Essay on the Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift

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The first thing I will be discussing in this essay is the cinematography aspects of my chosen clip from The Fast and The Furious Tokyo Drift. Right at the start of the scene we see multiple establishing shots displaying tall skyscrapers which suggests that something is happening that high in the sky, then during the second establishing shot the camera tilts downwards to give us a high angle shot of some of the characters playing football on a football pitch placed on the roof of the skyscraper. This is done to suggest that someone is watching over them. In the next shot we see a medium long tracking shot of the character Twinky (Bow Wow) dribbling the ball, and then a close up tracking shot of the ball going into the goal, from there an altercation occurs and then we see the same high angle shot on the crowd that suggests someone is watching over. During the high angle shot the camera then pans onto Han (Sung Kang) the purpose of this is to symbolise that he is on a higher level than them perhaps mentally, and also to show that his character is different from the rest in the sense that he does not follow crowds. Then the pan tracks him to Sean (Lucas Black). They then proceed to have a very deep and philosophical dialogue, in this dialogue the 180 degree rule is used and also shot reverse shot. We see throughout this part of the scene Sean (Lucas Black) is looking at Han (Sung Kang) this is done to symbolise how he looks up to him, this is also conveyed through the way the shot reverse shots are delayed on the reverse shots toward Han (Sung Kang). The next aspect of this scene I will be analyzing is the sound. The first aspect of sound I will be talking about is the non-diegetic soundtracks in the scene. At the start of the scene we have a very upbeat song as a non-diegetic soundtrack. This is used to establish an upbeat and happy mood and is used to reflect the

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