• Overhead establishing shot – what does this achieve?
The director sets out the space where the action will take place and the character's position's within the room.
• What is Shot-Reverse-Shot?
Shot Reverse Shot simply means by cutting back and forth between the two men, we assume that their looking at and talking to each other.
• What is Eye-line matching?
The big man standing up looks off-screen and down, where is the seated man looks offscreen and up, we guess from the angle of their eyes that their looking at each other
• Why do we cut to the other members of the group?
The main character Sean lays out the plan, and as he is talking for the most of the scene, the editor could've chosen to stay on a single shot of him but instead we cut to different members of the gang. Sometimes individually, sometimes in two shots, so we can see their faces and their reactions both to the plan and to each other.
• What is a wipe?
The editor then uses a slick transition called the wipe to move the action to different location and time and choses a diagonal angle to show us a disorienting view of a building site.
• What is the effect of using quick cuts?
The first minute of this excerpt is made from 26 different shots, some are quite long and others only last a second or two and these creates a fast rhythm which intern to keep the story moving along and the audience on their toes.
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