Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Blog Assignment #4
The scene is from Spiderman 2. The scene is of Peter Parker talking with his aunt as she prepares to move from her home, as she is not able to pay rent anymore. Peter has recently given up being Spiderman. This is due to the responsibility becoming too great and feeling that he can’t live up to the advice his uncle gave to him before he died, losing his girlfriend Mary Jane due to his alter egos responsibilities causing him to miss important occasions with her and his fear she will get hurt if anyone finds out who he is. He had also told his aunt during his last visit that it was his fault his uncle was killed.
The scene stays consistent in lighting in the scene to the location of the objects piled around the yard. As well as with character locations, wardrobe, and the angle of the frames as the camera changes to focus on the characters as they are talking. The lighting stays at the same angle giving the scene a sunny look and no clouds dimming anything where they weren't before. They may have gone with using sunlight as their key light and softening it with a type of fill light to keep the environment sunny but not too harsh to where it looked too bright. Characters continue their moving around the environment seamlessly and it is clear that the two shots were not shot in one take. I checked that all the items in the scene were still with each scene and even checked if the couple of buttons on aunt May's sweater were undone in every scene and if they were the correct number of buttons undone. As well as seeing if the breeze blowing in the scene was inconstant as well. They play with the angles during the part where Peter is talking with the nine-year-old neighbor boy who is helping his aunt pack, giving us viewpoints of both from their perspective. The camera focuses on Peter from a low angle shot as if we are looking up at him when Peter is speaking, as if from the perspective of the boy. When focused on the boy it is from a high angle as if we are looking down from Peter’s perspective. Another use of framing of adding emotion and emphasis to the scene is during the moment Peter’s aunt is explaining why Spiderman is important and why the little boy admires Spiderman wonders where he went and why.
The scene at first is quiet except for birds chirping in the background. They might have recorded the sound before hand, taken it from sound library or recorded during the shoot. Then the silence is broken by music playing and the camera shows us aunt May as she is talking about how she believes there is a hero in everyone. As she talks about how she feels heroes keeps people honest and brave it switches to Peter. The camera slowly moves towards him working with the music to give the scene a reflective and slow sense of realization. It emphasizes Peter realizing that people need Spiderman to help them not only when they are in danger but to look up to. This part might also be trying to get the audience to connect it to the advice Peter’s uncle gave him before he died: with great power comes great responsibility. A hero’s responsibility is not just saving people; it is to be an example for others to be better and to believe that they can be better. The next scene after this has him returning to his role as Spiderman, swinging around the city to recover his costume and face the villain.