Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, 2013)
Gravity is an
action thriller featuring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, in the opening 15
minutes of the film you see the two working on a space mission until the
situation goes wrong.
The opening scene is shown a close up of the earth with the camera panning to the left, you can hear some dialogue with a static sound in the background, this scene goes on for about a 1 minute and 30 seconds. With the dialogue continuing in the background a space station begins to get closer to the camera showing someone floating around the outside of the station, the dialogue continues possibly showing that the person in the space suit can hear what is being said. As the camera gets closer to the station you see another person working on the station and begin to float away from it.
The camera begins to get closer to the woman who is in the space suit, in a mid-range shot you can see the dialogue being exchanged between her and the people who are back on earth. The mid-range shot lasts about 10-13 seconds before panning to the other person in the space suit. A two shot is then used showing the two astronauts exchanging dialogue between each other; this shot lasts about 20 seconds.
The camera then does a 90 degree pan before zooming in on the man while he is talking to the other astronaut. The camera continues to zoom in whilst panning up to show the earth then the camera panning around and back down to the man in the space suit while he begins to talk once again.
The opening scene is shown a close up of the earth with the camera panning to the left, you can hear some dialogue with a static sound in the background, this scene goes on for about a 1 minute and 30 seconds. With the dialogue continuing in the background a space station begins to get closer to the camera showing someone floating around the outside of the station, the dialogue continues possibly showing that the person in the space suit can hear what is being said. As the camera gets closer to the station you see another person working on the station and begin to float away from it.
The camera begins to get closer to the woman who is in the space suit, in a mid-range shot you can see the dialogue being exchanged between her and the people who are back on earth. The mid-range shot lasts about 10-13 seconds before panning to the other person in the space suit. A two shot is then used showing the two astronauts exchanging dialogue between each other; this shot lasts about 20 seconds.
The camera then does a 90 degree pan before zooming in on the man while he is talking to the other astronaut. The camera continues to zoom in whilst panning up to show the earth then the camera panning around and back down to the man in the space suit while he begins to talk once again.
A mid-range two shot is used while the man is continuing the dialogue. The camera continues to zoom out slowly showing the two astronauts clamber towards the rails on the station while the camera pans around and down to show the station and another pan back around to show them. A tracking camera is used to show the man go down towards the bottom of the station.
As the music that is used in the background begins to pick
up you can see that it is a tense situation as they begin to panic. A zoomed
out shot is used to show the station begin to spin out of control and a long
shot is used to show the woman spinning out of control into the darkness.
Another long shot is used showing earth and the woman coming towards the camera
then getting to a close up shot of her panicking under her space suit while
trying to communicate with the other astronaut involved in the mission.
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