Four Film Stills

In this image, taken from Bad Boys 2, a medium shot is used even though we can see the characters fascial expression in great detail. The shot is very effective as we can see both what the character is wearing and holding, also his expression. As a result the audience has an insight as to what the character is feeling and how this relates to what he is wearing.

Lord Of War

The image extracted from Lord Of War, consists of a long shot as we can see the character and his whole surroundings. The main subject in this image is the character, as we can clearly see him and his expressions. Behind the character we can see burnt down cars and bullet shells, which signifies what the film will be about and what sort of action will included.
Some backlight was featured to create a shadow on one side of the characters face.

Toy story

This image taken from Toy Story, again is a long shot as we can see the two characters in their whole surrounding and environment. This is effective as the audience has an insight as to what the setting is going to be like. This type of shot is frequently used in comedies and PG films.

La Haine

The still image which shows a character using a hand gesture, to suggest he is holding a gun, is a medium shot. This is because we can see some of the characters surroundings and the top half of his body. From this we can see what the character is thinking and the nature of him, as a person holding a gun is seen to be quiet bad and cold hearted. No colour is used in this image, which gives an old, grimy and evil look. From this more effect is added as it coincides with the character.

Two extracts

Sunset Boulevard



Throughout the extract, various shots were used. However the primary shot featured was a medium shot, as we can see the character and some of their surroundings. When scenes were more emotional, close ups were included to show the characters fascial expressions. In these scenes, the music changed from being loud and harsh to soft and gentle, to coincide with the situation. The music used is parallel sound.

High and low shots were also used depending on who the character was. Some characters appeared more superior than others as a low shot was included, however at other times high shots were present to demonstrate powerless characters.

Camera movement is quiet scarce in this extract, although tilts and pans were featured. This was done to show movement and follow the character while they are in motion.

Blood In Blood Out



In the second extract, the primary shot used was a long shot to show the character in all of his or her environment. This was done to help set the scene and create a more suitable atmosphere. When the director wants the scene to be more emotional and meaningful, a close up is used to show exactly how the characters is feeling. The sound used was all diegetic and there was no presence of non diegetic sound.

A number of low angle shots were featured in this extract , this was again done to create a sense of superiorness. As a result, the audience knows who has more dominance in terms of power. Not alot of camera movement was included in this extract.

Key differences

The primary type of shot used were different as Sunset Boulevard included medium shots and Blood In Blood Out featured long shots.

Sunset Boulevard had non diegetic sound, whereas the other extract only included diegetic sound.

More high angle shots were used in Sunset Boulevard.

Camera movement was not present in Blood In Blood Out, however Sunset Boulevard consisted of both low and high angle shots.