Project 1: Scene Breakdown Scene Breakdown The scene I chose for this project comes from the movie Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. The film revolves around a man named George Smiley, a retired yet distinguished MI6 official for the British government who is asked by the British Minister of Defense to come out of retirement to investigate a report of a mole infiltrated deep into the highest authority of MI6 known as the “Circus”. The mole is allegedly stealing top secret information from MI6 and passing it along to the Soviet Union. Over the course of the film, Smiley is forced to follow a trail of bread crumbs that eventually reveals that there are more people within the “Circus” involved in the espionage than previously thought. …show more content…
The scene begins with Esterhase coming down a service elevator at MI6, getting ready to head home. The elevator opens to reveal Guillam standing right in front of him blocking his way. We see a car with the door open in the background. Guillam tells him to get in the car, which he then does, and is then joined by Smiley and another unknown MI6 agent. Esterhase tries to remain cordial and greets the gentlemen, but we can see that he is undoubtedly nervous and has a feeling he is in trouble. The car drives to an airport runway where Smiley and Esterhase exit the vehicle and Guillam and the other agent drive away leaving Smiley and Esterhase alone on the runway, no doubt purposefully done to give them a very private yet wide-open place to talk. Smiley initially tells Esterhase he wants to talk about loyalty. Smiley tells him he knows what he is up to, and knows that Esterhase at least sent some MI6 information to the Soviets. During the scene we see shots of this interaction. Esterhase immediately becomes very emotional and tries to plead with Smiley that he is being misunderstood and was simply the “messenger”. While this conversation is happening a plane in the distance lands on the runway they are on, and approaches them finally stopping directly in front of them. Esterhase is now crying saying how he does not want to “be sent back”. While we the audience never actually learn exactly where he came from, we can infer that he was perhaps given asylum by MI6 in exchange for information. This is alluded to many times in the film. Esterhase tells Smiley that it was not just him giving information to the Soviets, but also several other members of the Circus. We see shots of their interactions as well. Upon one final plea from Esterhase,
1. What is the spy's usual occupation before the war? The spy was an actor.
A Simple Plan is a very suspenseful film that is layered with many scenes that impact the viewer. This movie is about three men who live in Rural Minnesota who come across an abandoned plane. After searching the plane they find 4.4 million dollars in lost cash. They plan on keeping the cash if no one claims it for a long time. Along the way, there is a lot of mistrust, secrets, betrayal, and deaths. This movie is definitely a heart-
In Fritz Lang’s M, mise en scène is employed to evoke the theme of Machiavellian theory, the characterization of wavering faith in crisis and the tone of impatient anger and fear. As the following analysis of the scene where the mobsters strategize on how to track down M demonstrates, the great light fixture in the center of the room, in conjunction with the mobsters themselves and their meeting room, is used to accentuate the notion of vigilante justice and expediency that circumventing the law provides while also highlighting the paradox of criminals attempting to serve justice.
During the marches between camps some of these broken souls would drop to the side of the road where they were shot and killed by a Nazi guard. Eliezer saw others do this, and soon he was thinking of joining
Elie Wiesel, a Jewish boy, lives in Sighet during World War II with his mother, father, and two sisters, and he is very religious and wanted to study Judaism. However, there were warnings by some people that Jewish people were being deported and killed. Although no one believes these warnings, Elie and his family are taken to a ghetto where they have no food. After being in the ghetto Elie and his father are separated from Elie’s mother and sister because of selection and were placed in cattle cars where they had no room. They are taken to Auschwitz where they suffer from hunger, beatings, and humiliation from the guards which causes Elie’s father to become weak. By now Elie loses his faith in God because of all he has been through. Lastly, Elie’s father dies just before the Jews are liberated and Elie sees his reflection in the mirror but does not recognize himself because he looks like a skeleton.
Throughout the whole journey, Elie was lucky enough to be able to stay with her father. Through the text, one of Elie's main focuses is ensuring that his father is taken care of and no matter what happened they were to remain united. After rumors that the Russians are approaching begin to spread, the Germans begin to move the prisoners to smaller camps in the woods in order to seclude their crimes. Elie had to somehow move on with his life, a seemingly impossible task.
After first arriving at Auschwitz, Elie first encounters the harsh conditions of the camp as he sees the crematorium for the first time. This scares Elie and he becomes concerned only for his own survival and self being. Once arriving in the selection room, Elie is petrified of the SS and is trying to stay out of trouble. Shortly afterwards, Elie witnesses his own
Moshe is taken away and sees an entire train of people murdered by the Gestapo. He returns to Sighet and tries to warn them, but no one believes his story. The Nazis come and take over Sighet. Elie is moved to a ghetto, along with all the other Jews in Sighet. They are soon taken away on a train to Auschwitz.
use of the camera the sound and the mise en scene. I will analyze the
Director Christopher Bayes and comic actor Steven Epp have come up with a production of a play about police corruption that is breathtakingly funny. The two hour and twenty minute production hauls the audience down to the station for a rollicking interrogation of our culture. An investigation is undertaken with an over-the-top maniac with a gift of impersonation. He masquerades as the official sleuth sent to cut through officialdom, police exploitation and political malfeasance with astounding energy and cleverness and tells the audience "I'm a freaking insanity genius." Steven Epp plays the maniac almost like the legendary Groucho Marks would play the role.
While the script is often one of the most crucial elements in a film, the brevity of speech and precise movements of the primary character accentuate the changing nature of his integrity. As viewers follow Captain Wiesler of the East German secret police, it is soon clear that he only says what is necessary, such as when noting his surveillance partner’s lateness or setting instructions for the surveillance bugging team (“twenty minutes”). It is important to note that Wiesler does not say a single word when Axel Stiegler cracks a joke in the cafeteria about Honecker, or when Grubitz himself makes a joke. Only
Then the question is posed to Mr. Lockwood, "How did it all begin?" The answering of this question is what my paper will explain. I will attempt to break down the opening scene and show how it all started. By using tools of film such as sound, editing, mise en scene, and cinematography, this paper will show how the scene was made as well. Mise en scene played an important role in this movie as with any other movie.
Therefore, it is possible to notice how the cinematography, the mise-en-scene and the editing are used to resemble the peculiarities of the space in which the actions are taking place. For instance, the first part is characterized by long pan or tilt shots, the camera is steady but still manages to follow the characters actions. The editing points to the linear occurring of the events. Also, the characters and the objects are usually methodically placed in the scene. All of the elements are used to convey the rigid organization, efficiency and control typical of the military environment. On the other hand, in the second part, there are usually shorter shots and steadicam shots. The camera is free to investigate the space of action. Here, the editing is used to create a dynamic perception of the events. In this way Kubrick is able to bring in the spectators’ minds the chaotic reality of the war. Moreover, colors become another tool to communicate to the audience this sort of split within the film. In fact, after Pyle’s death the viewer can notice how those metallic and cold colors, that are present at the beginning of the film, shift into wormer colors. It is actually through Pyle’s suicide that the the spectator gets this switch. In that scene the dark red blood stains, and ideologically violates, the cold white tiles of the bathroom. This film is also different on
Visual transition scene: A sound effect was used in the restaurant scene between Tiffany and Pat. After Tiffany walked out she start accusing Pat of harassment. Some people begin to look at Pat with disgust and start flicking him off with their finger. Ambient noises from the cop car were used to describe the tension during the scene. Visual transition scene:
Personality is a branch of scientific discipline that studies temperament and its variation among people. It is a dynamic and a set of characteristics possessed by their atmosphere, cognitions, emotions, motivations and behaviours in various things. Personality conjointly refers to the pattern of thoughts, feelings, social adjustments and behaviour consistently exhibited over time that powerfully influences one’s exceptions, self-perceptions, values and attitudes. It also predicts human reactions to different folks, problems and stress.