The Rock - camera movement sequence analysis

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The Rock – Camera Movement sequence analysis – Pan & Track

NAMES:  Samara Lodhi  Date:
1.	The scene starts with a camera close up of the man who’s Humvee is being stolen in the background. The use of close-ups allow us to focus on the man and less on the background as we focus on the man, we notice hat his vehicle is being stolen in the back it seems quite humorous as he is being arrogant about his vehicle and the smallest details as the vehicle is getting stolen. The audience may feel that a lot of things are happening at once.
2.	As the chase begins the, rather than a track or pan shot instead it cut to the next shot this frequent cutting of the scene as the chase begins heighten the sense of action. The action moves past us but does not pan this emphasises the sense of speed and the audience ay feel that the sequence has urgency and feel a sense of movement.
3.	As the action begins we see the sequence starting with a low angle shot which emphasises on the car and it gives an idea of what will happen next. As he gets in to car the shot is cut to the inside of the car , where we see him pull the gear and the scene is cut.
4.	The scene is cut to the outside of the car and the camera is at a low angle it stays where it is as the action moves away from us. The speed of the car emphasises the feeling of fast paced action about to begin this may also make the audience feel that the sequence has urgency. It then cuts to inside the car and shows the characters facial expressions as he hurries.
5.	This sequence starts with the camera dropping down from a higher level to mid level where the action is going past, this is a fast pan as the action goes past us, this emphasises the feeling of fast paced action. The scenes then cuts inside the car. The scene is cut outside the car we see the yellow car and it seems like the camera is attached to the car as its moving with the action. We see car crashes and frequent cutting which heightens the sense of action and tension during the sequence. We tracking and panning shots through the cutting.
6.	We see the camera inside the car to give the feeling as if its part of the action the shot is cut and we see the characters and their facial expressions and read emotion as the man is tensed and in a hurry.
7.	The camera is placed at a low angle at a worms eye view shot as the car jumps from the height , it then cuts to the characters facial expressions , there’s a lot of cutting further on to show where the action is going as well as showing the cars that follow at a low angle. So many cuttings emphasise the action as well as the danger and tension
8.	As this sequence starts we see the characters facial expressions, still tensed. We then see a fast track towards the road signs and we see the camera attached to the car as if it’s part of the action, we see pan and low angle shots and lots of cutting which heightens the sense of action , danger and tension.