Film Analysis

A) In the clip from Ocean's 11 something that stood out to me was the duration of each camera change. It started out with a fast pace as it quickly changed from naive friend to naive friend. This changed when George Clooney's character appeared. He meant business, and was more "stable" if you will, it the game. Also, the eyeline match also made the poker game seem more intense as well. Part of poker is to not show your expression, however, part of the fun is to try to analyse as much expression as you can get to try to help improve your game. The eyeline match helped the viewer with that. Finally, going along with the poker theme, the close-up framing seemed appropriate for the game that was filmed.
B) In the clip from Strangers on a Train first of all I wondered if the carousel was actually speeding up in some of those shots, or if they altered the rate of shooting during filming. Also, I think the night setting really added to the setting and the mood of the clip/event. It made the carousel seem more interesting with all of its lights in contrast with the dark sky. Finally, the composition helped the men talking seem more powerful because their bodies took up almost all of the frame. The shot was taken from down below so they looked larger in the frame than they really are in relation to the way we normally see things on an every day basis.
E) In the clip from Amadeus something that really stuck out to me was shift between diegetic to nondiegetic sound when he was looking back to his memory as a younger man. The priest's expression also signified that the song was truly not playing in the room even if there was a speck of hope that the song was maybe playing there. Also, it was interesting that when they were filming the opera singer from his memory, they filmed it from down low, in relation to were he would be recalling the event. Finally, the long shot of the opera singer really emphasised the extrodinance of the event. The whole outfit, stairs, hair, makeup and everything in that scene had to be incorporated and captured to get the full effect and reaction that only an opera singer deserves.
F) In the clip from Zerkalo the extreme long shot capturing the fire helped to establish the setting where the fire was taking place. Also, the children leaving the room then with the vase falling on the ground caused an uneasy mood, especially with the quiet and empty space in the room. Finally, I thought it was interesting that the scene was so visual because this is a foreign film so the perceptual subjectivity was all that I could appreciate due to the language barrier.