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Assignment 4 Dunkirk - Scene Analysis

Assignment 4 Dunkirk - Scene Analysis

Q Watch the following opening from the movie Dunkirk. Please make sure that you can hear it very clearly. What are your observations and analyses with regard to Movement, CGI effects, Editing and the Sound? Movement: • Which camera moves discussed in Module 3 are employed in the scene? • Are there any moments of static camera? • Why do you think the filmmakers chose to shoot the scene this way? CGI Effects: • Do you feel that this scene has employed any CGI effects? • If so, at what points do you think they were used? Please describe, with timing. • Do you feel that if effects were employed, were they well integrated into the scene? Editing: • What strikes you about the editing in the scene? • Is there continuity through-out the whole sequence? • Did you notice any obvious jumps cuts? If so, please describe, with timing. • How is the tempo and pacing, does it change through the course of the sequence? Why do you think that is? Sound: • How is dialogue used? • What kind of music is present? Do you feel it is effective? • What kind of sound effects are used? Are they Diegetic or Non-Diegetic? Are they effective? • Does the overall sound mix enhance or distract from the sequence? In your posts, please address as many of these talking points as you can. Please DO NOT just recap the action of the sequence, instead stick to making some good observations and thoughtful analyses based on the prompts above

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Movement • Track Shots, Tilt Up and Pan have been employed in this sequence. Track shot has been used while depicting the soldiers walking down the deserted streets with the camera being positioned behind the walking men. The Tilt Up can be noticed when one of the soldiers picks up a water pipe to drink water from it. The camera follows the movement of the soldier’s hand from down to up. The Pan Shot is employed at the Beach. • No, there were no noticeable moments of Static Camera. • Christopher Nolan makes use of the camera movement to describe the sense of being chased down by enemies behind the soldiers. The Camera follows the soldier from the time he is with others to the time he reaches the beach. This sense of being nudged forward from the enemy zone to the beach of Normandy, the possible zone of extraction is utilized by Nolan through his camera movement.