Journal of Arts & Ideas, no. 23-24 (Jan 1993) p. 84.


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Figure 2 (contd)

Narrative description Camera angle Camera distance Camera movement Character movement Character placement and direction of look

7a. Leela unpacks Raj's bag and discovers the gun7b. T T mis cu pan left to right following Leela to bag; then track in to gun Leela moves left to right. Leela, initially at frame left, is kept there through camera movement; she looks into the suitcase; we lose sight of her as camera tracks in to what

she sees.

8a. Leela is shocked by the discovery. 8b. T T ms mis pan left and then track in to Leela turns her her face. Leela is looking off-screen left at the end of her turn; the track in blocks her and centres

8c. T ms photo the photo.

9a. Leela turns the photograph to the wall. 9b. 9c. TT T cu ms track out, blocking photo and framing Leela Leela turns photo to the wall. Retraining from photograph to Leela, who looks off-screen right.

Is = long shot; ms = medium shot; cu = close-up; prefix 'm' = medium


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