Online Film Analysis

Clip A from Ocean's 11: This scene starts out with a long shot to compares the actors at the table with the rest of the casino. Also the lighting in this scene is key. The lighting is mostly focused on the table. This lights up the actors faces well but makes everything behind them dark and unimportant. Diagetic sound from the music in the club nearby is used throughout the scene. Mostly all of the camera shots in this scene are medium shot which show the actors head down to the edge of the table where there cards are. The camera does not pan around the table when it wants to move from person to person, however, it simply cuts from person to person as it wishes. Also the camera is located at the center of the card table for most of the scene.

Clip B from Strangers on a Train: This scene has several elements that are used to create more chaos in the scene. The first one is the use of different sounds. The scene starts out using diagetic sound that is coming from the merry go round. The music continues to speed up and up as the merry go round speeds up. After a little bit the sound switches to non diagetic which also creates a chaos kind of feel. The camera is mostly located in the middle of the merry go round which shows the all the people standing and watching as these two guys are fighting on the ride. This creates more chaos in the scene because it is able to show a comparison between the people standing and the people on the merry go round that are flying round and round.

Clip C from Silence of the Lambs: The cross cutting in this scene is the most important part of the scene. Because of it the viewer thinks that the police are surrounding the man's home. The audience continues to think this because the man's doorbell rings when the "flower man" rings a door bell. Then the man answers the door and a woman is there. Only now the audience finds out that cross cutting has been used. Diagetic sound is used in this scene. Rock music is blasting inside the man's house to create chaos in the scene. Camera movements used in this scene include steadicamm and panning. Also dark lighting is used inside the house to create a dark and ominous environment.

Clip D from Magnolia: The most noticable thing in this clip is the steadi cam that is used. The steadi cam is used all the way through the shot and it never stops moving. The scene starts out with the father and his son being late and the steadi cam seems to push them along through the clip. Even after the father and the son split up the steadi cam follows different characters until it ends with a secretary going into what appears to be a bosses room. Medium shots are used all the way through out this clip. The clip seems to be a long take because it doesnt have any cuts in the middle of it.