Scene Deconstruction: District B13's Intro

The theme of this movie is the explanation and examination of the different tiers of life within a city's organized crime group. This theme is achieved with the use an active method because the cinematic take the viewer through each group on a guided tour at the beginning. This gives an overview of what will be further broken down as the movie goes on and leaves this interpretation up to the viewer's mind.

To help make this use of theme more effective the use of “lines” and “movement” are greatly utilized. For starters, the use of movement is incredibly evident because the director and editors did their best to make it seem like one long continuous shot. In doing so, it makes it easy to direct the viewers awareness of where they should be looking while also creating less obvious meanings. With this specific use of movement it allowed the cinematic to move to higher floors of the building without any confusion, also helping to support the idea of the theme and the different tiers within the organization. All of this movement helps creates tension within the scene because it isn't common to have a shot going for such length of time and therefore adds to the sense of evil that is supposed to be portrayed. As if this use of movement wasn't efficient enough, the director continued to improve on the shots from there by using lines to guide the viewers eyes as well. Amongst each floor and area the camera explores there is a great deal of affinity and contrast throughout the objects. The use of contrast, however, is the key point. By putting objects such as a flaming oil drum/trashcan it draws instant attention to the area in question because the flames create such a contrast of lines in the shot. The use of affinity amongst the lines is important, as well. If it wasn't for the less subtle lines used along the walls of the shots to help move along the movement it would make the seamless shot seem less smooth and a lot harder on the eyes.