cinematography

world war z
this is the opening scene to the movie world war z, where we can see a family in their car speaking; whilst being in traffic. moments later, through the car window, they see many people running and then an officer breaks the cars side mirrors. brad pitt, the main protagonist, storms out with confusion and then an officer pleads that he remains in his car for the families saftey. instantly after this a big track smacks him.

within this opening scene we can see there has been great use of camera positioning to reveal the true narrative of the cinematography. firstly, within the first 3 seconds of the clip the producer has utilized a establishing shot, which shows the location of the opening sequence and in order to allow the audience to know where this scene is being set at.

then moments later there is use of long shot, where the camera has been placed on the front car mirror, which allows us to see all the people in the car. which mother, father and 2 little girls sitting on the back seats. from the use of the long shot we can see that there is calm,peaceful and friendly enviroment in the car; where the family are playing games.

then there comes the part of the clip where the officer storms past the car and then hits the left side mirror, resulting to it breaking. there is use of close-up to brad pitts ,main protagonist, face. from the use of the close-up we can see that brad pitts emotions and attitude at what has happened. with extreme annoyance and frustration, he leaves the car to see whats going.

after leaving his car, there's an explosion far down the road and the producer has employed a long shot to illustrate this part of the clip. the use of the long shot allows audience not only witness the explosion but to also witness the people in clips quick reactions and overidding fear. the use of the long shot continues to next part of the scene, where everyone is running for the lives. the use of a long shot allows us to see the people running feet to show there speed to support the ideology of the fear they're experiencing at that moment of time.

a police officer on a motorcycle comes by his car and tells him to get back in his car. after entering his car there is use of over-the-shoulder shot. the employment of over-the-shoulder shot allows us to see the officer and witness both of their emotions at the same time. furthermore, the use of the over-the-shoulder shot allows us to see the scene where he is hit by a big truck.