Movie Analysis

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Knives Out (2019)

    Hello! For today's topic I watched the movie "Knives Out," the 2019 comedy/mystery film. The renowned detective, Benoit Blanc, assesses the death of the wealthy author, Harlan Thrombey. Although it was deemed as suicide, Blanc continues to investigate due to the suspicion of foul play.

Close up

    During this scene, a close up is used to show the reactions and emotions of the subject. It is to step inside the mind of the character, and to experience the same emotions they are going through. Particularly in this scene, the close up emphasizes her shock and confusion when finding out Harlan's will only have her name in it. Personally, the emotions I felt during this were reflected off of the subject as I felt as much shock as she did, learning the information at the same time. This part of the story allows us to inform that this character is very important as everyone's attention zooms on her.

Extreme close up

    A stressful scene where an extreme close up is used to show the intense emotion of the subject. The extreme detail allows the audience to focus on the tears that build the pressure of the scene. Specifically, the subject struggles to keep her composure after giving the wrong dosages to Harlan, he is expected to die within 10 minutes. The shot allows the audience to notice her shaky hands and watery eyes, while waiting for the police to answer, ultimately adding suspense. To add on, this makes us aware of Martha's (subject) character, and how she feels guilty about making a fatal mistake, because of the close tension to the camera.

Two Shot

    Evidently, a two-shot is used here in order to show the changing relationship between two characters in frame. During this shot, a once agreeable relationship between the two turns into a feud. The man confronts the woman about welcoming her into their home, and assumes she destroyed the family apart. This two-shot allowed the audience to notice the change from a positive to a negative relationship, all in one clip. While, feeling almost alarmed from the sudden change in his tone. Also, this changed my perspective on the man as he modified his personality in the snap of a finger!

Low angle shot

    Shown here, a low angle shot is when the camera points up to the subject, showing a strong and powerful presence. It shows the audience the intimidating or heroic subject, in this case, intimidating. The man in the scene is arguing with Harlan about his will. The low angle emphasizes the power of his words when he shouts, "I'm warning you." The feeling that are conveyed would be described as threatening, as the audience feels smaller than the subject. 

Establishing Shot

    This is an establishing shot; it introduces the location at the beginning of the story and helps viewers gain knowledge of the full setting. This will be the main area to set the rest of the story, it is where all the action occurs. It builds ambiance and gives the viewers a sense of what's to come. Personally, this dark and woody establishing scene sets the perfect base for a murder mystery. Evoking a suspenseful mood in the audience and allows them to take everything in before all the action unravels. This particular scene may set an uneasy feeling in viewers as they are informed it takes place at night in a spooky mansion.

Transitions

Wipe

Dissolve

Fade

   
    Hey welcome back people, today I will share my experience with shooting transitions. My experience creating these videos was enjoyable as I tried to figure out what transitions to use to convey what. I wondered which application I could utilize in order to input the transitions. At first, I used CapCut to put in between the first two clips. Although I had some trouble as I wanted to use the dissolve, which was not available on that app. As I tried many other apps, the only one that I found useful was one that I had already downloaded on my phone. iMovie! This app had many of the basic transitions I was looking for, and was easy to utilize.

    So, for the beginning clips I used a fade in order to show the audience an easy-going opening. I did this by making sure one scene was different from the first one. To set the scene of the video, I made sure to show the dull scenery compared with the subject. Then I filmed the subject diligently working on her computer, which was definitely not acting, it was very real. I used a dissolve transition to show time passing, since she was working very hard on her research paper. Finally, I used the wipe transition, since it was one of the basic transitions that iMovie had.