Hello, today in class we were asked to write a description of a 2 minute clip from a movie or tv show. I chose to do the movie "20th Century Girl" with time stamps of when the movie uses camera movements and angles.
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The movie begins with a steadicam to show the setting. In this case, the first 40 seconds is showing a video rental store in which the protagonists family owns. The camera is still while the characters in the film are moving, making this a steadicam.
In the steadicam, there is a man sweeping outside while someone on a motorcycle approaches him, handing a package. When the man looks at the package, the scene becomes an over the shoulder shot; a shot taken just over a characters shoulder, revealing what the package is.
From 0:42-0:49, there is a close up shot; a clip that records the mans face up close. Then, it transitions into a pov from 0:49-0:53. This pov allows us to see what the man sees in his perspective. He is looking at the picture on the package, which is an image of a field of flowers. The movie then gives us an establishing shot of the real place from 0:53-1:00.
The next shot from 1:04-1:10 is a steadicam, taking place in a recording studio where the characters are moving in the frame, but the camera does not move. This simply introduces us to the new setting.
From 1:10-1:26, there is a slow zoom to introduce us to the protagonist, Bo-ra. She is seen in the recording room when she gets a call from her father asking about the package. The camera zooms into her and transitions into a close up from 1:26-2:00.
This was reviewed by Suri Nguyen.
