Indiana Jones - Raiders Of The Lost Ark Opening Scene Analysis

The first shot shows a close up of the idol and the protagonist, zooming out so we can see the surroundings and the circumstances he's in. we then see a shot from behind him showing clearly the idol. The dramatic music shows the situation they are in. After this, the music stops as suddenly, after he thinks he's replaced the idol, the temple starts to collapse, there is then a tracking shot of him as he tries to run through all the traps. there is then some over the shoulder shots as the two people have a conversation. After this, there is an extreme high shot as the protagonist jumps over the hole, this shows us that although he seems to be in a tricky situation, we are hinted that he will make out alive. We then see a low shot as he slips back down and the door is almost closed, showing the doubt of him getting out. After he escapes, we then see a small establishing shot, showing us the type of place he's in: a skeleton with an arrow through its head shows the dangerous situation. We then see the corpse of the person he was talking to, and it makes the audience feel like that he deserved it for trying to leave him to die. We then see a number of different panning shots as he is running away frmo the huge boulder chasing him.  The dramatic music has started playing again, showing that he is desperate to escape alive.

Fast and Furious Five Opening Scene Analysis

The first shot in the scene shows people in a coach, wearing the same orange suits, showing they are going to some sort of prison. The person who we are focused on in this shot is looking down and staying still, however everyone else is looking around. The very short time in which this picture is shown, shows the dramaticness of his face, the expressionless, motionless face fixed on 1 point on the floor shows that he is either accepting defeat, or waiting for something to happen. We then see a long shot of the coach. This long shot shows the surrouding area, where the action is going to take place. The camera then loses focus on the coach, and focuses on 3 cars that we see enter the shot. For the next few seconds we see the cars surrond the coach. It then cuts back to inside the coach and the same person has the same expressions on his face, while everyone else in the coach is intrigued at what's going on around them, signifying that he knows what is happening. Next, we see a tracking shot of the car at the front, which cuts to inside the car, showing the female driver pull the handbrake and spin around. While she is heading back towards the coach we see an over the shoulder shot of the driver of the coach, this shows us what is happening from his point of view. After the coach has swerved around this car, the car in front stops suddenly and causes the coach to flip over and roll, during this roll we see it from multiple different angles and shots, showing us the seriousness of this moment.