Nine frame analyses

 Nine Frame Analyses

The movie from which I am going to take 9 shots is an Indian Hindi language Comedy movie 'Welcome'

The film revolves around a criminal-don who wants to find a purely-decent to marry her sister. On the other-hand there is another family who wants their son to also marry a girl from a decent family. They face a lot of problems later on the film when they get together.

Shot #1

 

This shot introduces us to the main character of the film that is the criminal don. The camera is just showing a close-up of the character to emphasize on his importance. Low angle is show that the character is superior and powerful. The setting of the scene shows us that he is from a rich family; a house in the background. The scene also tells us a lot about his character: he is a don so a lot of guards holding guns are seen in the background. The background is red, the color of blood representing danger.

 shot#2

 

  This scene pretty much explains us what the movie is all about. A mid-shot is shown here showing the dogs in the background running after the hero's uncle who is holding a shawl which is helping him. This scene tells how chaotic the movie is going to be where his family will be helping him run away from the criminal don. We can see Deep focus as the background and the character in the frame are equally important.

Shot no.3

This is the over-the-shoulder shot used as there is a conversation going on between three people. This is shown to give importance to what the person is saying. Moreover, the background of this scene explains the situation, all the people in their background are having fun but their facial expressions tells us that they have a different reason to why they are there.

Shot#4

A wide Low angle is used to show how the man is lying on the building trying to save his life and the dons are standing just below him searching for him all over the place. This shot is used to create suspense, both the hero and villain are in the same frame; same place just some floors away. Will the don find the guy or will he get away?

Shot#5

 

This is an over-the-shoulder shot as the only thing that is important is this shot is what the main character is saying. He is shown as an innocent person and his facial expressions, body language and costume is according to his character. We can clearly see them having a coversation while the other person is listening to the main character carefully, her back is towards the camera.

Shot#6

A shallow focus on the man is seen whose action is now going to lead to the climax of the movie. The relationship between two people is shown, the girl holding a knife ready to kill herself that is blurred means de-emphasizing on it and focusing on one who is stopping her from it. This shot explains the entire scene that was going on that was the turning point of the film.

Shot#7

This is the mid-shot that is focusing on the girl that the scene is about and the background which has a painting. The way the girl is complimenting the painting on the phone and we can see men in the background ready to destroy the painting, this is what the scene was about. Showing how much she hates the painting but have to pretend to like it on the phone.

 Shot#8

 Over-the-shoulder shot is used here in which two characters and the gun is shown. This shot plays an important part in the movie afterwards when the guy gets injured because of the bullet and their is a confusion as to who shot the gun as two people are fighting with each other and the third character is holding the gun.

Shot#9

 

This is a establishing shot from a low-angle showing how tall the mountains are and the house falling from such a height. The scene where the hero was in the house and we can clearly see the destroyed house. Can someone be alive after been thrown at such a distance? Is the hero dead or did he manage to jump before the house collapsed?