Shot Analysis

Shot Analysis

Shots play a big part in films as they can change then idea of how a character or scene is perceived. for example on a scene were some one is angry and throwing things around if you film it with a wide shot it will seem as though there is meant to be some sort of comedic factor too it how ever if you filmed it with close up and mid shots to show were the things are thrown too and what the characters facial expression is then you feel an emotional connection to the character making it seem like an intense and emotional scene.

I chose to look at how a shot could be used to create tension and comedy in a scene from Django Unchained.
it started out with a close up of Dr. Shults replacing some money with explosives in side the tooth above his waggon to give some context to later on in the scene. 

then it went to an over the shoulder shot of three of the raiders looking over a hill on to the waggon, then it showed a close up on to the three of them getting up and walking away.

then you see the rest of the raiders showing up on there horses waiting for orders from the three that scouted out the waggon, then we see a wide shot of all the raiders running down the hill on their horses towards the waggon and surrounding it.

then it goes to a shot that in the time line happened about 5 minuets before they surrounded the waggon, were they are getting there orders from the three leaders at which they put on the pillowcases that they use as masks but then they find a fatal flaw that they cant see out of them, so then it goes to a close up of the main leader ripping the eye holes to make them bigger and then failing. then for the next 2 and a half minuets we see back and fourths of the leaders and the raiders arguing what they should do about the masks and how rubbish they are. what i find interesting though is that at the start of this part of the scene the cameras look up to the leaders and look down on the raiders to show power and authority but then as they argue it slowly levels off between them showing that the leaders are no better than the rest of the raiders. 


once they get over the argument it goes back to the scene were they are running down the hill and circling the waggon how ever the first time we see them circling the waggon we are looking up at them but now that we know they struggle to see and raiding blind we now are equal height or even looking down on them, at which they realise that Shults and Django are no longer there.

then we get a close up of Shults and Django with a gun who then fire at the explosives from earlier which blows up most of the raiders which we see by a combination of close ups and wide shots. then finally we get one last close up of Shults and Django laughing that they managed to out smart the raiders .


Here is the full scene: