Setting Up Your Shots Excercise

I watched "In a Day" and indie comedy. There a small montage in the very beginning, with shots of the town that are later seen later in the film. This movie also seemed to often use kind of "shaky" camera movements at certain moments following the characters while they were walking. In fact, almost anytime there was movement from a character the camera seemed to mimic their up and down movements, and when they stopped, the camera would be steady. Like most movies, a variety of film techniques were used. In one scene, a character is recalling when his saxophone was smashed after a performance. During this scene it almost mocks "serious" movements, because it keeps zooming in upon his face and finally stops with a major closeup of his eye. The dialogue used changes the over feeling the zooming in was creating, from one of seriousness to being humorous. The transitions in this film were usually made after fixating on a character silently for a few moments before cutting to a new scene. Panning was also used as a transitional element, going from one scene to the next in a fluid and natural way.