Shameless, Series 1, Episode 5: 37-41 minutes
The excerpt begins with a long shot of the back of Frank to see the location around him. Then a point of view shot out of the car shows also Frank walking with an other guy besides him. You can see his current condition, he's drunk. The next shot is a master shot, it shows Frank walking to the camera. He's now alone, an ellipsis was used here, that means Franks whole way wasn't shown to the audience. It's a medium shot of him when the car turns around the corner and continues to tracking him. When the car gets faster more point of view shots are used also the cuts are faster to make danger clear. Then you can note that the car trys to hit Frank and after failed this it crashe into a van. In this scene match on action is used. Then a long shot shows the audience what happens.
First a close up of Franks face shows his surprise and shock after what has happend, he recognized that his son drove the car. The editing used for this an eyeline match, you can see Frank is looking at someone/something and then we see that he's looking at his son.
A shot-reverse shot is used when his son is coming out of the car, first the face of boy then Frank's face and then again the boy and how he trys to a beat Frank. Always when he sees his son a low angle is used because he's lying on the street and looks up to him. You can see it also from the boys point of view, then a high angle is used. Also the cuts are getting again faster to keep the attention of the audience.
Again a close up is used to show the emotions of Shaila when she notes that a fight is outside of her house. She feels fear and is shocked. Then an establishing shot is used, which is showing her house. A medium shot of her is used when she sees an other car coming to the fight. Then she opens the door and the light through the open door is used as a white transition between this action and an other hit to Frank. A quick cut to Shaila and how she's closing the door to the same time like the beat. This is like parallel action.
A fish-eye lense is used for the scene with the daughter of Shaila in her room. It allows the audience to regocnize the condition of the girl's mind. She don't know what she has to do next or what will happen.
Match on action is used again when the girl is walking out of the house to the street. (Or was it the woman, I don't know anymore). When the boy pulled away from Frank, a high angle is used, probably by a Cameracrane added. The camera is unsteady and handheld when Frank helped on the legs. The scene ends here.
The next scene starts with a zoom out of Frank's bloody face. Now you can see that he's not alone Shaila is with him and helps him. This is a two shot. The camera is now steady and the cuts are not such quick anymore. This shows the audience danger is over now. Then you can see a close up of Shailas daughter, she has tears in her eyes. Between her and Frank on the couch with Shaila the 180-degree rule is used. They are not in a conversation but the daughter reacts with her emotion on the things which Frank and Shaila saying. Also match on action is used when she is leaving the room, first you can see her face and then when she passes the couch in the background.
And again an eyeline match is used when Frank is looking at Shaila.
After the next two shot of Frank and Shaila the scene ends. In this excerpt are two different locations.
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2 comments:
Mareen,
A strong, detailed analysis that clearly identifies the techniques used and explains their impact (in most places!)
I am very impressed that you were able to spot the ellipsis editing technique, as well as suggest that a crane may have been used later.
Continue to provide detailed explanations for how transitions are used.
Well done! Sehr schon!
(B)
Forgot to say:
STAR!
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