cuts to a P.O.V shot of the cat, who is trying to locate its predator. The non-diegetic music builds until it reaches its climax and then stops, the man takes one last breath and shoots his arrow. A track shot follows the arrow in slow motion until it hits the cat. The man then gets up and picks up his prey, then the screen fades to white and the scene ends.
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