Scene Analysis: The Terminator

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The scene I chose goes from minute 15:27 to minute 16:27, which while short, reflects the relationship in between humans and machines that is portrayed throughout The Terminator; by analyzing the elements of image and movement in the scene it is possible to demonstrate this statement. The first frame shows a suburban street taken from a low camera angle, almost parallel to the pavement. The scene has very vivid colors; it looks like the perfect day, you can even see two elders playing with their grandsons in the sidewalk. A young girl in a pretty dress is mounting a tricycle, the frame is wide so that you can see the girl riding the tricycle towards the right. The next frame shows a close-up of a blue toy truck in the pavement; because of …show more content…

This small portion of the scene establishes the difference between the joy of humanity and the dimness of machines. The fact that he almost ran over a boy also exposes the indifference that The terminator has towards human lives. The frame after moves with The Terminator with a special focus on his movements. A frame of a dog barking to The Terminator is an important foreshadow to how the dogs, a man’s best friend, can perceive the difference between machines and humans. In the following frames, the camera focuses merely in faces of Sarah and The Terminator utilizing a first-person point of view and a very dim light. After the terminator forces its way into Sarah’s house, the viewer sees Sarah’s forehead with a laser dot. The camera then only shows the gun shooting in direction to the floor, we can assume that Sarah fell after the first shot and The Terminator is simply making sure that she is not alive. This last part of the scene is crucial because it shows the methodic and systematic procedures of The Terminator; there is no hesitation, doubt or

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