Minority Report is shot beautifully, with many interesting frames and shots. This frame peeked my interest, so I thought I would break it down. The focal point of the whole frame is John Anderton, submerged underwater in the right half of the frame. More specifically, my eyes are drawn to Johns face and hands. Another part of the frame that draws my eyes is the robot spider on the left hand side of the frame.
Unique to this frame, and all the shots that made up this scene, was the fact that it was shot from an overhead view. This birds-eye view makes it so their is no real foreground or background, all the frame is "equal."
The lighting has a major influence on how people look at this frame. First of all, the blue tinted water draws a persons eye right to the top half of John's body. There is nothing else in this frame with a similar color, so the eye draws it out as unusual and pulls toward it. The other part of the frame where light is a factor, is by the spider. The light emitted from the spider also attracts the eye, because the spider is surrounded by darkness everywhere else.
The dirty floor, the ice filled bathtub, and the darkness of the whole frame help the viewer understand the tension and fear John must be under-going in the scene.
I agree that the focal points of this scene are John Anderton's face and the spider. In addition to the light emitted in these places, they are both placed on cross sections when the picture is divided into a grid of thirds. Additionally, I think the viewers eyes could also be drawn to the bright line across the floor.
ReplyDeleteAwesome post! I totally agree! I think another interesting thing to think about is more about the blue tinted water. In addition to having a lot of contrast to the rest of the still, it is the same tint that the movie usually has until this scene. For example, in the Pre Crime Department, specifically the Precogs pool, has a very similar effect with the tint. Maybe this image is Speilbergs way of comparing John Anderton to the Precogs.
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