The document discusses various film techniques used in a movie scene, including extreme close-ups on a masked character to emphasize disguise, medium shots that show both characters and their surroundings, long shots that show a character's size and impact, and tracking shots that follow a character's movement to keep them in focus. It also mentions the use of zooms, cuts, diegetic sounds like gunshots, non-diegetic music to create suspense, and bird's-eye views to provide context about the setting.

1. Laura Hajdarevic

2. Initially we see the character at a very up close level in which it
emphasises the viewers concentration on it. In this case our
attention is brought to the masked character. The idea that the
extreme close up is focused on the mask shows the significance of
the themes of “disguise” especially in a theft scene.

3. Much like in the previous slide, the attention from
the viewers is still brought to the
character, however the further away the “close
up” is, the less significance it has. In this clip the
audience isn’t as focused as the previous one

4. A “medium shot” usually consists of a shot of the
participating character, waist upwards and their head being
reasonably close to the roof of the frame. In this shot the
character is in the audience’s focus, however the
surroundings/outfits/props are all still visable

5. In this example of a “long shot” we see the character
within his surroundings. In relation to them, the viewers
can estimate a rough idea of the size and impact the
character has on the current situation as they can see his
full body.

6. A common convention of a movie opening (including this one) is an
“extreme long shot”. In this frame the shot allows us to identify the
location of the following/current scene. In a lot of occasions the
director would chose a significant monument of a town if it was
necessary to the movie, however here we just see skyscrapers. This
still sets our understanding of where its is taking place, just not to
that extent.

7. Pan is a shot in which a stationary frame turns
horizontally, showing the viewers new areas. We
see the characters sliding across a zip wire and
more of the approaching building is revealed.

8. Usually, the “track” shot gives the illusion of “following” a
character, throughout this scene, the camera does exactly
that whilst the character is moving. This therefore allows
the viewer focus on the character easily without having to
look for him themselves.

9. The camera is lifted upwards in order to allow
the viewers to see the left over part of the
frame.

10. At the very beginning the extreme long shot started to zoom
closer to the building approaching it at a steady pace to bring
the viewers attention specifically to a window which was about
to be broken. (this also caused diegetic sound)

11. Once a frame cuts almost instantly to another frame, it
usually consists of the second frame involving more fear and
suspense such as an explosion/shooting/death. In this case
it was more action on behalf of one of the characters. It
creates a sudden change which is often used in
horror/thriller/action movies in order to intrigue the
audience.

12. The most common pace in movies is fast and upbeat in order to
absorb the audiences attention. This occurs in this scene when the
characters are running and the camera follows in a non-calm
motion.

13. There are difficulties in finding examples of performance in
movies such as this due to the fact masks are worn and
emotion isn’t always present. However we can see by the
direction the character is looking in that there is a slight
storyline behind it.

14. Gunshots (which are a diegetic sound) are fired in this
scene. The characters react to it due to the fact that they
can hear it, whereas if it was just the audience who could
hear it there would be not internal reactions. The viewers
are affected by this, in which the sounds are both sudden
and loud.

15. As briefly mentioned in the previous slide, the non diegetic
sounds are there to serve purpose for only the viewers. In
this scene, the non diegetic sound is the background music
which creates suspense and tension for the viewers.

16. Props such as masks and zip-wires are very
significant features of the movie and represent
the immense secrecy and skill involved. It
impacts viewers in a way to allow them to see
what sort of time of history the movie is set. E.g.
In the early nineties a zip-wires wouldn't have
been used
At the very
beginning of the
movie, the opening
shows the setting of
a city straight away.

17. Once the characters had landed to their destination (the
bank) the camera angle included a bird’s eye view/
overhead view in order to give the audience an insight of
where they are and what they’ll be doing, prior to the
main events.