First Three Minutes Review of Scary Movie 4

Scary Movie 4 (first three minutes of the movie)

Camera Shots:

Starting of the film there is a under water close up shot on Shaq the basketball player. As he takes his head out of the water the camera jumps from being in front of him to behind him as a full body shot of him behind.

There is a blurry pan shot of a dark room, which he is in.

Tilt shot follows the character as he stands up, hitting his head on a led pipe then on the ceiling.

Another close up shot on the mans foot showing that he has been shackled. Lights switch on and the camera jumps to a full body shot of another character Dr. Phil.

As each character takes turn in their speech the camera jumps to who ever is speaking first.

There is an over shoulder shot of the entire room behind the Dr.

Camera then switches to a close up shot on a television.

There is a shot were the camera zooms out on a shot of the clock on the wall.

There is a low angle shot on the saw and the basketball net above the characters, also a high angle shot looking down on Shaq.

There is a shot that also zooms in onto the time on the clock on the wall.

Many uses of cross cutting to switch shots with the pace of the film.

Mise-en-scene:

The whole set is based on the Saw film location in a basement of such. Two character in the room, surrounded by pipes and rubble. The lighting is all artificial coming from the ceiling of the room. The two men are shackled up to each side of the room.

Props and Costumes:

Some of the props used are: the boulders used as basketballs.

The saw’s used for the two characters to escape.

Shaq is wearing a basketball outfit, this shows we know straight away that he is involved in basketball.

Dr. Phil is wearing casual clothes, just a shirt and tie.