Nightcrawler’s Review
Nightcrawler is an exciting thriller about an amateur cameraman, Louis Bloom, who finds passion for the high-speed world of Los Angeles crime journalism which turns into a successful small business. After Louis Bloom witnesses how stringers are filming a car wreck for the news broadcast, he decides that this career is just for him. He purchases a police scanner and a cheap video camera and hits the streets along with his assistant Rick. Louis starts selling the footage to Nina Romina, the director of the local TV station, who is awed by his material and wishes to get the crime stories involving more blood and cruelty. Louis is about manipulating a crime scene in order to produce more violence which can be sold later on. At this point, Louis and Rick start crossing the line which was not supposed to be crossed. Thus, their shocking footage catches the attention of police detectives who suspect that Louis is hiding important evidence for the investigation. However, it cannot be proved by the police and the film ends showing us how Louis Bloom expands his business.
Mise-en-scène literally means “put in the scene” or, in other words, it describes all the components of the movie including lightning, setting design, costumes, staging and even camerawork (Gabe Moura 1). In fact, the film director of Nightcrawler successfully uses mise-en-scène to convince the audience that it is all happening for real. We are shown the world of commercial broadcasting where