FTV1 Worksheet #3

F/TV 1: WORKSHEET #3 (10 pts.) De Anza College Susan Tavernetti, Instructor Answer the following questions about Powder Keg (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2001): CAMERAWORK ● This BMW commercial was shot in 16mm on high contrast Ektachrome. How did this film stock and format selection affect its look? - With the use of the 16 mm on high contrast Ektachrome, the picture conveys a harsh, brutal, and melancholy ambiance that conveys the harsh brutality of war. ● Whose point of view does the camera assume in the opening scene? How does that choice encourage you to identify with and care about the character? - The camera perspective assumes the photographer is fleeing a place in the opening scene. As a result of the camera shaking and the angle, it is apparent that the photographer is scared and in a hurry, and the audience can identify with his emotions almost as if they were feeling his heart pounding. ● Describe two important camera techniques and briefly discuss how each contributes to the theme, look, mood or pace. Consider camera distance, camera angle, choice of lens and camera movement. - This commercial begins with jerking and shaking movements created by a handheld shot, which illustrates the character's mental and physical state by capturing a first-person view. Also, the commercial uses close-up shots throughout to emphasize the intense atmosphere of the film. The shakiness is used throughout the commercial to inspire anxiety and urgency. NARRATIVE ELEMENTS PROTAGONIST: Harvey Jacobs the photographer ANTAGONIST War Bold the Structure: Linear | Frame | Circular | Other Identify the following components of the 3-Act Dramatic Structure (Diegesis), if conflict and causality exist: ● Catalyst - The photographer wakes up from being knocked out due to an injury. ● First plot point - The photographer gets into the driver's car to start heading to the border. ● Midpoint - The driver and photographer are being chased by another car assumed to be the military. ● Plot point leading to the climax - At the border, the photographer and driver were questioned by the border patrol guards and the guards got aggressive because the photographer refused to stop taking pictures. ● Climax - Guards fire at the driver and photographer, and the driver flees off the roads to cross the border.