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.