Shia Labeouf starred in Disturbia released in 2008 and directed by DJ Caruso. I have chosen to analyse this actor because he is my favorite actor and disturbia is a really good film. Shia's character in the film is a teenage boy called Kale who is under 3 months house arrest after assualting a teacher. To stop his bordom he starts to spy on the neighbours from his bedroom where he sees many suprising things but eventually things start to get suspicious with the man next door who Kale beleives to be a murderer. The sequence I have selected is the point where Kale is looking at his neighbours but then hears someone screaming. Here he sees a women running around the house next door trying to escape with what looks to be the owner chasing her.
The point when Shia first sees the women banging on the window and running around, is where we can see his confusion very clearly from his facial expressions. There he grabs the camera and starts filming the house. His eyes at this point are wide open and his mouth his also slightly open adding to his confusion and suprisement. When the owner of the house comes behind the women and grabs her Shia tries to take the camera of the stand, panicking and suprised, Shia accidently hits the flash button which stuns him for a second. Scared that the owner saw he crouches under his window adding to the great amount of suspense created during this scene. At this point from Shia's face we can tell that he doesn't know what to do as he is looking around quickly also adding to his fear. He then grabs the camera and shakingly takes it of the stand, looking over his shoulder, then opens the side screen. He puts the camera over the window and points it towards the house. We also know he is scared from his fast heavy breathing adding to our belief that Shia is really his character. Shia then looks at the house through his binoculars scanning the house which he then sees the owner in the window looking straight at him. Shia instanly jolts back with eyes wide open and mouth dropped making a very beleivable performance at this point. His mobile phone then goes off, so Shia quickly crawls over to his desk slipping as he does due to his fear. When Shia answers his phone to his friend he instantly tells him about what he has seen very quickly and stuttering while doing so. This is great as from his fast sloppery speech we know very clearly that he is scared and confused. He then hears the door close from outside where he sees the women leaving the house nextdoor. At this point his speech slows right down and is very quiet when he tells his friend that she has left. This shows a great change in the characters feelings as although he doesn't seem scared anymore he is still confused and is not sure what has just happened. The long pause after he lowers his phone and his facial expression shows just how confused he is. The scene ends with Shia not knowing fully what has just happened and very confused.
Overall Shia is very successful and suspending our disbeleif during this scene. this is mainly due to his quick body actions, confused and frightened facial expressions and quick speech to his fiend which all add to our suspense during the scene.
