Tuesday, September 8, 2020

 Analyzing Black Panther

In this scene, Erik Killmongar is taking the throne after "killing" T'Challa. They start it off with having the camera upside down while Killmongar enters and moves upright while he takes his seat on the throne. This stood out to me because having the camera start upside down can show how much change is happening since they have a new leader and things will be changing around Wakanda. While he is walking in suspense music is playing in the background to show the difference between him and T'Challa, with Killmongar being bad. While Killmongar is talking the camera shows the others to us so we can see their emotions on there face to know how wrong it is to have Killmongar being the new king, they even blur around them so we can focus on their face. The natural light coming from the back kind of makes things calm but also giving a focus to the throne since its right in the middle so the light shines around Killmongar.







Tilt

The scene starts with the camera upside down when killmonger enters the throne room and turns upright when he walks to sit

Medium shot

As Killmongar is talking the camera shows the others one by one to show how everyone is taking this in

Background

Showing the throne and the room with everyone in it as well as a bit of Wakanda through the big windows

Non-Diegetic

It’s just music playing like suspense and change when he walks in

Backlit

The lighting is coming from the big windows in the back to give it a natural light

Medium long shot

Gives the final look of killmongar taking the throne and power he holds sitting there with the warriors in the background

2 comments:

  1. An arguement you could make Killmonger's control manifests through the camera and editting work of the scene. For the shot of him walking down the hall it's almost as if Killmonger himself is forcing the camera as well as Wakanda to bend to him.

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  2. This is a good scene to pick to show how the filmmakers wanted the audience to feel a bit uncomfortable, confused, or even a little uneasy. I like how you mentioned the intro upside down shot could show all of the changes happening in Wakanda. Something you could add to complete the analysis would be relating this scene to an overall theme or tying it in with the whole effect of the movie.

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