Similarities Between Smokey And The Bandit By Hal Needham

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The movie Smokey and The Bandit by Hal Needham is the story of two friends who set out to “do what they said can’t be done”. With attention to detail it is easy to see how just one little event can turn everything around for the pair. Many of the scenes throughout this movie show the two friend “Snowman” Jerry Reed and “The Bandit” Burt Reynolds truck across the states to Texas to bring back booze with them in order to win a bet. What these two do not plan on is encountering a runaway bride who just so happens to bring the long arm of the law with her. With her new found association with the Bandit, the immediate pursuit is on by one determined officer of the law. These two travel all across the state from Texas back home under “hot pursuit” …show more content…

If you notice the camera angles tend to all be the same at certain times. When ever a car chase ensues the camera immediately pans to the faces of the characters to help show their emotions. Not only with the camera angles are there patterns, but there are also patterns with how the movie its self flows. When ever the duo starts to have a period of time where all goes smoothly it seems as if everything goes wrong in a flash and they are once again being chased by the police. Another example of a pattern would be in the relationship of the two friends Bandit and Snowman. This is evident due to the fact that when one gets down the other one picks them back up. An example of this would be when Snowman gets stopped by the State Trooper and Bandit is there to rescue his friend. Another example would be at the very end when Bandit is ready to give up and turn in, but instead Snowman picks him up mentally and leads them to the finish. The final pattern that I picked up on was the music that was being played during two different scenes. The song “East Bound and Down” by Jerry Reed was played during the two scenes where extra hustle was required. This shows that both characters are trying to hustle and get to their destination as fast as

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