Audiovisual Design

Task - Analyse a clip from a film of our choice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND9w2xeSlxw

Akira Kurosawa - Seven Samurai

00.00-00.03
Medium mid level front shot of an entrance to a hut and a man in rags that looks like a monk with the sound of a crying baby in distress.

00.03-00.04
There is a wide shot of a crowd of people looking scared and anxious. The clothing looks outdated suggests set long ago in japan. A single man its in front of the crowd he grunts and his body reaction suggest astonishment of the monk running into the hut.

00.04-00.10
Mid level shot of the hut. We can still hear the baby crying
then a man is ejected out of the hut and seems bewildered

00.10-00.11
Wide shot of crowd and sitting man all seem suprised and on edge.

00.11-00.12
Mid level side shot of ejected man staggering a few steps.

00.12-00.13
The sitting man stands up in suprise and curiosity.

00.13-00.16
The man staggers and stops like he almost fell over a cliff.

00.16-00.18
There is a look of astonishment by the crowd.

00.18-00.21
MCU of side of ejected man. His face expression suggests fear and confusion as he slowly tips towards the floor.

00.21-00.24
MCU shot of crowd looking puzzled. A woman screams and starts to run towards the hut.

00.24-00.28
Medium mid level POV shot following the woman to hut. She is given the baby by the monk. At this point we see the ejected man facing the camera and still looking scared and confused. The monk in the background steps out of the hut and throws something onto the floor.

00.28-00.29
CU tilt down shot of a samurai sword falling onto the floor and it has blood at the tip of the sword.

00.30-00.33
MCU shot of the back of the ejected man as he slowly starts to fall to the ground.

00.33-00.34
MCU shot of the sitting man and crowd. The crowd start to disperse.