Sin City Opening Scene Analysis
By Jake Bromley
This image displays the unimportance of the female character we are first introduced to; this is because she appears to be smaller than the buildings in the background it shows her insignificance with the building towering over her.
In this image we are introduced to the male character that the audience heard in the voice over, he steps out of the shadows and in this image his face is shadowed representing the moral ambiguity of his character. The female character stands tense with her arms holding herself this shows the vulnerability of her character and emphasizes her loneliness.
This is the first close up shot that we are shown, this image shows the male characters power when he offers the female character a cigarette therefore showing that is in control during this scene.
This shot is taken over the shoulder of the male character leaving him partially shadowed implying a sinister attribute about him, this shows that the male character is significantly much more taller than the female character which also relates to him being in control.
This image displays the sudden colour change, from the black to white emphasizing the two characters as they come together, the image is similar to a comic book picture, which adds a surrealistic layer to the scene.
This image shows the male character holding the lifeless body of the female character and stares up into the sky; this could imply that the male character is looking to a higher power to be judged after feeling very remorseful for murdering the female character.
I'm pleased to see how you examine the connotations of each shot and make reference to some of the techniques the director has used to create these effects/ meanings. However, I think you can do much better than this: you can write much more about each shot and you should be using more of the media terminology we have looked at (chiaroscuro; high angle etc) as well as discussing some of the concepts and themes we have looked at (anti-hero; moral ambiguity; urban isolation...). Each shot analysis should be about 2-3 times longer. Do this by analysing everything in a hot (lighting/ colour/ costume/ set/ angle/ characters/ props etc).
ReplyDeleteCan you embed this clip at the start of the blog post?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm4YTs_Mr5M
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ReplyDeleteJake - on 20th October I left the comment below on this blog post. Can you work on improving this blog post by addressing the points I mentioned?
ReplyDelete"I'm pleased to see how you examine the connotations of each shot and make reference to some of the techniques the director has used to create these effects/ meanings. However, I think you can do much better than this: you can write much more about each shot and you should be using more of the media terminology we have looked at (chiaroscuro; high angle etc) as well as discussing some of the concepts and themes we have looked at (anti-hero; moral ambiguity; urban isolation...). Each shot analysis should be about 2-3 times longer. Do this by analysing everything in a hot (lighting/ colour/ costume/ set/ angle/ characters/ props etc)."
Allow me to copy and paste from a previous comment I left on this blog post, Jake:
ReplyDeleteJake - on 20th October I left the comment below on this blog post. Can you work on improving this blog post by addressing the points I mentioned?
"I'm pleased to see how you examine the connotations of each shot and make reference to some of the techniques the director has used to create these effects/ meanings. However, I think you can do much better than this: you can write much more about each shot and you should be using more of the media terminology we have looked at (chiaroscuro; high angle etc) as well as discussing some of the concepts and themes we have looked at (anti-hero; moral ambiguity; urban isolation...). Each shot analysis should be about 2-3 times longer. Do this by analysing everything in a hot (lighting/ colour/ costume/ set/ angle/ characters/ props etc)."