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LENGTH: |
14 seconds |
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DESCRIPTION: |
A taxi (with the words "Diamond Cab" and
"Dupont" on its doors) drives into the frame from left to right and pulls up to a street curb. The uniformed taxi driver, whom we see only from the neck down, opens the passenger door and removes a suitcase and two tennis rackets; the passenger, of whom we see only legs and feet dressed in dark slacks and shoes, exits the cab and follows the driver, suitcase, and tennis rackets toward what appears to be a train station. |
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COMPOSITION: |
As the taxi enters, the white door of the cab fills and brightens the screen. The driver's dark legs are then centered in the frame; some contrast is provided by the white tennis rackets and the bright sunlight as the men in their dark clothes walk into the station. The vertical architectural details of the station (e.g., columns) and the vertical shapes of the people walking form a geometric pattern against the horizontal bars of the sunlight that fills the bottom half of the screen in the middle of the shot. |
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CAMERA PLACEMENT, LEVEL, & ANGLE: |
Low placement, straight-on level, variable angle from slightly high-
angle to slightly low-angle |
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SHOT SCALE: |
Variable framing from CU to MS |
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CAMERA MVT: |
Tilting and panning from CU to MS |
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OPTICAL MVT: |
None |
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LIGHTING: |
At first, hard, high-contrast, low-key lighting, mostly from key- or fill-light. When camera pans toward station, changes to high-key (appearance of bright sunlight at noon). |
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FOCUS & DEPTH OF FIELD: |
Medium to shallow space. Deep focus (all planes in the frame are clearly focused). |
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SOUND: |
Nondiegetic music predominates over faint ambient noises. |
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SPECIAL EFFECTS: |
None apparent. |
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EDIT (AT END): |
Straight cut. |