Film Analysis

Clip B (strangers on a train)
The beginning of this scene, the producers have to use high-key lighting because since the film is in black and white, they have to distinct the shapes and people in this scene. There is lots of shadows from the carasel and the background because it's taking place at night so the only light is really coming from the streets or the rides going on. At the beginning too, the camera is mostly focused on the guy holding the gun because they want to emphasize that character more than the other one that is behind him and is a little blurry. They do a 360 degree turn to show the perspective of a character that jumps on the carasel so it seems like the audience is with him on the ride. Also they do a great job switching between when the audience can just see the carasel going in circles and the fight where they can only see the background passing. The music goes through most of the fight and it changes dramatically through the scene when there fighting, to also the guy who is crawling under and also to the screaming moms. There's many high and low angles to show when the two men were fighting on the ground of the carasel and also to when they were looking up and the angle was low so it made the horses seem huge.

Clip C (silence of the lambs)
In the opening of this scene, they do an extreme close-up to the guys face that is holding a bug or what not. The audience can only see his eyes and nose and the bug he's examining which gives the audience a better view of what the guys looks like and also what he is looking at. There is many angle shots of high and low angles. When the guy is looking at the girl in a little whole in the house, they are using a high angle to show that he's looking down on her and then the opposite (low angle) when it shows from her perspective of seeing the guy looking down at her. They are using the rule of thirds for composition on the short shot of the guy holding behind the tree. The guys face is where the first top horizontal line is and the tree is on the left side of the screen. They are also using crosscutting to show between the people in the house and the men that is surrounding the house. This gives the audience a time frame to know what is happening as one another event seems to be going on. Panning and zoom has to be used throughout the scene to make the scenes differ. The panning is usually for the outside scenes where the men are surveliencing there surroundings and the zoom is mostly used inside to show the people talking and what they are doing. To make the inside of the house seem darker and have more contrast, they used low-key lighting to create shadows. Also I noticed that there is no music to show the intensity of the scene and this makes every little noise important to the audience.

Clip D (magnolia)
This scene is an example of a long take which gives the audience a feel like something interesting will happen. It kind of gives suspense in this specific take because the audience doesn't really know what they are looking at and if something bad will happen to any of the characters. I love how they do a great job with being in front of the objects and in back and I love how they switch characters but it's really random so were not sure if they are important and also where they are leading us. People will also notice how steady the camera is and that they are using a stadicam so that it's very easy to maneuver with but also can follow really quickly. It can also make quick turns when they turn the corner and also when they are changing perspective of the character being in front of the camera and in back. They had to use wide-angle lens in the scene because they are walking down a long hallway and they have to be in focus. Also I noticed in the beginning when they changed from the back of the characters to the front, they used that to show the setting of where they were.

Clip F (zerkalo)
Somthing I noticed the most in this scene was the changes in sound. There is no music and every turn that the camera took was a different event that was occuring and the sound was so different which I thought was weird since they were in the same house moving only a few feet away. In the first shot was the two kids sitting around the table and leaving and in the background you could hear the ticking of the clock and then the object falling off the table. Every little noise made seemed so much louder in that scene because it was so quiet. Then when the camera moves slightly to the left, you could start hearing a man and a woman speaking a language. That shot seemed to use a middle-focal-length lens because the two people were kind of blurry in the back but I wasn't sure if maybe that was just the quality of the recording. Also then when the boy comes out of that room and leads the camera to the porch where than all of a sudden you hear this burning sound and then you see the fire. This shot was and extreme long shot to show the burning house in the back and the two people at different lengths staring at the burning house. The lighting is very low key in the house to show the shadows and the mysteriousness of it all. Also this scene is a long take because it's on continuous take without any cuts.