Project 6: Continuity Film Clip (BLK)

I have chosen a clip from the 2009 romantic comedy, The Proposal.

(Analysed in chronological order of the clip)

♛ As soon as Sandra Bullock's character enters the room you can see the establishing shot which sets the scene and let's the audience know it's quite a large office area. This also gives the audience a sense of space.

♛ Also in the very same scene we can see an over the shoulder of the other man sitting in the office which tells us there is going to be some conversing going on.

♛ One of the other men starts speaking and we see a mid shot of his face then there is a shot of Bullock's character standing in front of him so we assume that she was walking up to him in the time that he was talking. This was a cut away, as the two things were happening simultaneously but only one action was shown.

♛ Whilst the three people are having a conversation you see various forms of close ups on them to show the emotions they are feeling but it cuts back to the master shot of the office to remind the audience where they are, how much space they have etc.

♛ When Ryan Reynolds' character enters the room, it goes from a mid shot to a close up and then again goes back to the master shot to show him in relation to the rest of the space.

♛ We are given another over the should of the man behind the desk and when it cuts away to Bullock's side of the conversation, he's in the same position so nothing has changed which demonstrates continuity.

♛ Reynolds' character walks further into the office and then stands still, it cuts away from him for a while and then goes back to him and he is still in the same spot.

♛ When Bullock's character walks backwards, in the next shot the camera is in the same position but zooms in a little, this creates a jump cut. In most cases this would be a negative thing but the clip is seamless and the action continuous.

♛ From a mid-wide shot of Bullock and Reynolds, it goes into a close two shot of them so we get the sense of who they are in relationship to each other. We can also clearly see each of their emotions.

♛ Overall the clip shows a four way conversation in a very interesting manner that does not confuse the audience and keeps them engaged.