Media blog post #3: Relationships Between Shots
http://youtu.be/2TVyJ-51jzc
This is clip of the film, "French Connection" during a "chasing the train" scene. The clip shows a man holding a gun to a train operators head, while below the train tracks, there is a man driving speedy, dangerous and recklessly, in order to keep up with the train. Most of the shot sequence is constantly switching between two shots. It is either of the view of the driver, of what's in front of him, or it's a closeup of his face. When the camera is showing the drivers view, it conveys a feeling of realness. It makes the viewer feel like they are in the car with the driver and the intense, high speed chase is palpitating. These emotions are definitely conveyed through the driver shot. The close up shots of the drivers face show how the man behind the crazy driving and the closeup intensifies the anxious feelings even more during the chase. When the camera shot switches to opposite the car, so you see the front of the car head on, and witness it crash, it is giving you the angle of a pedestrian. All of these different shots help not only convey the emotion and feelings in the scene clearly, but they also help and benefit each other by showing various angles of one scene, while still maintaining the screen direction.
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