Shot 1: 00:4:33 to 00:5:18

It’s a medium shot.

Sound: The sound in this shot is the songs and two customer’s dialogue. They found Bob and talked about him. Then they greeted to him. The song is sang by the woman singer in the bar. It’s soft and slowly.

Character Movement: In this shot Bob just sat and drank. When the customer asked him so much questions that he felt sick of them, he just ran away.

Character Proxemics: Bob was in the centre of the scene. It last for 17 seconds. He didn’t move until he said to the men opposite.

Camera Movement: It use the Pans.

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Camera angle: Eye angle

This is the most common view, being the real-world angle that we are all used to. In this scene Bob is sitting and drinking, the shot just shows he’s status at that time.

Light: The light in this shot is low key. This scene is all in the bar so that the light is caliginous. From the beginning to the end, it hasn’t changed.

Color Usage: The colors are very dark in this shot. I think the color here is very important. They can help viewers to experience Bob’s lonely mood.

Lens Used:

There’s no depth shot in this scene. The focus is keeping on Bob and no change.

Transitions:

The camera doesn’t skip. It still keeps on shooting Bob. After 17 seconds the lens is pulled and the focus changed to three men.

Subtext: The information we get here is about Bob’s low mood. He came to Tokyo and experienced something affected his mood, he felt lonely and felt that life for him no longer has any meaning. He has a bad marriage and his career life is getting down. When he finished shooting in one day’s work, he just wanted to find a corner to ponder, this scene just expression these.

Shot 2: 01:32:02 to 01:34:25

It’s long shot and close-up.

Sound: This part is happened on the street. So there’re much noisy.

There are some dialogues about the characters. At the end of this scene, the interlude comes out.

Character Movement: Bob saw the girl in the car, then he got off the car, ran to the girl. The girl was walking on the street, then she heard Bob and stopped. At the end of the scene, Bob got on the car again and the girl kept walking.

Camera Movement: It use the dolly shots and hand-held shots.

Camera angle: Eye angle

The camera angle is the eye angle. It followed Bob and the girl and catches their expressions.

Light: It used the natural light. Because it was almost the night so the light is close to dark.

Color Usage: The color is the cool color.

Subtext:

From this scene it shows that when they getting separate, they both feel sad. Even though they met just several days, they still have so many fantastic memories. They comfort each other. They find a happy field in this strange country. They have fun together, they chat together, and they take walk together. But Bob just took advertisement in Tokyo for several days. When he finished, he need to go. So in this part, the feeling is dark. The director uses the gloomy tone to make the audience into their feeling.

Bibliography

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