Saturday, 7 February 2009

Collateral




This is a scene from film Collateral in which we see Max Durocher (Jamie Fox) is tied to the car by Vincent (Tom Cruise) . Within this scene Max Durocher is harassed by a group of thugs. This is a over the shoulder shot in which Jamie appears to be lower then the thug which makes the thug look much more superior then Max Durocher.
There is then a close up of the thugs expression to show the seriousness of the situation and that he really truly does not want to listen to Max Durochers pleas. There is then a close up of Max Durocher's face showing the anxiety and fear of being locked to the wheel while robbed this close up is meant to display the utter uselessness that Max must feel. There is a speed up in editing to add to the feel of uneasy and tension which adds to the atmosphere of fear and anxiety.
There is then a close up of the briefcase to show the importance of it, that it is something of grieve importance and will add to thriller genre. A long shot is used in which Vincent (Tom Cruise) is introduced to the scene in which he is closes to the camera and looks very much superior as the antagonist rather then the simple thugs.
Another close up of Max Durochers face showing fear and anxiety. There is then fast editing to almost emulate the surprise of the thugs as Vincent quickly disposes of the thugs. The final shot of this scene is a long shot in which we see Vincent reclaim the briefcase in which we see the cruelty of the antagonist as he mercilessly puts one more bullet in the thug.

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