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Sunday, 5 October 2014

Analysis of: Shot type, angle, composition and framing (Divergent)


The film ‘divergent’ is about a world that is set out in factions where people are separated in different factions basing on virtues. The character above is ‘Tris’ and she is a divergent – someone who doesn’t fit in. In this shot it is the moment where she picks what faction she has been suggested. This shot shows a close up and neutral angle of Tris, this emphasises the tension as it’s the biggest decision she’ll have to make, the framing excludes surrounding people to focus and share feelings with the character, the close up is to show emotion where you can see the characters nervous expression. The neutral angle may also suggest that Tris is in the same position as everyone else where all the people involved will feel just as nervous to make a decision.



The close up of a knife and ‘Tris’ hyperboles the closeness of the two. It brings attention to the sharpness of the knife and expresses its danger. Tension rises at this point as we can see that ‘Tris’ is very close to death. It also shows a neutral view, where it can show the accuracy of the knife thrown and how it was maybe deliberately thrown to scare the individual. Framing again excludes any other area, bringing utmost attention to Tris’ emotional state, where it shows the fight between fear and bravery. The placing of the knife leads to the closeness, where it avoids covering the face completely as the audience should be able to empathise.



This is a low angle shot of ‘Tris’ looking towards the city. The low angle gives perspective where it may relate to the view of the character and what they are seeing. The placing of Tris on the left side of the frame expresses her size compared to the city, the city almost minimizes her as she is a small human in such a large world; the city towering over her may also suggest the dangers within the city. The framing includes a lot of the cityscape which again emphasises its largeness and it’s full of endless possibilities and opportunities that the city could provide.



This shot shows a tilt movement and progressing long shot which shows the ‘soldiers’ in their environment, also connoting power and size of these soldiers as the mass amounts of them create a large amount of dominance. The framing of this shot includes the marching of a lot of individuals which again emphasises the size due to the fact they block off the view of anything else, expressing an unescapable feel as the lack of open space. The placing of these soldiers shows their seriousness with their coordinated march, it gives the audience slight detail to attire and establishes that these are people who are not to be reckoned with.



Here show’s a two shot of Tris and her companion ‘Four’, this two shot establishes a connection between them that could hint an admiration of one character to another also as this shot shows Tris is looking at four quite admirably. The neutral angle suggests that they’re both in the same situation. Four is placed more near giving him a more dominant status, this may show that he is more serious and possibly a leader; as his facial expression suggests, as he has determined expression, whereas Tris is placed behind expressing her innocence and vulnerability, the placing of her behind makes her look more small and inferior.

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