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Three Colours: Blue 

The director has done a good job showing the main characters expressions he has used a variety of shots such as close ups and extreme close ups to make sure the audience sees how he is reacting. Minor details can be seen when close ups are used which builds up to the disruption that occurs. If helps the audience to understand whats happening without any dialogue or voice over. The extreme close ups help the audience get an idea of what the setting is if theres is a scared face we know that thee is probably something bad happening.

Season 1, Episode 1 of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip 

The camera movement is showing how quick everything is happening behind the scenes and all the hard work and effort that goes into it. The camera movement is used to show audience around the shooting spot whilst intense scene is also taking place. In the beginning there is no scene showing where everything is taking place like in the beginning of other cliche films or TV series. Long and Medium shots have been used a lot by the director throughout the scene. The shots are used to give clues of the setting. It will give the audience a better understanding of whats happening.

13 Reasons Why 

In this sequence a lot of dolly shots and and tracking shots have been used. Dolly shots are frequently used when the camera is used to follow one of the characters movements. Overall in the sequence thee inst much use of close-ups which connotes that the director isn't trying to only focus on a single person. The cameras switches from person to person when they re talking using medium shots.

Citizen Kane 

In the sequence a variety of camera shots have been used by the director. Tgere are a series of long shots followed by mnay close up shots can pay attention to detail. There is use of non diegetic sound which matches the script and makes the whole sequence look better. A lot of lowkey lighting has been used to change the atmosphere in the scirpt.


Moulin Rouge

The protagonists face shows his exppression and from this we can pick up information from their facial expressions straight away. The scene changes so that audience get a mild understanding of what is happening in the scene. This sequence also contains non-diegetic sound as the character isn't speaking in the scene but there is a voice over, they have also used contrapuntal sound as the voice over doesn't match some of the scenes that are shown. 

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