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Over-the-shoulder / medium-long shot

The over-the-shoulder angle allows a point-of-view shot from the perspective of the man reading the newspaper. The medium/long shot allows enough background to establish the location as a metro train. The over-the-shoulder shot means the following shots, with the newspaper-reading man recognizing the fugitive, are easy for the audience to interpret. The concept of a fugitive on a mission to clear his name is a classic Action Adventure quest narrative, with many obstacles and challenges ahead before the main protagonist (hero Tom Cruise) can succeed.

Medium shot

The medium shot allows us to see his facial expression. In this scene he has just found out that the police officers are searching for him. The emotion he is expressing is anger. However his body language he seems quite relaxed this is very unusual for the context he is in .This shows that he is quite confident therefore he believes that he can out run the police. This may be because he is the police officer because he is one too so he knows what is going to happen.

Medium close up

In the medium close up it shows the police officer who are chasing the character played by Tom Cruise. They seem quite pitiless. There posture and body language look quite sturdy this connotes power. They also look very calm due to their confidence. They seem very prepared due to their have state of the art equipment.

Establishing shot

This establishing shot shows where the action will take place. The establishing shot shows the audience the setting. This shot shows where the tom cruise has his chase scene with the police officers. This scene has dark lighting to set the scene. It shows an alley way type of street. This sets the scene for a fight scene. Most fight scenes are set in alley way settings this gives the audience a hint on what is going to take place.

  Medium close up

In this scene tom cruise is looking up probably for a escape route because he is getting chased by the police. You can see by his facial expressions that he is focused on what he is looking at.This gives you a good indication that this may be a essential to the story line.

Establishing shot


This is a birds eye view type of shot.It looks down on a aircraft and some buildings.This sets the scene for were a bit of a fight scene will  take place.Tom cruise was looking up this establishing scene shows us why he was looking up.This aircraft may be  sort of red herring to prevent the shot from giving too much of a hint to the audience.




Close up

Here he seems quite powerful due to his confidence.
He seems to have a sort of smirk on his face.He obviously knows something that they don't.He also seems very focused and maybe a bit anxious.This can seen in his body language and facial expressions.





Close up

Here he is vulnerable and weak however his facial expressions differ.He still seems confident  looks like he has it all thought it all out.








Medium shot

This shows him looking down from the top of the building.This makes him look superior.This medium shot shows background in some detail while still showing tom cruises posture and body language.










Extreme close up

This extreme close up shows the weapon.Using a extreme this close up allows you to focus on this certain object.This extreme close also helped add a dramatic effect to the significance to the weapon.