Pb-upwards and Summary

In the film 'O Brother, Where Art One thousand?', a scene depicted a very former and bullheaded African American gentleman, who is slowly working his manner down a long straight railroad on his hand machine. There are iii protagonist prisoner escapees, whom consist of Everett Ulyssees (George Clooney), Pete (John Turturro), and Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson);  Our boys started the scene asking the gentleman for a lift, and the blind old man graciously allowed them on, somehow acknowledging they were in shackles but had no quarrel with information technology. Little conversation persists, nonetheless the old human gives wise advice and forewarning of long travels, bearing witness of a moo-cow on a floating cotton habitation, and the many hardships that befall the men along the journey. The scene is depicted as shown beneath…

Depression to High angle shot

Delmar O'Donnell : Y'all work for the railroad, Grampa?
Blind Seer : I work for no homo.
Delmar O'Donnell : Got a name, do you lot?
Bullheaded Seer : I have no name.
Ulysses Everett McGill : Well, that right there may be the reason yous've had difficulty findin' gainful employment. Y'all run across, in the mart of competitive commerce…

Blind Seer : You seek a great fortune, you three who are now in bondage. You will discover a fortune, though it will non be the one y'all seek. Simply first… first you must travel a long and difficult road, a route fraught with peril. Mm-hmm. Yous shall run into thangs, wonderful to tell. You lot shall encounter a… a cow… on the roof of a cotton fiber business firm, ha. And, oh, and then many startlements. I cannot tell you lot how long this route shall be, but fear not the obstacles in your path, for fate has vouchsafed your reward. Though the route may wind, yea, your hearts abound weary, even so shall ye follow them, even unto your conservancy.

Scene Analysis and Shot Angle

Pan out shot, Rising low to high

The scene begins with Ulysses squinting in the sunlight to make out the old homo coming towards them… maybe symbolizing our protagonist'due south firsthand salvation from the bounty hunter and the other pursuers, or otherwise looking into the un-foreseen future in which he is almost to learn nigh. Throughout the scene, it can exist found that the squeak of the hand crank is much more prominent than any other background noise, giving added effect and focus on the master grapheme at paw in the particular scene, the blind quondam seer. Depression angle shots looking upward towards the onetime seer allows for the audition to perceive the one-time man equally wise, and maybe fifty-fifty powerful. His power is something that should be recognized and accepted, just our 3 men are too dismissive  to head his warnings of the journey. Close up shots on both Everett, and Delmar/Pete show the shut attention and observation of the one-time man while he speaks and slowly brings them down the railroad. Information technology also can exist observed that there is nothing around them in the surrounding fields, focusing all attention on what the old seer'due south communication is as well as the predictions of the future to be had. At the very end of the scene there can be many things seen; one such aspect is how the camera lifts up low to high once again as the men on the hand motorcar slowly motion off into the distant sunset. The ascent of the photographic camera could be used to purposely show the amount of country ahead, possibly in social club to give perspective of how hard and long their journey will exist. The barren state also has representation to how lonely these men volition exist along their journey to their own salvation. The added sunset could be a way to prove how the finish of the day and current prison house escape may have come to shut, just the journey itself has only begun.

Photographic camera Shots Shown

There are 14 camera shots in this detail scene. Half-dozen of these shots are depression to high angle looking at the onetime human being seer. Iv of these shots are specifically on just Everett Ulysses. Only two shots have but the 2 other men in it. Finally 2 of the shots have all the men in it. It can be shown that these shots show characters in society from almost importance to least importance (in this particular scene) according the amount of shots shown.

Citation of Sources

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Coen, Joel, Ethan Coen, George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Charles Durning, John Goodman, et al. O brother, where art m? Burbank, CA: Touchstone Home Video. 2001.