Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Bad Boys II - Editing


Bad Boys II
Director: Michael Bay
Screenwriter: Ron Shelton & Jerry Stahl


Scene “MacArthur Causeway Chase” – Detective Marcus Burnett and Detective Mike Lowry are pursuing criminals in a red truck. While the criminals in the red truck are shooting at Marcus, Mike, the police, and Syd (another detective). Marcus and Mike are trying to get rid of the criminals, also trying to save Syd from the criminal’s wrath.

*A P.O.V. shot of Syd driving
*A long shot of the freeway
*A close up of the criminal in a red truck shooting
*A medium shot of the criminal shooting at a Syd’s car
*Close up of Syd dodging in and out of traffic
*Close up of Mike driving through traffic on the freeway
*A tracking shot of Mike driving
*P.O.V. shot from the police chasing the red truck
*Pan shot of the truck
*Medium shot of the criminal shooting
*Extreme close up of Syd driving
*Tracking shot of Syd driving
*Close up on Mike and Marcus in the car
*Tilt shot of Mike’s car on the freeway
*Extreme close up of Will
*Tilting shot following the back of Mike’s car
*Close up of Mike driving
*P.O.V. shot of the red truck running over random cars
*Extreme close up of Syd trying to get away from the red truck
*Wide shot of the criminal watching the traffic from within the truck
*Close up of Marcus mistakenly shooting the dashboard in Mike’s car
*Close up of Mike’s irate reaction
*Close up of the criminal shooting at Mike’s car
*Tilt shot of Marcus shooting from the passenger window
*Close up of Will telling Marcus to keep shooting
*Wide shot of the criminal shooting back
*Close up of getting back into the car
*Tilt shot of the red truck while the criminal continues to shoot at Mike’s car
*Tracking shot of Syd’s car getting away from the criminals
*P.O.V. shot of the police driving behind the red truck
*P.O.V. shot of the criminal shooting at the police
*Extreme close up of police car lights being shot by the criminals
*Close up of criminals shooting a chain
*Wide shot of police cars running into each other on the freeway, a massive pile up
*Close up of Mike and Marcus slowing down in the car
*Wide Shot of police cars meeting with Mike and Marcus

1 comment:

Naima Lowe said...

hmmm, i don't see anything about the edits here. are we dealing with straight cuts? fades?

or anything about the rhythm or pacing of the edits.