Camera movement and editing

 1)

a. Crane- 1:15 - The use of this camera movement creates a fast motion effect and gives an overview of the setting. This allows the audience to have an insight on where the action is taking place and the director may have chosen to use this to illustrate a dramatic action scene and track the movements of the officers. This also displays urgency due to the rapid motions and chase for the man trying to escape.

b. Tilt- 1:59 - The tilt movement in this scene moves from the officers face to the weapon in her hand. The use of this camera movement foreshadows the violent action scene that will commence. The director may have used this to show the danger the man holds and all of the officers surrounding him with weapons in their hands shows how desperate they are to capture him.

c. Handheld- 2:10 - The shaky camera movement creates realism and sets an urgent tone for the audience. It connotes action of some sort and allows viewers to perceive the actions from a realistic perspective. In this specific scenario, the handheld movement appears when there has been a great deal of action and displays the rush and physical movements taken place from an actual person's perspective.

2)

a. Cut- 0:03 - The immediate cut in the opening scene of the clip informs the audience of the importance and foreshadowing the first 2 seconds will create later on.

b. Pace of editing - 1:50 - The medium paced cuts suggests a build in tension, and fast/rapid moving scenes of action are to come (foreshadowing). It tells the audience that pressure is being created my these quite quick of a pace cuts.

3)

a.  Over the shoulder - 0:26 - The use of placing an over the shoulder camera angle in this scene allows the audience to see the characters perspective and shows the viewers that he is aware he is being watched by an enemy which which leads to him escaping captivity.

b. Unusual perspective - 2:51 - Using this unusual camera angle, gives the audience an overview of the danger the character is. It shows how high up he is from the ground and creates tension for those watching.