I am analyzing the scene where T’Challa is visiting his father in the realm. I found this to be a very powerful scene in the movie.
Technique | Scene | Time | Notes |
Shot | T’Challa is being covered with powder vibranium | 30:05 | Medium Close Up/Canted angle |
Zuri is above T’Challa loving down on him | 30:06 | Medium Shot/Low angle | |
T’Challa is waking from the ground | 30:10 | Pan movement/Eye Level angle/Medium Close Up | |
T’Challa is exploring the realm | 30:37 | Long Shot | |
T’Challa looking up at the panthers | 30:43 | Medium Close Up | |
T’Challa’s father turns from a panther to a person | 30:47 | Medium Shot/Tilt movement/Low angle | |
T’Challa sees his dad for the first time since he passed | 30:54 | Medium Shot | |
T’Chaka hugs back | 30:58 | Medium Close up | |
T’Challa is hugging his dad | 31:02 | Medium Close up | |
Pans back to T’Chaka | 31:05 | Medium Close up | |
T’Challa releases from the hug | 31:07 | Medium Close Up | |
T’Challa kneels before his dad and apologizes | 31:11 | Medium Close up/Ped/Dolly movement | |
T’Chaka looks down on T’Challa | 31:20 | Medium Close Up | |
T’Challa looks up at T’Chaka | 31:22 | Medium Close up | |
T’Challa rises from being at his knees | 31:26 | Medium Close up | |
T’Chaka’s face | 31:31 | Close Up | |
T’Chaka and T’Challa are walking | 31:34 | Long Shot | |
Walking | 31:38 | Medium Shot | |
T’Chaka faces T’Challa | 32:00 | Close Up | |
T’Challa faces T’Chaka | 32:02 | Close Up | |
Back to T’Chaka | 32:07 | Close Up | |
Back to T’Challa | 32:18 | Close Up | |
Back to T’Chaka | 32:20 | Close Up | |
Back to T’Challa | 32:22 | Close Up | |
Back to T’Chaka | 32:26 | Close Up | |
Back to T’Challa | 32:30 | Close Up | |
Back to T’Chaka | 32:36 | Close Up | |
Back to T’Challa | 32:39 | Close Up | |
Back to T’Chaka | 32:42 | Close Up | |
Back to T’Challa | 32:49 | Close Up | |
T’Challa is being pulled out of the powder vibranium | 32:51 | Medium Shot/Handheld movement | |
Two kids seeing the situation | 32:56 | Medium Shot | |
Zuri calms down T’Challa | 32:57 | Medium Close Up | |
Lighting | |||
T’Challa being covered with powder vibranium | 30:05 | Diagetic lighting/Frontlit | |
T’Challa meets T’Chaka in the realm | 30:53 | Diagetic lighting/Sidelit | |
T’Challa is being pulled out of the powder vibranium | 32:51 | DIagetic lighting/Overhead | |
Photography | |||
T’Challa enters the realm | 30:15 | Limited focal depth | |
Entire Scene | 30:05-33:09 | Hi Resolution | |
Exposure | |||
T’Challa is being covered with powder vibranium | 30:05-30:08 | “Correct” exposure | |
T’Challa is in the realm with T’Chaka | 30:14-32:50 | Somewhat underexposure | |
T’Challa is being pulled out of the powder vibranium | 32:51-33:09 | “Correct” exposure | |
Editing | |||
The powder vibranium being poured onto T’Challa X the ground and dirt breaking as T’Challa wakes up in the realm | 30:08-30:14 | Symbolic Match | |
T’Challa looks up at the tree X the tree is there | 30:43-30:47 | Eyeline Match | |
T’Challa’s back as he hugs his dad X T’Chaka’s back as he hugs his son | 30:57-31:07 | Graphic Match | |
T’Chaka and T’Challa are talking and the camera cuts to each of them back and forth | 32:00-32:49 | Cross Cutting/Parallel Editing | |
Sound | |||
Entire Scene | 30:05-33:09 | Diagetic/Onscreen/Simultaneous/Synchronous |
Hi Arcelia, while I do agree that this is a powerful scene, I would like to know what it makes it powerful to you? What is it about these film techniques that are being used during this scene that make you think that it is powerful? You have a lot of brief descriptions but I feel that you could have put more personal thought in this and why you chose this scene specifically. I believe that you know the reason, and I would like it if you could expand on that, that way I can see how this scene is deemed powerful in your perspective.
ReplyDeleteHello Arcelia, I enjoyed reading you analysis but wished you would have talked more about what this scene represents and why it is powerful. I believe this movie and especially scene can be interpreted in many ways but what stuck out to you? Was it powerful because of what was happening or because the elements they used in this scene heightened the effects that just made it seem powerful?
ReplyDeleteHi Arcelia, For this scene you might want to go back and look at color. That blue is bright and probably represents something. They also sped a lot of time on the close up, so you could talk about what meaning that has.
ReplyDeleteHey there! Very in-depth analysis. I think an argument that you can make with this scene is that the usage of closer shots and focal points is what allows the viewer to make a deeper connection to the scene. As you watch the clip from a medium length, eye-level perspective, you gain a feeling of being there and can feel the emotional connections of the scene.
ReplyDeleteHi Arcelia, very in depth list of what is seen within the movie. I would say to add some color exposure and how the color of that scene brings in a certain feeling when the scene is watched. for example the long shot picture you added above you could talk about how inside the mind of the black panther it is very calm and relaxed. Great analysis of all of the close up, medium and long shots, these edits definitely give off a actioned packed movie.
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