Reservoir Dogs

This is the opening scene to reservoir dogs. I have chosen to look at this scene because of the way the men are shown as the camera tracks and pans around the men. This is a complicated shot as the camera moves around the men slowly to show each individual member. We have decided to use this in our film because of the way we need to define each member of the group (connoting their role using the mise en scene shown).

We have also decided that we may need to use an establishing shot at the beginning of the scene. This is to show the men sitting round the table together. We may also need to use this because we wish to show the cards on the table which shown the female faces. Because the panning / tracking shot would be at the table height, we may not see what is on the table. The previous shot needs to be at table length to show the authority that the men have, along with the power they are going to use.

We do not need to focus on the sound in the Reservoir dogs clip, due to the fact that we are mainly focusing on the camera angles used. We have also recorded a lot of our sounds already, and wish to record anymore we may need before filming. The idea of having the sound pre-recorded means that it will be clear on the trailer.

 

This is an example of the shot angle we may use. There are no people in this shot, however this is how we would expect to film.