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Mandatory assignment. Be sure to be very precise, and clear paying attention to even the smallest details as she is very picky about that. For everyone who chooses this shot, it will be super easy as I have provided everything. Also i got full points. This will be very useful, save it...

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Sample Shot Analysis Essay:

Meyers 1

• overhead shot emphasizes the tight space, making Manni looked trapped • the high angle also makes Manni look vulnerable, which is appropriate under the circumstances (he has just called Lola for help and is contemplating a robbery) • graffiti on the floor says “sex, love and drugs” – perhaps a comment on Manni’s criminal activity title on book includes the word “lost”

Phone card cuts him off, contributes to his sense of hopelessness, as does the gun in his hand glass and metal are hard surfaces, create a cage-like environment

Yellow – common associations caution, cowardice or fear Manni’s dark shirt is similar to the metal surfaces, somber in tone

Lola rennt – Run Lola Run in English – was directed by Tom Tykwer in 1998. The central dilemma of the story is that Lola’s boyfriend, Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), leaves the bag of money he is carrying for his boss, Ronnie (Heino Ferch), in a subway car. Realizing this too late, Manni makes a frantic phone call to Lola, whose failure to pick him up necessitated his taking the subway, for help. Once Lola explains that she wasn’t there because someone stole her motor scooter, a frightened and frantic Manni tells her that he only has 20 minutes before he is to meet Ronnie, and that if he doesn’t come up with 100,000 Marks, Ronnie will most likely kill him.

Meyers 2 While talking with Lola, Manni notices a supermarket across the street – one that Ronnie has told him takes in a substantial amount of money on a daily basis. He tells Lola that he is going to rob the store in order to replace the money he lost. She begs him to wait for her, and Manni agrees to wait until noon. If she does not arrive by that time, he plans to go ahead with the robbery. The shot above shows Manni at the end of his conversation with Lola – a conversation that is cut short when his phone card runs out of money and is ejected. Clearly visible in the shot, the phone card not only adds to Manni’s frustration, but also serves as a visual symbol of the hopelessness he is feeling. Similarly, the gun that he is holding in his right hand, as he contemplates his options, functions to illustrate his desperation. Perhaps the most striking feature of this shot is the overhead – or bird’s eye – camera angle. Not a common shot, it serves, in this case, to not only make Manni look small and vulnerable, but also to emphasize how confining the phone booth is. Emotionally, Manni is feeling trapped, and this is visually represented by the tight framing, the camera’s overhead position, and the bar-like pattern of the windowpanes of the booth. The fact that the booth is yellow, which is normally considered a warm color, could, in this instance, be associated with the caution, as with a yield sign. Yellow is also a color that is often associated with cowardice or fear, and Manni is, at least in this scene, very fearful of Ronnie. Indeed, his level of panic increases, toward the end of his conversation with Lola, to the point where only her scream silences him. Other aspects of the mise-en-scène that contribute to Manni’s sense of entrapment are all of the cold metal and other hard surfaces of the phone booth. Most of the metal, as well as the floor of the booth, are grey in color, and so is the concrete, which is visible through the windows. These grey tones, along with Manni’s dark vest, contribute to the somber mood of the shot, and make Manni appear as if he is already imprisoned. Most of the graffiti in the booth is unreadable, but still lends an urban feel to the shot. On the floor, just above the gun, however, we can clearly read the words “sex, love and drugs.” These things, of course, are often associated with violence, as they are in this shot; and the word “lost” on the cover of the book next to the phone, also describes Manni at this moment....