Analysing a scene of Jurassic Park

Descriptive stage – Jurassic park – directed by Steven Spielberg

Establishing shot, two cars entering the scene outside in a sort of plane with very big and nice trees, in a sunny day. The lack of leaves in the trees tells us that there have been some dinosaurs here before. The cars have the Jurassic park logo in the side. The car stops, and they see one big dinosaur outside. They get out getting a closer look. The dinosaur is feeding off a tree. The people are very surprised that they have seen a dinosaur.

Analytical stage

Camera angle: Camera moves in when the actor notices the dinosaur, this builds up tention since it focuses mainly on the actor's facial expression (of amazement). Also, when the dinosaur finally apears, the camera has a low angle and points up, mainly to highlight the amazing size of the dinosaur.

Lightning: Colour of the cars give better contrast, red cars and red scarf can represent danger. This scene in particulary doesent need so much lightning attention since it happens outdoors.

Sound: Non diagetic sounds, Song when the scene starts, the song that is used at the start gets you on an adventure mood. When the dinosaur appears, we listen to jurassic park's OST (the one that goes like du du du doo doo, du du du doo doo) , just to give us a feeling of amazement and recognition.

Composition: Most of the composition consists in reflecting the nature and the remoteness of the place. Also, the shot that starts zooming on the actors facial expression, it looks like the car is framing the character. When the Protagonist takes off both his hat and his glasses, we know that this is serious buisness. Also, when he puts his hand on the doctor's hair and moves her head towards so that she can see the dinosaurs, we are conveyed that there is confidence between them. At the end of the scene, when we hear the Lawyer saying "we are going to get a fortune out of this" It forces you to loose sympathy of him because he only cares about the money. No wonder why he is the first one to get eaten.

Close up vs. long shot, It starts and ends witch a long shot to set an establishing shot, we only get close ups when we see the characters react to the appearance, this is mainly to focus in their acting of amazement.

Editing: Chronology, it skips the time so that you don’t have to wait for the cars to come. It also waits for the exitement to build up between the shots. Also, when they mention the T-REX at the end, it tells you that there is yet alot more to see in this island.