Blog Post 13

Jack Reacher - Action
Micro analysis
There are some micro elements of this title sequence. This title sequence begins with an ident/production. The camera work has used a variety of shots and angles, in this particular one, there has been an establishing shot. This makes the audience have a brief idea of what they are looking at. It also sets the scene of the movie. There is a tracking shot, that follows the van as it drives which makes the view follow where its going as if they are travelling alongside it. Another shot is used was extreme close-ups, for example, of different parts of his body, like his fingers, as they were adjusting something. The editing used was cross cutting, the camera switches between one location and another, showing both sides of perspective, in a way. There was a lot of seamless editing, making it seem like an ongoing clip when it wasn't. There was a lot of zooming, especially when on the targets of the shooting to give the effect that they were being spotted through the gun's eye view. Another piece of editing was the credits spread over the opening sequence. The mise-en-scene used was the landscape, giving a natural lighting and background to the setting of the movie. There were also bullets and gunpowder shown in use. These are conventions of Action genres, which makes the audience assume that the movie is going to be an action movie. There was non-diagetic music, a musical score. This was just a background instrumental over the movie which made it more dramatic.

Macro analysis
The key plot was introduced quite early on into the title sequence. The main plot was that some people had been shot by a man, who is assumed to be a skilled sniper, and this sniper has fled the scene. The order of the storyline is that it begins with preparing him the bullets he is going to use. It then goes on with the rest of the preparation then you see him actually targeting the people he is going to shoot.