Film Studies Blog

The Place Beyond The Pines Clip Analysis     The Place Beyond the Pines is a drama spanning over 3 main characters and the struggles they go through, the clip we are analysing is from the first character’s story - Luke (Ryan Gosling) and how he has quit his job and is visiting his ex-girlfriend and baby who he believes to be his son. The scene opens with a diegetic voiceover and extreme long shot of the carnival which Luke rides a motorcycle in as part of a stunt act. The whole 4 minute clip can be expressed through one thing. Ryan Goslings facial expressions. The level of acting that Ryan Gosling puts into his role is phenomenal as if you take away the diegetic and non-diegetic sounds throughout the clip, you will still gain a remarkable understanding of what is happening and how he feels. At the opening of the clip, we have a close up of Ryan Gosling as he lights a cigarette and from the closeness of this, we are drawn in to his world and as we have a side on ...

Crimson Peak Clip Analysis   The clip from Guillermo Del Toro’s Crimson Peak opens with a mid-shot of Mia Wasikowska’s character, Edith, and the camera begins a slow zoom out. In this shot there is low key lighting and the only thing lighting up the screen is the Blonde hair of Edith as she wakes up in a cold sweat. Throughout this opening the use of non-diegetic sounds is overwhelming the diegetic sounds as although we can hear a dog bark in the distance, a louder drone of eerie music is heard implying that something creepy is going on in the house. The genre of this movie is a Gothic Horror / thriller so already from the low key lighting and the creepy non diegetic soundtrack, a clear genre is established just 10 seconds into the clip. As she gets out of bed the camera tilts upwards from focusing on the dog running towards her, up to a close up of her holding a candelabra as she walks out of her room. The camera then tracks 90 degrees around Edith to focus on her ent...