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1. Rush hour 3
I will be analysingthe openingof RushHour3 starringJackie Chan(Lee) & ChrisTucker(Carter) as
officerstryingtohuntdown& capture Lee’shalf brotherKenji.
The openingstartsoff withnondigeticsoundof mysteriousmusicindicatingtothe audience
somethingbadmayhappeninthe openingtosetthe tone & getthe storyline up& running.After
the productiontitlesthe cameramovesintoabirdeye view shotshowingthe city,itthencutsto
anotherbird’seye viewshotshowingskyscrapers.The camerathencutsandzoomsslowlytowards
the trafficseeninthe distance,the nondigeticsoundthenstops.The cameracuts intothe traffic
and pansslowly,until Christuckercanbe seen.Digeticsoundisusedasthere ispeople beepingtheir
car hornsto emphasise the amountof traffic,the camerawhichisabove Chris tuckerrotatesinslow
circlesas Christuckercan be seendancing.Thisforeshadowsthatthere maybe an accidentwaiting
to happenas hisattentionseemstobe ondancingratherthan looking&sortingout the traffic. The
camera thenmovesintoa midshotof ChrisTucker,thisisusedto show the type of character he is,
funny,outgoingandconfident,ashe isnot afraidto dance in the middle of atrafficpackedcity.
Followingthisacar crashesintoanother,as ChrisTuckeris singing&dancingwithhiseyesclosed,a
mid-shotisusedshowingChrisTuckerconfrontingthe guiltypartyof the incident.ChrisTuckers
reactionto the crash iscomedic& a clearindicationof one of the subgenresof thismovie.
Afterthe nextcar crash incident, Christuckerisseenquestioning2youngladies,the musicbeing
playedisdigeticcomingfromtheircar,afterthisChrisTucker isseenquestioningablackmale who
was alsoinvolvedin the incident,the musicbeingplayedfromthisman’scaris digetic,italsois
stereotypical asthe musicisgangsterrap.