Action Scenes

In this lesson I worked with Ben Pilston examining an action sequence from the film equilibrium. The scene was the final fight sequence heres a link to it on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeHrq_Fs1vk


In this scene we discovered how when the fight is taking place the scene rate increases dramatically to keep the pace of the film up and to keep the excitment. Alot of this scenes are over the shoulder reverse shots showing the 2 characters faces and shoulders.
 The other shots are extrme close ups of the characters hands and the guns they are holding. This allows the viewer to see the technical aspect of the fight sequence but still keeps them guessing as to what will happen next.
The final shot is a high angle shot showing the good guy leaving the scene of the fight and the bodies of the guards and bad guy strewn on the floor.