Wednesday, 14 September 2016

The Book of Eli Opening Scene

After learning the different angles and shots we watched the opening scene to the Book of Eli. The Book of Eli is rated a 15 due to the violent scenes and strong language. The setting was very dark and gloomy, it looks like it's around Autumn/Winter time due to the leaves falling, there wasn't very much sound apart from the eerie noises and the wind and the arrow shooting the cat which was a very sharp noise. At the start of the lessons we learnt the camera angles which come in handy now for watching the scene, I wrote down in my notes that I saw a crane shot, a tracking shot, a close up, a panning shot, an extreme close up, a mid shot, an extreme long shot, a long shot and it also showed point of view, watching the opening scene helped me memorise the camera angles well. In the opening scene there were 3 characters, 1 dead man, a cat and another character that I would personally say is a male just from the vibes I'm getting. A thing I noticed in the scene was also that before we saw the dead man, we are shown leaves falling which did give me a hint that either someone was going to die or they were already dead. There is a point of view from the cat's perspective which shows that the protagonist is well disguised. A way that the director could improve the opening scene would be to chance the shooting of the cat to be slowed down once it gets close to the cat then speeds up to emphasize the danger. The lighting is very low key which adds suspense to the scene.






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