Clip E.
This scene has a lot of detail to be mentioned. There is a large presence of costuming and setting to make the scene seem very true to the period. The make up on Salieri is also very good and helps to make him look very aged and sick. The lighting in the scene has two styles that jump back and forth between the shot and reverse shot of the conversation. There is the high key lighting that shines directly on the face of the priest and this lighting accentuates the facial expressions that Salieri and the viewer are looking for as Salieri plays his tunes to look for recognition. The other lighting is that of Salieri. He is lit from the back and the height of his chair makes him look dark and small behind the natural light adding to his weak look. The composition of the scene is very balanced and the speakers are both placed in the middle of the frame however Salieri is slightly turned away in his chair. As the scene continues on Salieri thinks deeply in one of his operas and the camera pans upwards with Salieri's hands and then we enter his mind into the performance of his opera. The shot of the opera has a long duration that starts with the deep focus on the singer coming down the stairs but as the camera tracks back we see the blurry figure and then focused figure of young Salieri come into view. Later on back in his conversation with the priest, Salieri plays the song of Mozart and the short cuts to the priest show his growing recognition of the song.
Clip D.
This scene is very focused on the long duration Steadicam shots that it contains. The clip opens a shot of some clouds that quickly fades away with the viewer following two people into a building on a rainy day. I think that it is essential that we don't see their faces but only their backs because as we follow them we want to know who they are and what they are doing. The music also has a mysterious and quick pace about it, It feels as though something is going to happen. The camera finally catches up to the man and boy but they are both quickly whisked away and we are now in front of them. The straight on camera angle makes it feel as though we are in the crowded TV studio and following the characters. I really liked the way that the camera followed different people around the studio and then back to the main characters to create a connected feeling to all the aspects of the characters' lives.
Clip C.
This is by far the most horrifying clip that we have to chose from. The cross cutting of the two scenes (well three if you count the basement) is extremely chilling and the unrestricted view that we get builds the suspense for Jodie Foster. The high angle opening shot makes the home seem like a model and very set up it is also a telephoto shot that helps establish where the characters are in the scene. Because of the cross cutting we are made to believe that the police have found the right house and the synchronizing of the door bell. The interesting part is that the viewer think that they have unrestricted narration but it is all shattered when Jodie foster appears in the doorway with the guy. Also the high angle shot down into the well and the eye level shots with the girl trapped in the well serve to make the guy seem like a big looming monster but put the woman and the dog on the same level as the viewer rather than have the woman seem extremely weak.
Clip F.
This clip is similar to the one from Amadeus with its strong Mise-en-Scene elements. There is attention to detail with the setting and costuming of the characters in the scene. Also the lighting is very natural because the house had no lighting so there is a lot of darkness within the house. The first shot is a long duration shot that pans from the table around to the two kids watching in the mirror. The yelling with out a voice that we hear makes us want to turnaround and see what they are looking at. The next shot is a panning shot that opens on to a shot with a lot of dimensional composition. There is the fire in the back third of the shot the parents in the middle and on the edges to balance the shot and then the boy in the front. The silence between the characters emphasizes the complete sand utter distress of the people watch what I believe to be their barn burning, which would be a terrible thing.
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