Monday 18 January 2010

Sequence Inspiration - Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

1. The video begins on a street corner, with the cameraman moving in from behind the customers of the stall, as if he were one. We then see a head shot of the thief, before the screen flicks up with a credit, flicking back to a head shot. We then see a mid shot of him with customers on either side. another credit flicks up, we can see another head shot of him as he uses body movements to illustrate the cockney banter he is having.another credit flicks up.
2. We see a head shot of his partner, who is pretending to be a buyer. At this point the onlookers liven up and begin to buy - the camera continues to move around from the customer's perspective. We then see his partner looking out for policemen, before flicking back to the camera looking from the customer's perspective.




3. The partner then shouts something incoherent and they both chuck all the goods in the suitcase and run. The policemen push through the people and head after them. We then see a long shot of them appearing from round a corner and running into a side road, straight past the camera, over a barricade and into a warehouse, with the police lagging behind the. Music starts at this point - ocean colour scene - 100 mile high city.
4. The partner now slides into view at the landing of some stairs - with the camera at the foot of the stairs- in slow motion as he slides into the wall. a narrator informs us that his real talent is in gambling, then the scene speeds up again and we see the seller try to throw the suitcase down the stairs towards him but it come open and all the goods spill everywhere; the narrator tells us that he is basically past it. the goods and suitcase fall on his partners head and they leave the screen, which after a couple of seconds flicks up with the title. The font is basic, and is reminiscent of a typewriting font.

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