1. Camera work
The camera work is professional as it uses a variety of different shot types in order to help show
what is happening form the point of view of the main character as well as give off an feel to the
scene in order to help convey the importance of what is happening and better put you in the
position of the main character. The scene starts by showing 4 of the characters working
together to open the box with 3 at the fount waiting to see what is inside and another guarding
the door for possible intruder. With one looking on to them, this immediately shows that he does
not have the same level of experience and does not know what he should do in this situation
and is observing them to try and learn.
Next it moves onto looking down on the lock as this shows how powerless it is to stop the
police who are opening the box. The shot then moves back to looking at everyone so you can
see their reactions of excitement and curiosity in the case of the main character. It them moves
to a scrolling shot of the suitcase and the money that resides within it as this showcases how
much money that their is.
The video then proceeds to show closeups of the peoples reactions to this which are all joy,
which serves to show that this is a big seizure and will help them to later progress in their
careers. How ever this belief is then changed quickly when you see that the head of the team
proceeds to mention how their is 4 million pounds in their and they made a 3 million dollar
seizure showing his intention to take the diffrence to split between the group who are their.
Upon which you see the reaction of the trainee change to one of conflict as he seems to
struggle with the idea of taking money other than his paycheck.
The Next shots of the reactions of the other people their serve to show that this is a dangerous
situation, this is down the way that they then seem to look at him as a group with one of them
holding their gun to their own head resting on it highlighting how all of these people are still
armed. Another shot of interest is after the team leader says “don’t you want some of this” the
shot changes to a mid shot showing everyone in the room staring at him intently showing how
this happening is a serious thing for them and highlighting the pressure that the trainee must be
going through. Before cycling though everyone again reaffirming this feeling.
Based off of this i would say the camera work in this scene was mostly used to help showcase
the reactions of everyone in this scene as it was something where the audience did not
understand what was going on meaning they were in the same position as the new guy being
forced to try and gauge reactions of the people who are in the room to figure out what is
happening increasing your empathy with him.
Mies en sen
The first thing which comes to mind is the colouration of the seen which is a yellowy brown, this
indicates that that location which they are in is old and has been out of use for a significant
amount of time. This is backed by how everything hear is old such as the suitcase which has
2. has some of the leather breaking off due to wear. The large case displaying plates serves to
show the audience that who ever owned/owns the building is wealthy as they are able to afford
things such as that.
Another thing which comes to mind is the outfits which the police officers are wearing which
includes bullet proof armour, which shows us that what they are doing is dangerous and it is
possible they believed some one may have been in their ready to start a fire fight. Addition as
they are wearing nonstandard uniforms we can assume that they are working under cover or
are trying not to be seen by other groups who would take an interest in the police.
Sound
At the start of the clip there is a low droning sound which serves to give a feeling of mystery as
they open up the box enhancing curiosity as to what is inside of it before it occurs. However
most of the sounds which can be heard in this scene are digitic, such as the banging of the
hammer against the lock which is amplified to sound louder than it is making the lock seem
tougher. The as you have the high angle shot of the money you can hear the person in charge
of the team clapping slowly showing that what was found was a good amount and he is happy
about it.
Once the scene gets to the point where the protagonist is reusing the money the music dies
down creating a tense atmosphere which enchanges the feeling that he is endangered by
refusing the money.
Editing
The first bit of editing that we see in this clip of the film is the cut to the lock being smashed
open before showing the people counting down to opening it this is good as it allows for the
auice to wonder what is inside it with them, it then cuts back to reveal that the suitcase is
packed full of money. This is also using a l cut as we can still hear the audio from the previous
shot in the new one which helps increase the fluidity of the scene.
Later when the head police office tosses the bag of money to one of his partners, we can see
that the film uses match on action form when he throws the bag in the next scene which again
helps keep the scene running smoothly, this lso servers to give us another chance to see the
entire group rather than a single person at a time.
Stuart Hall’s Encoding/Decoding theory
A brief explanation of stuart hall’s encoding/decoding theory is that the creators of films make
people put things into a film so that the audience can the extrapolate meaning form them. The
theory also states their there will be deviation form what is encoded to what is decoded due to a
variety of factors and differences between how the viewer and director think/ view the world.
One general example of this sort of difference would be how a thumbs up is a good thing in the
3. western world but their are other countries where it is a big insult and would be decoded
differently.
In the film the characters can be seen to be lighted to different levels with the main character
fully lit up, this is to represent how he is an above the board person who follows the law fully
does nothing illegal
