Inspirational Clips - Shutter Island

Here is a sequence from Shutter Island that we particularly liked, and thought would be beneficial to look at for inspiration. We thought the purposefully broken continuity rules were used really effectively, as it made it obvious that it was a dream sequence, and also made the sequence look slightly odd. (e.g. when Dolores turns around in one shot, and then is looking out the window in the next) The continuity rules are broken, but it works effectively to show that this is Teddy's dream, and hints that he is slightly insane or is having psychological problems and nightmares, showing the genre and letting us know more about his character.
We also liked how there were random objects in the room, especially with the falling pieces of paper, as this is what we intend to do with our sequence: have random objects and props appearing in the room.


[Please note that this research is not relevant to our final idea, only our original idea, as we changed our concept: see our change of idea post]