Common Camera angles, movement, and shots:
-Establishing shot, crane shot that tilts down and out
-A lot of track shots and pans that follow the main charter in the scene
-Heavy use of close ups, especially in intense or emotional scenes
Mis En Scene:
-Very dark lighting
-realistic looking costumes and make up
-City. casino, warehouse, bus, hospital, etc settings, very realistic
-A lot of cars, guns and other realistic props
-Not very colorful, very dark as well, very little natural light, until action slow down.
Editing:
-A lot of jump cuts
-Eye-line matches for the main charter are common
-Slow motion during flashbacks
-occasionally uses fades
-Some graphic matches
Sound:
-Heavy use of background music to build the mood
-Good use of ambient sound (sirens, gun shots, screams)
Elements of the movie:
-The movie follows a desperate father whose daughter has cancer, and cannot afford for her surgery. He is brought an opportunity to rob the casino he works for. The heist eventually goes bad and they are forced onto a bus to make an escape. This causes a massive police chase as they try to solve their predicament.
-The main conflict is between the man protagonist and his morals, as he tries to trick those who want to ruin his journey to save his child.
-The movie tries and succeeds in making everything very action packed and suspenseful.
Elements I liked:
-A lot of very intense and engaging conflicts
-Good at building emotional relationships with some characters
-Unexpected ending
Elements I disliked:
-Some of the turns are a a bit ridiculous
- Some of the scenes were over the top
-Lighting too was dark at times
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