The Way of the Gun
directed by Christopher McQuarrie
Eyes Wide Open – (Viewing Only)
panning in – rule of thirds
diagonals created with line of people
girl screaming on the right of it all
people screaming on the right of “focus person”
left move down ramp reversing diagonals using people movement
central crowd mob
cool headed figures on left – how odd
woah, fighting
shot from above
shot from below
shot from above with police lights
break
shot from above with two people (yin yang-like) bloodied
I’m All Ears (Listening Only)
musical intro fast-paced
sirens
still musical
silence and shouting
jeering and swearing
soooo much swearing by female
silence LAUGHTER
female is getting closer and she is swearing so much more
more swearing
incessant swearing
man dance, ha.
punch then music of fast paced… fighting? man dancing?
sirens wailing over music
music fading sirens growing
Put Two and Two Together
the way people move mirror the way the music flows
there is a car alarm
the snide smiles
moving of his jacket to her
there is a lot of facial reactions i wasn’t so aware of
wow, these men got annihilated
Post Script
“Wow this is a great scene.” Actually, I found myself distracted so much by the swearing when I had only the audio running. I think that by looking at my notes again I saw how general I was being and how much I was affected by the swearing to really notice exactly how the inflection was or how the rhythm of their speech was. I think it was pretty evenly paced for me to gloss over.
I also think that the more you can view something in short segments the more you are able to take notice of exactly what is going on. I saw more facial movements, the shifting of props, and was a little more aware of audio cues (the car alarm). I was also able to see the very general diagonals that were created by lines of humans and the difference between that and of a cluster of humans, but I started noticing the subtle diagonals in the setting up of the entire shot as well. I am well aware of this because of my painting professor who is all about the diagonals. Seeing diagonals create motion as well as the movie, well, moving, has been an interesting transition and learning point for me.
