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Mise En Scene Analysis

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In Sherlock Jr. by Buster Keaton introduces a man who is trying to be impressed a girl given her a ring. While the rival or the villain; who’s also been trying to affect the girl by deceit Sherlock Jr that he had stolen the girl father’s watch. Of course, Sherlock Jr plays the detective to find out that the rival was the suspect. The clips from the scene that the essay is going to be analyzed are the scene of the ring and the scene where Sherlock Jr starts searching everybody in the house for the stolen watch. In order, to have a clear understanding of the clips, Keaton uses various facets of the film. Therefore, he uses Mise En scene such as acting and setting, and cinematography effects such as framing and shot choice to have a better …show more content…

The close -up is interpreted when the director wants to have a better vision for the audience to see the ring that Sherlock Jr gave to the girl. For the girl to have a better look of the ring, he passes to her a big magnifying glass. The audience attentive the importance of the object to the main characters. (8:08 minutes of the film). The next shot is a medium shot that illustrates the girl looking the villain’s present that was a gift for her, and when Sherlock Jr in the same shot seen uncomfortable with his presence. Of course, the money that the villain used to buy the present, was the money of the stolen watch (9:51 of the film). Also, the long shot; which now the camera moved even further, the camera concentrated on all the characters who were in the house searching for the person who stole the girl’s father watch, also considered a master shot, since all the characters are taken in the same shot. Next, the camera went black, with the words of the father coming to the living room desperately, “Someone has stolen my watch” (10:47). Moreover, comes a medium shot; where Sherlock Jr look at the book “How to be a detective”, and rule number one said, “Search everybody”. The image foreshadows the upcoming humorous adventure for Sherlock Jr to find the truth behind his rival. At the end of the scene, with a close-up image of the girl’s father, the screen goes black to elucidate the important facts, where the father said, “I’m sorry, my boy,

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