Movie Scenes

The scenes and images of films can have a place in someone's heart long after the movie reel stops. If a scene is correctly portrayed it can be very powerful and meaningful in the eye's of the audience. I catch myself all the time when talking to friends about real life situations saying things like "yea it's like that scene from the such and such movie". I do this because I feel it is this closet way for me to inform people correctly of how the situation should be viewed. I chose the movie Friday Night Lights  because I have an attachment to it growing up in west Texas and loving the sport of football. The scene I chose was the half time speech Billy Bob Thorton gives to his players to lift there spirits and inspire them to win the biggest game of their football careers. Ex. 1: The scene begins with a  long shot focused on the coach as he walks into the locker room full of players grieving over the reality of potentially losing this football game. There is a panoramic view of the players and coaches waiting for the words of wisdom about to spoken by their leader. There's an obvious sense of sadness looming over the players, but the viewer can almost foreshadow redemption coming soon. Ex. 2: As the scene progresses there are some medium shots of the team looking at their teammates who they each rely on to do their part so the team as a whole can win. It is confirming the players of the Odessa Permian team and how each one of them mean more to each other then just teammates. Their bond has become so strong through this time of trials and tribulations. The low angle shot in this part of the scene shows the players vulnerability it seems to be that even though they put in the man hours they are having trouble controlling their destinies. Ex. 3: The last parts of the scene do a close up on the star wide receiver Boobie Miles who is injured and unable to play this meaningful game. The close up easily has the most emotion of all the shots, in this particular close up it "isolates" away from the rest of the active players. It shows his feeling of incompletion. The camera angle is eye level and I almost feel like it was metaphorically correct because it shows the Boobie's is only has powerful as the player standing next to him, he's not the high flying celebrity he used to think he was prior to his injury.  This scene follows the shot projection order from general to specific.

Here is the scene in Friday Night Lights:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYN4jnA8fKs&feature=related