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//**This scene is about Will Salas entering the party for high society people and meeting Sylvia, the girl he will fall in love with.**//

This is the first part of the scene when Will Salas arrives in his newly "bought" car. It clearly depicts how grand and expensive looking the whole party/ house is. It is not a part of this scene, but we get a contrast between Will Salas' house in the ghetto. The director used the wide shot in order to catch a sense of awe and show the audience how grandiose the house is.
 * Wide Shot**

The first thing Will Salas sees as he opens the door to the party is the whole family greeting guests and speaking to them open by one thanking them for coming to the party.This shot is similar to what Will Salas saw that night when he was invited into the house. As the doors opened, he not only saw how expensive and exclusive looking this party was, but he also saw the family kind of awkwardly as if robots standing there to greet everybody. The wide shot expresses this awkward and uprightness by showing their positions (they are standing very straight).
 * Wide Shot**

Will Salas' expression is portrayed through this close up. He is also taken aback by how glamorous this party is. He never had been to these kinds of party and it was impossible for him, because everyday was a life and death matter. So, when he stepped into that door it probably would have taken him aback and the director used the close up in order to show the audiences this.
 * Close Up**

I believe that this was one of the most interesting part of the scene, because the women in the most left corner is the grandma, next to her the mother, and then the daughter. They look all the same and in sort of clone like way. If the director used a wide shot, the three women might have not looked as similar and if the director used a close up, they might also not have resembled each other very much. However, this good distance between the camera and the actors with their red hairs, deceive the audience into thinking them all very alike.
 * Medium Shot/ Eye Level**

From this current shot of the scene, one might have not noticed, but her expression is actually of a pleasant surprise. The director closes up on her when in order to convey the audience her emotions for Will Salas. She isn't really into him yet, but she is curious about this stranger that likes taking risks, a life very different from hers.
 * Close Up**

This shot is a shot of the two characters, but the audiences might feel that there is something weird to it. It is probably because the two characters aren't facing each other. The American shot nicely depicts Sylvia as she slowly approaches Will Salas from the back.
 * American Shot**

The bird's eye view shows everybody dancing and especially of the two main characters. This shot from above shows us the beautifully dance moves and the chandeliers that seems to make the party more exclusive. The graceful twirling and the her steps Sylvia is taking could have only been pictured through the bird's eye view.
 * Bird's Eye View**

This shot was taken in order to make the audience not only see the two couples dancing, but also to see that Sylvia's parents are also watching them. If this is at eye level the audience would have had a hard time seeing the two characters between the parents, but by titling the camera downwards at a high height (?), we can now see the whole picture. The parents are definitely "watching" out for their daughters, because they are over protective rich parents.
 * Wide Shot/ Bird's Eye view**

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 * __Camera Distance__** __//Medium Shot//__: This was the part of the film when the two characters really first started to "interact". The director used the medium shot in order to do just that. The audience was more able to zone in on the two characters, which were the main characters of the story, and the emotions that were connecting between these two people. It is important to convey the feelings facial expressions and feeling two people have of one another when they get to know each other and the medium shot conveys that.

__**Camera Angle** //Eye Level//:__ This scene was shot at the eye level. The director's intentions were to allow the audience to become more closer with these two characters. If this was shot from a very high angle (bird's eye view) or a very low angle (worm's eye view), it would have been hard to concentrate on the emotions and conversations the two characters were having.

__**Lens Focus:**__ The lens focuses on the two main characters and it out-focuses the background and the people that are standing at the back.The director keeps on emphasizing the importance of the interaction of these two main characters by various techniques and one of the techniques that stand out the most is by out focusing the background the director shines a light upon the main characters.

__**Color** //Warm//:__ The color of the scene is very warm. The smooth beige color of the set and the white colors of the flowers, the hair color of Sylvia all adds to this warmth in the scene. It emphasizes the livelihood of the party and the makes it clear the difference between the ghettos (the place where Will Salas comes from and the place that illustrates the extreme "poverty" time wise) and New Greenwich (the place where Sylvia lives in which illustrates extreme "wealth" time wise), because before this scene when Will Salas was living in the ghettos, everything was more cold and dark. It really highlights the difference, which the director intentionally seemed to have done.

__**Lighting** //Bright//:__ The scene is really bright and mainly to emphasize, as stated above, the livelihood of the party. Most parties are very lively and if this was a party for the poor people it would probably have been dark with a lot of neon lights. However, this scene is the party that's taking place at one of the most "richest" (or the person with one of the most time) person's house and it shouldn't be dark, it should be bright with people in beautiful dresses and people dancing in a mannered way.

__**Costume and Props**:__ The costume, as on can clearly see, is formal, Will Salas wearing a tuxedo and Sylvia wearing a dress and gloves. It emphasizes again that it is a formal party taking place in a high class society.

__**Setting**:__ The setting is at a high society party and it is portrayed by the lights, the colors, the costume etc. But it is also portrayed by the expensive looking ceilings and high windows, and people that are wearing tuxedos and dresses in the background.

__**Actors' Acting**:__ This scene is when the two characters first get to know each other personally. There is some tension and nervousness, but there is a sense of exploring and curiosity. They convey this tension and nervousness by looking constantly at the people around them and their surroundings in order to see if anyones looking. There is also a sense of mutual curiosity and a bit of wanting to know about one another. Sylvia is curious about this man that isn't like any other man that she met and she constantly shows her interest by looking at him straight in the eyes. Will Salas is also intrigued by Sylvia, but wants to use her. So, his acting portrays a sense of joking around kind of aurora, trying to not get into a very deep interest and sympathy towards this girl.

 Everything about this technically works for the assignment... but did you actually watch this film? Or just look at this picture?