Film Project Research- Hellboy

The scene begins with a voice over and slowly zooming in on an island. The scene fades into a shot of a man in a cave, with text on the bottom of the screen saying the date is October of 1944 in Scotland. There is ambient noise of dripping water being echoed through the cave. The shot cuts to a mid-shot of a statue of Jesus hanging on a crucifix. A track shot follows down the statue until it gets to the base of it and two men come into the shot. The men attempt to exchange two different props, a string of prayer beads and a gun. These props express the passive nature of one of the men and the aggressive nature of the other. The passive man is dressed formally and wearing classes, while the aggressive man is dressed as if ready for battle and has a cigar hanging from his moth. This costume design helps t show the contrast of the two men.

The aggressive man leaves the shot, and the camera pans down to a low angle t have both the passive man and the crucifix in the show, adding to the implication that this man knows more about whatever situation the two men just discussed, and that he feels they should be praying for their life.

The shot switches to a high angle over-the-shoulder shot of the statue looking down at the man as he nods to the statue. The shot pans up as he runs into the crowd of people behind him, showing the crowd. The shot then cuts to the same man talking with someone else who is also heavily dressed for battle and is holding a gun, the prop and costume design serving to show that they are in the middle of a battle. Incidental music plays in the background that serves to heighten tension of the scene by using lots of high notes. The entire scene is presented in a blue tone to imply the dreary-ness of the scene, coupled with the steady rain and diagetic, ambient sound of the rain. You can also see the occasional lighting strike lighting up the scene. Towards the end of the scene, an over-the-shoulder, eyeline match shot is used to show a run-down building that the men are looking intently at, using a track shot to move to a high angle shot and show more of the building, expressing the importance of it.

The movie has no opening credits. The movies budget was 66 million USD and the movie grossed 99.3 million USD at the box office. The movie was nominated for many awards. Some of it's wins include Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horro Films, USA award for best makeup and Imagen Foundation Awards award for best director.