I Heart Huckabees - Elyse Stefanowicz

I Heart Huckabees (2004)
Director - David O. Russel
Written by - David O. Russel and Jeff Baena

A man goes to a husband and wife existentialist investigation team to help him make sense of a coincidence that has been plaguing him. They interfere in all aspects of life and see the world that is crashing down on him. He is losing his coalition to his arch enemy who wants to dispose of it anyway. He makes friends with a man who is trying to make sense of the world as well and they both decide to ditch the detectives and believe in another competitor's belief in life. It turns out that the competitor and the detectives are actually working together and the coincidence that he wanted investigated was merely a coincidence--and that is all.

Scene 1
Shot 1 - Tracking shot of Jason Schwartzman - The shot begins with a long shot to a medium close up. It is a tracking shot with a pan at the end. The lens is a telephoto lens and the framing is loose. The character moves through the axis and the lighting is a natural high key.

Shot 2 - Shot of crowd clapping - Medium long shot with no movement. The lens is a normal lense and there is tight framing. The lighting is natural high key. There are some extras in the background a different distance from the focus characters which shows different lengths from the camera.

Shot 3 - Jason Schwartzman talking - Shot reverse shot - Medium close up with a telephoto lens. There is no movement and the framing is loose. The lighting is yet again, natural high key and there is no movement through the axis.

Shot 4 - Protest dude - Shot reverse shot - Close-up with a telephoto lens. No movement and the framing is tight. Lighting is the same. There are people in the background which gives the idea that they are different distances from the camera, but the lens is telephoto so the distance isn't really know.

Shot 5 - exactly the same as shot 3

Shot 6 - exactly the same as shot 4

Shot 7 - Jason Schwartzman saying "Exactly, What Aftrican guy?" - The distance of the shot is a medium close up and the lens is telephoto. The camera is stationary and the framing is loose. The lighting is exactly the same. The distance from the camera changes at the end when Schwartzman moves from where he is standing diagonally off the screen.