Monday, September 23, 2013

     The photo below is from Minority Report which has a lot of artsy aesthetics with its film choices. These camera characteristics put together a story in our brains which most people don't know about. The blocking of characters, and the angle of the lens can reveal a lot about the setting, type of character and even the relationship between characters. For example, by the way John Anderton is staring at Dr. Hineman, it is clear that he is very interested in what she is saying by the look on his face. It's also clear from the picture that Dr. Hineman has more power than John in one way or another because as he listens attentively, she keeps tending to her plants as if Anderton was not even there. The way both of the characters' heads lean out from the rest of their body towards one another depicts that the information that they are sharing between one another is very astonishing and important. This is the part in the film when John Anderton discovers that some of the people that he has put in prison have been innocent due to the minority report when the Precogs don't all see the same series of events. This is a very important scene in the film and it is key to portray a picture for the audience to be drawn to. The lighting in the scene creates milky white almost like a fog which is present in the water that the Precogs rest in as well. This stands as a connection between Dr. Hineman and the Precogs, therefore without any dialogue, our brains connect Dr. Hineman to the Precogs.

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