500 Days Of Summer (Single Camera Movie)
500 Days Of Summer (2009) Marc Webb
This scene has got 2 shots, this shows the downsides to single camera productions, there usually isn't much variety in shots, this however, isn't necessarily a bad thing. As the scene goes on the camera slowly zooms in with each shot change, this represents the engagement that the characters are going through and that we should be feeling.
These shots alternate between a two-shot and an over-the-shoulder shot, these 2 shots help to show the relationship between the characters, as they're always in the shot together, and thus we get to see both of their reactions and expressions, therefore furthering the way we perceive their relationship with one another, as we get two viewpoints, either we see the person who's speaking and can see the way they're saying it and depict their emotions based on the way they're saying it, or we see the person who's being spoken to as the prime subject and can see how they react to what's being said, for instance at the start of the scene we primarily see the subject that's speaking, then as the scene gets further in we begin to see the subject who's being spoken too, however generally there's no flow, it's a random order in general.
The downside to the fact this is a single camera film is that apart from the final shot where we have a long shot from behind the two characters there is only two shots and not even a master shot, however as much as the zoom attempts to try and break this continuous cycle between the two shots it doesn't completely effectively change the scenes monotony when it comes to shots, despite the fact it imitates the intimacy the two characters have/had and the intrigue/interest that is building between them as they discuss what is clearly a passionate subject they both feel strongly about. This is provable thanks to, like stated before, the camera's slow zoom in as each shot alternates.
When it comes to continuity, there is no issues, this is because no people walk behind the shot and then suddenly disappear as the shot swaps, the only thing that is in fact moving behind the shot is the cars on the road, but the shots alternate slow enough so that we wouldn't even expect the same cars to be in shot as before, or at most in the same spot, we'd expect them to have moved, so this is no error. There is also the usage of continuity editing, that makes the scene flow smoothly. So in all, the use of continuity editing, a lack of continuity errors and cuts that help build intrigue, our interest remains throughout the scene, and perhaps even grows as it continues further, this enables us to passively watch the scene as opposed to actively, which would mean we began to notice slight errors or simply aren't interested so don't begin to analyse it consciously or sub-consciously.
This scene has got 2 shots, this shows the downsides to single camera productions, there usually isn't much variety in shots, this however, isn't necessarily a bad thing. As the scene goes on the camera slowly zooms in with each shot change, this represents the engagement that the characters are going through and that we should be feeling.
These shots alternate between a two-shot and an over-the-shoulder shot, these 2 shots help to show the relationship between the characters, as they're always in the shot together, and thus we get to see both of their reactions and expressions, therefore furthering the way we perceive their relationship with one another, as we get two viewpoints, either we see the person who's speaking and can see the way they're saying it and depict their emotions based on the way they're saying it, or we see the person who's being spoken to as the prime subject and can see how they react to what's being said, for instance at the start of the scene we primarily see the subject that's speaking, then as the scene gets further in we begin to see the subject who's being spoken too, however generally there's no flow, it's a random order in general.
The downside to the fact this is a single camera film is that apart from the final shot where we have a long shot from behind the two characters there is only two shots and not even a master shot, however as much as the zoom attempts to try and break this continuous cycle between the two shots it doesn't completely effectively change the scenes monotony when it comes to shots, despite the fact it imitates the intimacy the two characters have/had and the intrigue/interest that is building between them as they discuss what is clearly a passionate subject they both feel strongly about. This is provable thanks to, like stated before, the camera's slow zoom in as each shot alternates.
When it comes to continuity, there is no issues, this is because no people walk behind the shot and then suddenly disappear as the shot swaps, the only thing that is in fact moving behind the shot is the cars on the road, but the shots alternate slow enough so that we wouldn't even expect the same cars to be in shot as before, or at most in the same spot, we'd expect them to have moved, so this is no error. There is also the usage of continuity editing, that makes the scene flow smoothly. So in all, the use of continuity editing, a lack of continuity errors and cuts that help build intrigue, our interest remains throughout the scene, and perhaps even grows as it continues further, this enables us to passively watch the scene as opposed to actively, which would mean we began to notice slight errors or simply aren't interested so don't begin to analyse it consciously or sub-consciously.
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