Wednesday, October 15, 2008

24 Season 5 Episode 1: "Day 5" 7:00am-8:00am Darnell Brown

Shot 1: Establishing wide shot of old shipping/oil rig yard. Mid-day.
Shot 2: Parallel editing shot of two old rigs moving up and down
Shot 3: Panning shot to reveal oil workers with hard hats standing waiting for work while boss yells out names. As the boss calls names, we dolly over to worker with hard hat on and his head down. He lifts his head. It's Jack Bauer. Boss says it's no work. (All a single shot)
Shot 4: Shot reverse shot of the boss and Jack talking about not getting work today. (Parallel Shot)
Shot 5: Close up shot of Jack face looking disappointed about not getting work today
Shot 6: Parallel shot of Jack walking away from camera and the boss also walking away from camera.

The entire scene lasted 1:47. Compared to the usual pace of "24" once the action starts, the editing for this scene was classic, heavy stylized effects with the parallel editing showing multiple angles of what's happening in the scene, but the pace was very slow to match the location, time of day and attitude of the scene. They were all straight cuts. The first thing we see are two oil rigs moving up and down in the air, very slowly. We see harsh sunlight that nearly covers all the characters' faces in the scene. Everything was set up to be a slow, depressing atmosphere and the slow pace of the editing matched it greatly.

Created by: Dat Dude aka "The Other Black Guy" ska "Oh..D" but most people call him Darnell Brown

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