Scene analysis
I am analyzing a scene from the movie Munich in which the main character played by Eric Bana, who has been assasinating those believed responsible for the Munich Olympic athlete kidnapping and murders, starts to believe that he is being hunted as well. Members of his team are slowly being killed off and he knows that he is mostly likely also a target.
The scene opens with Eric Bana opening the door to his apartment. Thunder crashes outside and the sound of rain is loud. He is shadowed and moves around with his gun, checking each room for would-be-assasins. He does not turn on the lights. As he checks his apartment, the camera moves to show another team member, the bomb marker. It starts with a longshot of his house, then moves indoors. He has taken a break for the killing and is supposed to be relaxing so that he can be a part of the next mission. He is in a room surrounded by the little mechanical creatures that are his hobby, little wire creatures that are remote controled or on a timed thing. One of the wire monkeys is hanging on a wire ferris wheel, switching from one little car to the next. The movie switches back to Bana, who begins to rip open his mattress to check for bombs, which was a place that his team had put a bomb. He then check the phone for a bomb, another place his team had put one. The music gets soft and scary. We look at the bomb marker. His workplace has suddenly gotten a lot shadowy. Bana is sitting on his bed looking defeated and sad. He picks up his blanket and goes to sleep in the closet, a reference to earlier in the movie when the team was talking about a man who was on a similar mission and was too scared to sleep in beds. He only slept in the closet. The camer moves back and forth between the two scenes. The bombmaker is working on diffusing a grenade. We switch, focusing on Bana's face behind the slats of the closet door, suggesting that he is in a jail of his fears. Switch again, the bombmarker is fuzzy in the background as the camera focuses on the monkey on the ferris wheel. It ticks with each swing up. We go to a longshot of the bombmarker's house. The clicks stop and the house blows up.
This scene is important to the movie as it shows how the team is slowly being killed off and how Bana's character is struggling with the dangers and facts of the mission. He knows that his life is in danger and he is wondering if this work is actually useful to his government. He checks every trick that he and his team employed to kill a target and in the end is not satisfied with his search and sleeps in the closet. The bombmaker's house starts out light and slightly cheery, he is relaxing and has gotten away from the work for a little while, though he is still working on bombs in his house. When the room gets darker and shadowy, we know something bad is going to happen to him. The rain and thunder outside depict the mood of the characters, tormented by their work. The slats of the closet door represent the bars of a jail that shows Bana's state of mind. The juxtaposition of the two scenes also lets the audience know that what Bana's character is searching for, and his fear, is probably going to affect the bombmaker, even though he doesn't seem to be afraid. The work the Bana is putting in to ensure his safety is what the bombmarker should also be doing, but didn't and so died. It also shows tha Bana's fears are justified. This scene is the part of the movie that questions these character's actioins. Is what they are doing right?
The scene opens with Eric Bana opening the door to his apartment. Thunder crashes outside and the sound of rain is loud. He is shadowed and moves around with his gun, checking each room for would-be-assasins. He does not turn on the lights. As he checks his apartment, the camera moves to show another team member, the bomb marker. It starts with a longshot of his house, then moves indoors. He has taken a break for the killing and is supposed to be relaxing so that he can be a part of the next mission. He is in a room surrounded by the little mechanical creatures that are his hobby, little wire creatures that are remote controled or on a timed thing. One of the wire monkeys is hanging on a wire ferris wheel, switching from one little car to the next. The movie switches back to Bana, who begins to rip open his mattress to check for bombs, which was a place that his team had put a bomb. He then check the phone for a bomb, another place his team had put one. The music gets soft and scary. We look at the bomb marker. His workplace has suddenly gotten a lot shadowy. Bana is sitting on his bed looking defeated and sad. He picks up his blanket and goes to sleep in the closet, a reference to earlier in the movie when the team was talking about a man who was on a similar mission and was too scared to sleep in beds. He only slept in the closet. The camer moves back and forth between the two scenes. The bombmaker is working on diffusing a grenade. We switch, focusing on Bana's face behind the slats of the closet door, suggesting that he is in a jail of his fears. Switch again, the bombmarker is fuzzy in the background as the camera focuses on the monkey on the ferris wheel. It ticks with each swing up. We go to a longshot of the bombmarker's house. The clicks stop and the house blows up.
This scene is important to the movie as it shows how the team is slowly being killed off and how Bana's character is struggling with the dangers and facts of the mission. He knows that his life is in danger and he is wondering if this work is actually useful to his government. He checks every trick that he and his team employed to kill a target and in the end is not satisfied with his search and sleeps in the closet. The bombmaker's house starts out light and slightly cheery, he is relaxing and has gotten away from the work for a little while, though he is still working on bombs in his house. When the room gets darker and shadowy, we know something bad is going to happen to him. The rain and thunder outside depict the mood of the characters, tormented by their work. The slats of the closet door represent the bars of a jail that shows Bana's state of mind. The juxtaposition of the two scenes also lets the audience know that what Bana's character is searching for, and his fear, is probably going to affect the bombmaker, even though he doesn't seem to be afraid. The work the Bana is putting in to ensure his safety is what the bombmarker should also be doing, but didn't and so died. It also shows tha Bana's fears are justified. This scene is the part of the movie that questions these character's actioins. Is what they are doing right?
posted by Jennifer | 8:18 PM
1 Comments:
First, I have not seen the move Munich. When I read the Editing Scenes Analysis portion of Jennifer’s entries, I was confused. Then I realized what she was doing in her analysis. One of the intriguing aspects for me is the juxtaposition of the bomb maker and Eric Bana’s character. It makes me want to watch the movie and figure out who the “bad guy” is. I’m also interested in the “little mechanical creatures” in the bomb maker’s room. My assessment of the scenerio is that the bomb is in one of these creatures---a place not used to hide bombs in the past. The use of the different camera shots, and the change in music also move the film forward, it seems.
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