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Alien : Tension and Distrust

Ash (Ian Holm) and Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) discuss the issues with breaking quarantine after the discovery of the alien.

Tension and Distrust

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backlighting, contrast, cut on action, deep focus, dialogue, dolly in, dolly out, dolly shot, establishing shot, foreshadow, framing, low angle, low-key lighting, medium close-up, medium close-up, medium shot, mise-en-scene, mobile framing, music, nondiegetic, over the shoulder shot, pan, set, shot/reverse shot, side lighting, soft lighting, source lighting, static camera, two-shot, two-shot

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LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, White, White: White American

"Tension and Distrust " in Alien. Directed by Ridley Scott, Brandywine Productions, 1979, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3475

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