Film Analysis : Oldboy

Working out conflicts face to face can and cannot make a difference in resolving the problem.“These face-to-face interactions build trust, understanding, and a real sense of a shared mission, and this has made all the difference in the world.” This direct quote from Forbes.com explains how this specific way can improve how the world communicates to each other. Many people will disagree with the previous statement, but it is just one of the basic elements of the social system. Admittedly, not everyone believes in face to face interaction. People can choose whichever side they want to, but people can solve their problems by talking to somebody.

The first shot we see of this sequence is a low angle which shows, quite simply, the sheer enormity of the building Max is about to enter. The shot slowly pans down as the foreboding notes of the score

Example, In the end of the song "Roxie" which Roxie( the protagonist) and bunch of men were singing, Roxie was sitting in a flattering manner at a higher level shot than all of the men, which showed that Roxie was more important than all of them and everybody wanted to be with her. The song was going on a normal level shot and suddenly, the shot tilted and It showed Roxie's sense of power over boys.

On the opposite side, the Sniper also shows a certain hatred for war, mainly after he shot the other Sniper, and “the lust of battle died in him”. After

One of the most famous scenes in film is the beginning where Charles Foster Kane dies after saying rosebud. What makes this scene so great was the camera angle. The snow globe that Kane drops after his death created an angle never before seen. This angle allowed for the intensity of the scene to increase as it emphasizes the nurse running in the room and the broken globe to show Kane’s world as comes crashing down on him. Another interesting camera angle is when Kane is being taken away from his mother where both her and Kane are visible and in full focus. Along with this angle it also has a smooth transition from the angle of the mother and sliding through the window to allow for the new scene. These

He starts off with a medium shot of the individual in the center of the screen; they start rapidly listing off racial slurs and stereotypes and the camera zooms in which emphasizes how violent it is. By the end of the rampage, the shot is an extreme close-up of the character’s face and you can feel the anger and hatred they have for that particular race. The climactic buildup at the end of the film was full of canted angles, shadowy lighting, dozens of fast shot/reverse shots that in full only lasted less than two minutes. The scene at the end of the movie, the hierarchy of confrontations and tensions between the characters, is a canted low angle shot of Radio Raheem and Buggin’ Out after they stormed into Sal’s Pizza Shop makes them appear more powerful and intimidating than Sal. All the shots of Sal are a counterclockwise tilt high angle, causing him to look inferior. The quick cuts back and forth between the two gives the film a sense of the tensions and anger. It is not until Sal rises up to the plate and smashes the radio, that he is being filmed at a leveled angle to show that he is not inferior anymore, but at the same

A good example of Lee using high and low angel shots to exemplify conflict is in the two encounters between Sal and Radio Raheem. Radio Raheem is shown throughout the film only with low-angle shots giving him a threatening, larger than life appearance. When Radio Raheem walks into Sal’s Famous with his boom box blaring the first time it starts a huge altercation between Sal and Raheem. The camera jumps back and forth between low angle close up shots of Raheem to the reverse high angle close ups of Sal as the two yell at each other. This confrontation ends with Radio Raheem finally turning off the music and peace is restored. The second instance occurs just before and serves as the catalyst for the violent climax.

This structure is commonly seen in any film or television production, as using the structure makes sure that the narrative is continuing to move forward, and is developing. The film plot line I will be studying and making an analysis on is The Lost Boys.

Another shot in the sequence, when Jen Yu is falling through the bamboo stems a low-angle shot makes her seem vulnerable as if the bamboo controls her; the next shot Li Mu Bai is at a high-angle shot looking towards Jen Yu, which makes him look graceful and dominant of the situation in the sequence. Time slows down to establish the peace, strength and the relationship between the characters.

Richard Linklater’s Boyhood leaves the audience questioning, asking, and wanting more. The entirety of the film is a recollection of memories and experiences throughout the course of Mason’s childhood. Overall Boyhood is like an unsolved puzzle with missing pieces that aren’t enough to solve the puzzle. The entire movie is questionable and has so many gaps in-between each memory that there really is no plot. Since there isn’t a plot it makes you question if it is really about boyhood, about family, maybe Mason’s childhood, or girlhood. Certain questions begin to formulate like, why doesn’t Linklater use the typical format of storytelling during Mason’s childhood? How come we never know what happened between Oliva and Mason Sr? Why doesn’t

Long shot is used as Peg walks up the sidewalks of neighbors' homes. As Peg walks we see the similarity between her connections with each home. For this purpose, he choses long shot to capture the subject in front of each house gradually becoming further away from the camera. If he would have chose a different shot it would be harder for the audience to identify her emotions toward the family and its home.

The camera mainly follows Hally. Hally would move toward the camera while the camera pans up, revealing his main role in the film which also helps the audience to focus what is significant at that given moment. Over the shoulder shots were used when Hally and Sam were having a conversation. These shots helps to establish the positions of Hally and Sam. It shows how Hally truly feels about his father coming back from the hospital as well as how Sam tried to help Hally. The use low-angle and high-angle shots when Hally and Willie were about to play the shooting game place the audience into the scene. The High-angle shot makes Hally seem like more powerful and the low-angle shot makes Willie seem less powerful. It also makes the scene more dramatic.

Shot #4 (MLS at the start, straight-on, low angled shot)The fourth shot used in this short film is an eye-line match, the main character who stereotypically is a male, stood at the photocopier earlier, he is photocopying something and that we see him push the copier button angrily. The usage of low angle shot here is real at proving the appeals standing, the low angle makes the actor appear greater and more leading, which is a conventional trait of males is films. Men are largely portrayed to be sturdy and main

When a camera angle depicting the action is cut to a differing angle the action is immediately picked up where the previous shot left off showing one continuous action using many different camera angles (Giannetti, 2011) .

Han Kang’s use of comparison between two closely related but very different characters demonstrates society’s definition of a dutiful wife. Unable to withstand the embarrassment of having a wife he is not proud of, he leaves her. Han Kang used the sense of pressure to depict not only the public opinion, but also the force that drives Mr. Cheong’s actions.