The first key scene starts with insert shots of his hands on the keyboard and mouse, this straight away brings the audience into a work atmosphere indicating he may be a hardworking man and also work indicates a regular routine. There is then a focus pull where the protagonist is blurred, this suggests at work he is overshadowed by everyone else and lacks that dominating aura. As an employee comes into the office, the ambient diegetic sounds of a busy workplace can be heard also the other employee is shown from the neck down. This connotes a lack of familiarity and a developed relationship/friendship between the protagonist and the other employee, the other guy is just one of many working at the company. In the office the key light comes from the light which is placed to the left hand side. The mis-en-scene of the positioning of prop connotes it is unnecessary as the main protagonist is not using it. The phone ringing is contrapuntal in the sense it clashes with his work routine and suddenly breaks him out of his thoughts, as this happens the other side of the phone call can be heard. The diegetic voiceover of the caller is parallel with the mis-en-scene of the male protagonist’s facial expression. As sounds of sirens and shouting can be heard the male protagonist face becomes more worried and confused especially when the caller says “everybody’s dying”. There is an extreme close up of his perplexed and shocked facial expression before it abruptly cuts to the next scene as he wakes from a dream.

Another key scene is the last scene as he is going back to his place of residence, as he is going back the non- diegetic score from the previous scene has stopped and his voiceover has begun again. There is a medium shot of him walking which highlights his tired and worn out attitude, and as he gets closer to the camera it starts to blur. This could be symbolic of the fact the more days that go past on his lonesome the more confused he is about what exactly has caused thousands of people to disappear. Afterwards there is an insert shot of the bag he is carrying with items from the house he saw, this connotes baggage but in the sense every house he goes to he not only collects the material items but he collects the emotional baggage when looking at the family portraits or just pictures around the house. The use of pathetic fallacy of thunder forebodes warning and danger, also lightning connotes a spark foreshadowing his immediate spark of thought when he sees the light in another window. This scene ends with a focus pull of the protagonist looking on at the window, connoting a sense of longing and excitement at the thought he is not the only survivor left. Also connotes shock and confusion as he was under the impression he was all alone but now he’s not.

Furthermore when the protagonist is in another person’s house, panning is used as he goes down the stairs there is then a low angle shot of the protagonist walking past three bottles and he accidently kicks one. The three bottles could be symbolic of the holy trinity and in that household alcoholic was as important as religion, suggesting laughter and joyous celebrations was something that was cherished in that household. The fact he kicks one and it rolls could be symbolic of how he strolls from one house to the other but never stops for too long. There is an extreme close up of a spider and the camera becomes slightly shaky, spiders can live in any habitat this can be representative of the fact the male protagonist literally has the whole world to pick and choose from as to where he wants to live however male spiders die in order to procreate but the fact this male protagonist is the only survivor reinforces the fact he is alone in this life now and cannot do things he could’ve been looking forward to before such as marriage and kids.  There is a focus pull on relish sauce before the focus pull goes to the other unnamed cans of food.  Relish came about from the need to preserve vegetables in the winter, the focus pull shows the male protagonists consistently hunts for food and items needed in order to survive, and showing although he is completely alone it motivates him rather than make him suicidal. The use of jump cuts and slow editing whilst he goes around the basement connotes time going as we are unable to clearly see what he is doing before it is jump cut to him doing something else. There is an extreme close up weltered roses and of his face where the audience is able to see a bitter smile, making the audience sympathise with this character due to his loneliness.  The dead roses could be symbolic of his dead girlfriend/fiancé who we are introduced to at the beginning as the person alerting him of the apocalypse on the phone and on the saved voicemail message. Roses can be a sign of promise, hope and new beginnings so the shot of these dying roses connotes his life is immobile right now rather than experiencing new things, he is experiencing the same thing every day connoting he’s in a cycle of sorrow every day. Roses are usually accompanied by thorns, thorns symbolize hurt and loss, signifying the emotional turmoil the male protagonist goes through every day. An alternative interpretation is the dying of the thorned rose could foreshadow hope and the fact he’s not as alone as he originally thought in the world.