The document analyzes different shots used in a film scene depicting a man meeting his date at a bar. It summarizes each shot, focusing on how it reveals details about the characters and advances the plot. The panning shot introduces the man walking into the bar alone to meet his date. An over-the-shoulder shot then reveals his date, who looks very different dressed in a classy black dress. Medium shots and a zoom-in show the man's reaction of shock and surprise at her transformation. Further shots depict them interacting and going to an upper-class restaurant, conveying their developing relationship through framing, composition and body language.

1. Editing for meaning – Pretty
woman black cocktail dress
By Kyle, Milly & Tia

2. The panning shot of the male protagonist allows the
audience to follow him to see where he will be meeting
his date. Which is obvious as he is walking in to a bar
alone and it’s a busy environment.

3. Over the shoulder shot shows that this is his date but you don’t
know who she is, as she looks a lot different (classy and
sophisticated). he is also blurred out which shows you, you
should be focusing on the lady in the black dress.

4. The focus pull shows in the first picture the confusion in his
face as he is not sure where his date is, as the women at the
bar looks so much different to her in previous scenes. But
then in the second they have focused on her and him
turning to see that this is his date.

5. The medium shots show that he has realised who the lady in the
black dress is. It shows his facial expressions, as he is shocked as
she looks so nice. In the picture of the lady the medium shot
shows her body language and even though she looks so different,
she still doesn’t have the mannerism of an upper class lady as
she is slouching.

6. The zoom in shows that his expression has gone from
shocked, to smirking as he is overwhelmed that she looks
so different. It also helps us to see the emotions in his face
as it zooms into a close up.

7. Two shot to show they have finally approached
each other. They have also used a close up to
show how lovely she looks and their body
language when they’re together. This shows that
they are happy to see each other.

8. In this shot we see a close up of the male character.
Close ups are used to show emotion and after the mid
shot before of the two characters the close up then
gives us more detail in to how the man is feeling. The
smug half smile on his face lets us know that he is happy
with the fact that he has this woman on his arm.

9. This next shot is an establishing shot of the restaurant
the characters are in. it is good that this shot has been
used as it then shows us that they are in an upper class
restaurant. You can tell that it is upper class due to the
fact that everyone in this shot is wearing suits or other
smart attire. This helps to let the audience know that
the characters are of a high status.

10. This next shot is an establishing shot of the restaurant
the characters are in. it is good that this shot has been
used as it then shows us that they are in an upper class
restaurant. You can tell that it is upper class due to the
fact that everyone in this shot is wearing suits or other
smart attire. This helps to let the audience know that
the characters are of a high status.

11. This shot is a medium two shot. It is good that this
shot is used as it then shows show the body
language of the characters and the relationship
between them. From this shot it tells us that they
have a good relationship due to the fact we see the
old mans arm around the other man.

12. This shot is a wide angle shot. It is a wide angle shot as we see all
of the characters in this scene in the same frame. This is good as it
shows us what all of the characters are doing at the same time
rather than cutting between scenes. This shot is significant as it
shows all the characters sitting down around the table showing
that they are all there together.