The film Django Unchained is set in 1858 in an era where people from an African ethnicity are considered to be slaves in the western world. This scene focuses on the main character from the film called Django. The scene starts of with a medium shot of Django who is dressed in a very expensive suit with his back faced towards the camera, shouts out someones name who can be seen in the distance. Django shouted his name in an aggressive manner which tells us he is angry. The next scene is a medium shot of a white man who is dressed in working clothes with his back towards the screen which indicates he is busy doing something, there is a black woman who is tied to a tree resembling slavery and that this man that is in power of her. The man turns around to oppose Django.The next shot is a long shot of Django showing us that he is standing in a strong stance and his legs are shoulder width apart representing his strong nature, this is also emphasised by the sudden increase in powerful non-diegetic music. There are two quick scenes after this of another white man that looks at Django and the black woman on the tree turns her head around to see what is going on. Django walks slowly towards the man that he has called and says 'remember me' meaning that they have met before. The man does not say anything and Django takes out his gun and shoots him in the chest. The scene then changes to the man speechless before he drops to the floor. This means that Django at this moment is a powerful individual. The other man who was previously shown in a quick shot tries to get a gun out to kill Django however Django reaches out to get a whip from the floor which was next to the man he just killed meaning that this whip was used to whip the black people that these people had enslaved. This shot had been done in slow motion so the that the audience could see more detail of the scene and to emphasise how serious the scene is. Django then brutally whips the man several times meaning that he has a lot of anger inside of him. There is also a quick shot of the black woman on the tree that is looking at Django and she looks very shocked. She probably cannot believe that the people that own her are being killed by a black man. The parallel non-diegtic music slows down after most of the violence has stopped. There is then a close shot of the floor and Django bends down to pick up a gun. He then asks everybody witnessing this if they want to see something. The scene then changes to the point of view of the man that just got whipped and is now lying on the floor, so he is looking up at Django. This shot was chosen at this time to make Django look powerful and of a superior nature as he also has a gun in his hand. The scene changes to a long shot of Django and the man on the floor and Django starts to shoot the man on the floor multiple times guaranteeing death. There is then another medium shot of another young black girl tied to a tree looking back at Django not believing what she is witnessing. The scene then switches to the point of view of the man getting shot and we now see Django shooting more times. The scene then changes to a long shot of a Django's accompany who is riding a horse towards the camera. The non-diegetic music has stopped and we can now hear the dietetic music of birds singing and the horse galloping. The man asks Django who the men he shot were and Django tells him. The man then asks Django where the other man that needed to be shot was and asks if he was positive if he knew. Django did not know what the word positive meant meaning that he is not very educated probably because he came from a background of slavery himself and could not receive any education. The next scene is a scene of the man that needs to be shot riding on his horse, Djangos accompany shoots him. The next scene is a scene of white flowers that eventually get sprayed with the blood of the man that just got shot, followed by a scene of the horse going past the camera and the man falling of the horse onto flowers.
The fact that Django is a black man dressed in better clothes that the white people in this scene already gives the audience a indication that Django is of some superiority. As all of this occurs in the daytime and the sun is out and shining it resembles that Django and his accompany are not in fear at all.
Enter The Dragon (1973) stars Bruce Lee as the main character within the film. The camera throughout the scene mainly focuses on him as in most of the scenes he is in the centre of the screen. This clip mainly shows Bruce Lee fighting and taking on several men. Up to this point the director has used a lot of shots in which characters like the enemies are being introduced by them coming into the image supposed to the camera being directly focused on them. This is done because there are too many to separately introduce and as Bruce Lee is the centre of attraction the clip revolves around him. The scene starts with diegetic sound of an alarm going of and throughout the clip we hear sound effects used when Bruce Lee has attacked someone. These effects have been used to emphasise the damage done to the enemy. There are also scenes that contain slow motion in which the viewer can see Bruce Lee's precise choice of attack and movement that makes the viewer feel more interested and it also brings an atmosphere of tension. There are close ups to Bruce Lees face after he has dealt with an opponent which shows us his facial expression. From the slow close ups the camera often quickly zooms out to capture the action of the surroundings. During the slow motion shots there is a sudden increase in the non diegetic music, there are very sharp chords being played that represent a sound of pain. This music has probably been used to create a similar atmosphere of fear that is being acted out in the scene.
Django Unchained had a few key characters to introduce and the method of introduction included slow motion close up medium shots that had a lot of emphasis on the introduction of a new character in the scene whereas in Enter The Dragon there was only one key character who had a very quick introduction and every scene was very fast paced; most of the emphasis was on the key character and his actions whereas in Django Unchained the scenes were of a slower place and the viewer needed to pay more attention to listen to the words being said by the actors. In Enter The Dragon there was a lot more action however it lacked the emotional connection to the viewer whereas in Django there was a strong issue of racism and slavery which could make the viewer feel more concerned about the scene. Both clips however used a range of camerawork techniques that served purpose to create the atmosphere parallel to the scenes.
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