X File "Kill Switch" Analyzing Editing

In this post I will be analyzing some editing form the series X File season 5 episode 11. It is a good episode. 

I am going to start with the dinner scene. For me this whole scene has different kinds of editing, we have a master shot, continuity, the 80 degree rule, etc. But for me shot were the US Marshalls enter the dinner is an ellipsis. Because in this shot were we see the shooting inside the dinner but we do not see what is really happening is separate by time from the shot were we see later on when they are checking all the dead bodies.  We did not see what happened but just assumed they are all dead, because that is the purpose of the shot.  

In this two shot we can see that is an example of a Reverse shot. We have two shots from each character point of view (behind them) while they are having a conversation.The camera switches between the characters so that we can see their response.  

Although this two image are from different place, the first is were “Invisigoth” lives and the second is from the trailer were Mulder gets trap they have something in common. The length of the rhythm in this shot is a little longer than other scene, giving us time to analyze the importance of what we are seeing.

Cinematography Tron 1982

In this analysis I will be analyzing some shots from the movie Tron from 1982. I decide to take different shots of the movie and analyze them individually from camera angle, different kinds of shot and lighting.

In this shot we can see an example of a low angle camera view, because the camera is lower than the character creating the illusion of power.  He is the bad guy so they want to give him a threatening image. In my opinion the light is low key, because we have kind of a dark background and the light emphasizes Sark. 

Extreme Long Shot, were the subject or character is from a large distance almost to small to recognize. Even though we do not see the motorcycle we can recognize the characters from the colors of the line. In this shot we can see a lot of background In my opinion the purpose of this long shot, is so we can see how near the are getting to the end were one of them could die.

When the shoot  include two characters is called two-shot. This is an example of a close up because we can see the characters from their shoulders upward and the purpose of the shot is their face and emotions. But I will say is a medium close up because we can see two character and the two of them have the same amount of importance. Color is very important in the movie and in this shot we can see how the difference in color have a meaning, good vs evil.

I decide it to include this shot because for me a back shot has a lot of meaning. It create tension because we know what hi is doing, but we do not know what is going to happened being him. In this part is were hi is taken inside the program which we were not expecting. In this shot the light come from every direction.

In my opinion this image represent a Birds eye view, because we can see Sark from top to bottom.

"Robocop" Mise-en-Scene

I will be analyzing every detail of this scene from the movie Robocop 1987. I decide to take this scene because for me represents the whole point of the movie. Let’s start by using the Rule of Third, if we divide the scene in three columns and three rows, we can see that what occupied the whole scene is the robot. The bottom of the robot occupied all the right side and his shadow is divided between the left side and the center of the scene which make pretty clear that the main character is the robot.  Now from the camera point of view we have the robot and his shadow that make him look bigger than how he actually is and the background people more smaller. This make him look powerful and threatening over the citizens. But let’s not forget he is threatening only for the bad people. If we watch the whole scene we can see his purpose in that city. For me this scene represent everything, we have the sign in an abandoned alley which say “Delta City, The future has a silver lining” with a futuristic city. Which could mean the city is experimenting with technology to have control of everything. The big robot represent advance in technology and power to make things right in the city and defend the innocent over the criminals that are attacking the women.I think the lighting is really great because emphasizes what is important in that scene the robot, the people and the sign.Even though there is a little action in the background what take our attention is how they make the robot look like the most big and powerful invention.  

"Brazil " 1985

When we think of science fiction movies, we have a widespread stereotype that they are about science and technology gadgets. But at the beginning these films proposed something more important, they were a reaction to the social and economic changes due to the Industrial Revolution, as shown in the book Looking at Movies 3th. In the movie Brazil by Terry Gilliam from 1985 we can see all the basic elements of a Sci-fi movie. First we have a world where the technology is the basic of human been, all of these weird ducts passing through the house. Second we have all of this exaggerated behavior, scene and costume.  Third we have this kind of hero, which in all the movies we have seen so far is not so clear but the all have a motive. In this film we have our protagonist, Sam Lowry trying to fix the problem made by a jammed printer that cost a person’s live. So we can say that he is our hero.  Last and for me most important, we have the corrupt of a society by a totalitarian government, which is the main criticism in the movie. I think is a good movie because is a science fiction movie that represent what we have lived for years. It has a lot of unrealistic and ridiculous event but if we think about it is not so far from what we are becoming, the obsession with plastic surgery, a government trying to control everything and we cannot imagine a life without technology and all kinds of gadgets. 

"12 Monkeys" A journey through time

I will be analyzing some of the content and form of the movie Twelve Monkeys by Terry Gilliam. In my own perception is a movie that require the viewer to pay attention to every detail. At first I was really lost because all of the different images that were going on, if you do not know what is the movie about you could get lost.  Even the smallest detail or the quickest word is important to understand the movie. I think the movie doesn't have different scene most of the time the shots where in the same place, the Psychiatric Clinic or the Travel Instituted. We see some landscape but through the entire movie what we see most are close screen shots (close-ups). Most of the time we are looking directly to the characters face. If the camera spent 1 minute static throughout the film was much. Most of the shots and the scene sequence were really fast. For example in one scene when they were at the Psychiatric Clinic I felt the camera was all over the place, it seems like it was in fast forward, I had to pay attention because the scenes were passing so fast. Most of the movie scenes did not had sequence but I think it was part of the story because it was time travel, one minute James Cole (Bruce Willis) was in some place and then he appear at the travel Institute and then in another place.

P.D. I like Brat Pitt character I think it was great, I enjoy the movie. 

Johnny Mnemonic Film vs Story

I will begin by saying that the movie Johnny Mnemonic did not meet the expectations of the short story written by William Gibson but I have to highlight that were both positive and negative. The movie is not exactly what you see in the story but we must understand that not everything written may become a great movie. The book managed to capture my attention more than the film, the reason is because the movie does not have the element of surprise which is presents in the book as a first person view. The story presents more detailed characteristics and thoughts of the characters that we do not see in the movie because we are watching it from the outside not like in the story were Johnny’s thoughts have to be written so that we could understand.

One of the similarities is that they both started with the main part of the story Johnny the tech guy who has the ability to store a big amount of information in his brain. The only difference is that the book is much more explicit, since writing is the tool we use to develop our imagination. Unlike in the movie were they choose to delete or ad details that have the ability to make us see what we were imagining. Like the first scene of the movie is different to how the story starts, for one moment I thought I was watching the wrong movie. I was not surprise that they manage to create this very technical guy in a dark mechanic world that we expected from the story because that was the whole point of it. 

About Me!

Hey! Everybody I am a Psychology student at the University of Puerto Rico Campus of Mayaguez. I took this career because I like to understand and analyze human behavior and emotions. My motto is "Always look straight because the best is yet to come". I like to watch any kind of movies but more specific action and romance movies. This is a little bit about my I hope you enjoy it.