This is one of my favourite films, and is an adaptation of the true story of Frank Abagnale Jnr, the notorious conman in the 60's.
The film opens with a programme 'To Tell The Truth', where three men say they are Frank Abagnale and contestants have to decide who is being honest.
-I analysed the film after this point, as we see a medium close up of a man who appears to be a security official in the rain, having a conversation with another two men.
-There is then a medium shot showing five men are speaking being sheltered by umbrellas, followed by a reverse shot of a man in glasses and a hat trying to tell the people present who he is as there is obviously a language barrier.
-It then pans the policemen and shows a long establishing shot showing buildings and the men's surroundings, with words accompanying to explain the location is Marseille, France.
-There is then a shot through a small window at the action, as the men are about to walk through the door. This is followed by tracking shots of the men walking down the corridor and it then tracks back as one of the men walks back to his origin.
-We then see a point of view shot through a grate of a prisoner huddled in the corner of a cell, and then a close up of the other side of the grate showing the bespectacled man looking through--There are alot of reverse shots as the prisoner coughs and splutters and his visitor becomes increasingly worried, then a long shot of him standing and trying to get the guards attention.
-More reverse and point of view shots and a medium shot showing the visitor is reading to the prisoner.There is then a medium long shot of the visitor kicking his stool away and a zoom following the guard as he walks towards him.
-Tracking shot as they drag the man through the corridor and a panning shot as him and the other men go past the camera.
-Match on action, constantly following the movements of the men as they walk around the prison and tracking backwards and forwards as the characters walk away from and towards the camera.
-There is then a downwards panning shot from the other prisoners to the main prisoner as he tries to escape, crawling down the corridor. As it gets to the character, the camera moves up and down following his movements as he tries to stand and falls back to the floor, providing close ups of the character.
-There are then more tracking shots as the guards catch up with him and a close up as a gun is pointed to his head. In the background of this shot we see the guards in a high angle to show their dominance and as the prisoner lies down there is a crane shot above him, to show he has been defeated. This shows the varying amounts of power between the characters.
MIS EN SCENE
-In the prison:
There is very dim lighting, showing a cold and blandly coloured environment. It is a typical prison in that there is no material possessions and that there is no furniture, comfort etc, however this particular prison is shown to be particularly impoverished with harsh conditions. This is reflected in the prisoner character as he is displayed as dirty and unkempt.
-All sounds in this section of the film are diegetic, and this heightens the harsh reality of the situation.
