- Gus is looks like he is wearing a uniform that is dirty and not fancy. Makes us feel like he is old and probably a mess.
- Flora looks like she is wearing a clean dress which looks like something an adolescent would wear. Makes us feel like she is way younger than Gus.
- The lighting used on Gus is dark which makes him look creepy and scary.
- The lighting used on Flora is bright and shows like she is happy and a gentle human being.
- He crunches his back in a downward position and he moves at a smooth pace. He is moving like a predator by not making any sudden noises while following her and he is eye balling her like she is a full course meal.
- She is carrying a bucket and skipping around in the woods until she gets to the place that has water. Seems like she might have been singing as well. There was also a scene where she was trying to interact with a squirrel. These are somethings a child would do.
- The music associated with Gus is at a faster pace than Flora’s. Flora’s is soothing and pretty calm.
- The cross-cut editing shows what each person is doing at the same time. One scene where flora is running away from Gus, then the camera shows Gus chasing her and then another scene of flora’s brother trying to find her.
- They enforced the belief that African Americans were like predators when it came to them messing with white women, that they can be dangerous and aggressive towards them and not know when to give up.