Thursday, June 4, 2009

Excellent movie scene: Romeo + Juliet
Location of Scene: Romeo goes to Juliet after he hears she's dead
Running time: 2:58

The scene begins with a close-up of a door being pounded on, which a man with a gun opens. Cut to a close-up of Romeo, yelling frantically at the man. Fast cuts back and forth between the man and Romeo. Cut to the man, with Romeo's fist holding money in the frame by the man's face. Man backs into the house and the camera follows. Close-up of the man's hand pulling a vial out of the base of a lamp. Cut to a close-up of the priest, drinking a shot, then turning away from the camera. Cut to a close-up of the man with the vial up to his face, then Romeo grabs it and there is a close-up of him with the vial. Cut to a medium shot of the exterior of the building they are in, low angle, lit with floodlights from a helicopter. Loud noise of the helicopter blades in the background. Romeo descends winding stairs and hops into a car, which pulls away quickly. Camera pans to the helicopter above. Cut to close-up of priest speaking. Cut to close-up of Prince, then quickly cut to aerial shot of Verona at night, mounted on the helicopter. Cut to nervous priest again. Cut to several fast aerial and panning shots of Romeo's getaway car, as well as shots of the helicopter hovering and cop cars. Cut to a close-up of Romeo getting out of the car and talking to the driver, then cut to a medium shot of the car peeling away. Cut to the perspective of the helicopter, floodlighting the street then panning up to the steeple of a church. Cut to EXCELLENT aerial wrap-around shot of the steeple, floodlit, as awesome dramatic opera music plays. Cut to several rapidly cut shots of Romeo running to the church, dodging cop cars as shots of the helicopter are cut in as well. Then some close-ups of Romeo and a man on the church steps, floodlit, and quick shots of police cars. Tight shot of the man, and Romeo grabs the man from out of frame and pulls the man out of frame. Cutting to close-ups of police offers then quickly back to a close-up of Romeo with a gun to the man's head, shouting "Tempt not a desperate man". Then a series of shots of Romeo from several perspectives shooting at the helicopter, with milisecond shots of the helicopter, police cars and police officers peppered in. Then a close-up of Romeo releasing his hostage and backing into the church. The scene is very hectic from the fast editing, tight shots of people moving around a lot, loud helicopter, dramatic music, gunfire and crazy lighting. It's very busy and dramatic.

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