Clip Analysis
I chose to analysis this bit of film because it contains different shot types and uses the camera to show the perspectives of people very well.
The shot starts with a VLS, and the boys walk into shot. The camera then tracks across and slightly cranes above. This establishes there location (a street in the rougher side of New York, and from the old fashioned cars and police on horses, we can assume it is around the 1920s/30s.) By seeing the bridge in the background we can now tell they are in Brooklyn. After a series of 2 more tracking shots there is a MS of all the boys. This is used rater than a LS because it shows all 4 of the boys but also shows their expressions after what the boy has said. Clearly 'Bugsy' is someone to be scared of as they all run in the opposite direction. Some very dramatic music starts to play which enhances the frightening atmosphere. They use a variation on a frame-within-a-frame, through the wheel of a car. Which gives a perspective from a witness at the scene. It uses a low-angle shot when he young boy is running (towards the camera) because when he is shot he falls to the ground,which then makes the shot central (rather than low) . CU of the other boy's face ('Noodles'). This is used to show his full facial expression , of which he is clearly upset as his friend has been shot. After Noodles has dragged his friend out of the road, their is a zoom into the two boys face. This is used to exagerrate the heartbreak, which is emphasised by the small boy giving his dying last words, and the audience sympathise because he is so young. Another CU is used to show the pained expression of Noodles. There is a BCU of Noodles' hand with his friends blood on it. He then clasps his hand to show the anger of his friend murder, and the brotherhood between their gang. The killer 'Bugsy' is walking through the streets. This is shown through a sequence of shots through the windows of cars, or between canisters to show the perspective/POV of the people hiding. This creates suspense and an enigma as you don't know where the boys are or where the killer will choose to go. An ECU of Noodles' eye shows his anguish. You can see the legs of the killerfrom the POV of Noodles through the spokes of the wheel. This is very ominous as you cannot see which way the killer will go and you empathisebecause you do not wat the killer to come near Noodles. The scene ends with Noodles stabbing the killer and being taken away by the police. This i upsetting as you have grown close to Noodles and don't want him to be taken away.
This scene is done in slow motion to draw the scene out to make the death seem more painful
This is one of my favourite scenes from this film as it creates so much emphatic emotion.
I chose to analysis this bit of film because it contains different shot types and uses the camera to show the perspectives of people very well.
The shot starts with a VLS, and the boys walk into shot. The camera then tracks across and slightly cranes above. This establishes there location (a street in the rougher side of New York, and from the old fashioned cars and police on horses, we can assume it is around the 1920s/30s.) By seeing the bridge in the background we can now tell they are in Brooklyn. After a series of 2 more tracking shots there is a MS of all the boys. This is used rater than a LS because it shows all 4 of the boys but also shows their expressions after what the boy has said. Clearly 'Bugsy' is someone to be scared of as they all run in the opposite direction. Some very dramatic music starts to play which enhances the frightening atmosphere. They use a variation on a frame-within-a-frame, through the wheel of a car. Which gives a perspective from a witness at the scene. It uses a low-angle shot when he young boy is running (towards the camera) because when he is shot he falls to the ground,which then makes the shot central (rather than low) . CU of the other boy's face ('Noodles'). This is used to show his full facial expression , of which he is clearly upset as his friend has been shot. After Noodles has dragged his friend out of the road, their is a zoom into the two boys face. This is used to exagerrate the heartbreak, which is emphasised by the small boy giving his dying last words, and the audience sympathise because he is so young. Another CU is used to show the pained expression of Noodles. There is a BCU of Noodles' hand with his friends blood on it. He then clasps his hand to show the anger of his friend murder, and the brotherhood between their gang. The killer 'Bugsy' is walking through the streets. This is shown through a sequence of shots through the windows of cars, or between canisters to show the perspective/POV of the people hiding. This creates suspense and an enigma as you don't know where the boys are or where the killer will choose to go. An ECU of Noodles' eye shows his anguish. You can see the legs of the killerfrom the POV of Noodles through the spokes of the wheel. This is very ominous as you cannot see which way the killer will go and you empathisebecause you do not wat the killer to come near Noodles. The scene ends with Noodles stabbing the killer and being taken away by the police. This i upsetting as you have grown close to Noodles and don't want him to be taken away.
This scene is done in slow motion to draw the scene out to make the death seem more painful
This is one of my favourite scenes from this film as it creates so much emphatic emotion.
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