S.W.A.T movie scene breakdown

Reason of scene choice

I chose this scene because our film is going for the same feel of a cop show. Scenes such as answering the phone & possible sneaking around the back to surprise the criminal will be similar to our film.

Notes

CueNotes
Answering Phones
-Focusing on person slightly further back, phone ringing, camera focuses on phone up closer instead, then focus on person answering phone again
-When phone is in pocket, have camera pointed towards pocket then then follow hand when it is picked up & answered
-Wide shot of people having lunch, cuts to low shot facing person w/ ringing phone
-Over shoulder, looking down shot at phone ringing

Guy has Idea to get in house scene
– Slow zoom in on face of person who has idea
– Cuts to what the idea is

Summary

Doing multiple types of shots with the phone ringing, it’s important that the focus is on the phone that is ringing. The camera should be focused mostly on the phone. When one of the main characters has an Idea, the camera should be on his/her face & should slowly zoom in for a second.

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