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The Owl House, Season 3 Finale

In this scene in The Owl house, it uses various aspects of film language to create emotion in the audience. Starting at the beginning, the non-diegetic sound was calming and soothing representing the collectors innocence and purity in the plan he created in order to just live in harmony and make a friend, hoping the Titan stops being angry and calms down as well. However,the Non-diegetic sound gets more intense as the volume increases creating and understanding for the audience that the plan did not go well but instead he is in danger because of proximity. The high-key lighting shown covering the entire screen after Luz rushes in on her broom to save the collector, creates a sense of animosity as it hides the screen thus creating an enigma code for the audience, wondering if she successfully saved him or not. The scene then cuts to a close up of the collector face- prolonging the enigma code- showing his confused expression informing the audience he does not understand the sequence that just occurred which only creates more suspense thus the audience is engaged. The non-diegetic sound then cuts back to calming and soothing which highlights the collector's child like demeanor and essence. This then successfully has the audience to regard the collector as this as well. Despite the Non-diegetic sound being calming it also possesses a beat that creates suspense in the atmosphere which inform the audience that the incident is serious and that Luz's character is just trying to keep the collector relaxed. This only creates stress for the audience. 

The shot-reverse-shot of Luz's hand having moss grow all over it to the setting and surroundings having the same gesture happening all around and back to luz's hand further assisted with the identical speed of the sequence happening, represents Luz as a symbol and that the loss of her is the loss of their 'world' or reality. A low-angle of Luz's hat falling to the ground in slow motion occurred. The hat is a significant prop of Luz and fall of it emphasizes the idea that the owner to the prop is no longer around to possess it therefore representing death and loss. 

The scene cuts back to a close-up of Luz showing high-key lighting centered on her. The close-up naturally shows the significance of the character as it forces the audience to focus on her and her only, however, the high-key lighting focused on her further shows Luz's significance and presents her as the light while everything else is dark. This connotes power and importance which further highlights the seriousness of the loss of her for their reality for the audience, creating the emotion of worry and empathy. The non-diegetic sound remains calming and soothing although it is now contrapuntal to the scene as the death and end of a character isn't typically calming or soothing. However, it creates strong but tamed emotions for the audience thus creating soft tears rather than aggressive ones. The diegetic sound of the magic shining and increasing in volume shows the end of her death scene; The close up of the collector's hands when he grabbed the piece of light- a piece of Luz- represents that he doesn't want to let go, which could be seen as foreshadowing of his understanding of what really happened to Luz. The close-up creates a focus on his hands which could mean that the grasp he had on the light is significant for further scenes, hence the foreshadow.

The various cut scenes  through the different ares of their world, creating a montage, as we watch the 'light' flow through and towards all the places she's been the most and all the people she loves the most implies Luz's life flashing through our, the audience's, eyes which is a non-verbal answer to the collector's previous question "Where did she go?" which creates a silent heart break for the audience as they also slowly accept the fact that Luz is gone. The non-diegetic sound ends. The effects of this takes us back tot he present, it creates a still feeling as we watch and focus our attention back on the collector as he gradually realises his usual solutions to problems is not a solution problem followed by his silent panic, not knowing what to do. An extreme close-up on Eda's eyes is then presented to us. The red connotes anger, intensity, rage and lack of self control. The extreme close up highlights this intensity as it disables our ability to see absolutely anything else in the scene which implies that nothing else matters, and that Eda is so angry nothing else around her matters either- therefore putting the audience in her Point Of View. This effectively creates a sense of justice for the audience as they are put to identify with Eda thus creating the same rage in them to defeat the Titan that murdered Luz.  A high-angle shot is emphasized over the Collector making him look innocent, fragile, timid and weak compared to Eda which is ironic due to the fact that he is immortal with magical abilities therefore making him the most powerful of all of them. Knowing this fact, it informs the audience that the intensity of the situation is much bigger than his understanding making him vulnerable- creating fear in the audience.

Towards the end of the scene there is a match on action to the Collector falling just before Luz's light releases from his palms and he is unable to retrieve it back. This is a non-verbal representation of the Collector finally understanding what happened to Luz and how he feels powerless and incapable of getting her back. The scene then is completed with a tracking shot of the light floating away into the dark sky representing death and separate it to real life.