3x3

This is the second short I chose to breakdown for my film class.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1654725/

David Clow

FLM 160

Artist Examples

3x3

by Nuno Rocha

0:10 - establishing shot of a basketball hoop in a gymnasium

shot tracks slightly until title

0:23 - tracking long shot of security guard in uniform shooting hoops

0:30 - medium full shot of guard dribbling

0:31 - medium close shot, head on, of the guard shooting

0:33 - insert shot of basket being made

this is a good little series of shot showing a man shooting hoops more interestingly than just one long uncut scene

0:36 - medium full, two shot of guard and janitor

0:39 - cut to medium close of janitor almost feels like a zoom

0:41 - over the shoulder shot from behind the janitor to the guard

guard displays some machismo

0:43 - offset two shot of the characters

guard's stance is more powerful, dominate

0:46 - return to the over shoulder shot from earlier

guard is mocking

0:49 - medium full of the janitor

0:55 - tracking tilt shot of guard entering his office

1:00 - objective shot of guard poring coffee, monitors in background

1:05 - medium close of the guard, almost a over the shoulder shot from the monitors

1:10 - subjective monitor shot as the guard is viewing it transitions to 

1:12 - tracking full shot of janitor in gym

1:15 - insert shot of dust broom hitting ball

1:19 - over the shoulder objective shot, guard and monitors

1:25 - tilting shot, going from an closeup of the ball to a tilt up the body to the face of the janitor

1:31 - this is the first down angle shot of the guard

he loses some of his authority in the story

1:35 - POV shot via the monitor

1:46 - back to the over the shoulder of the guard and the monitors

1:48 - close shot of guard

1:54 - tracking slow motion shot of janitor driving to the basket

very intense

intercut with slow motion close shot of the guard observing

2:12 - high angle shot of the janitor as he is outraged at the basket's refusal of his shot, with some camera down tilt

2:18 - wide close of the guard at his station

2:21 - insert shot of his waste paper goal going in the basket

2:25 - are repeat of the monitor POV of the janitor

2:30 - insert shot of the camera controls

2:31 - insert shot of the camera responding to the controls

2:33 - over the shoulder shot of the guard watching the monitors

2:37 - medium close to full close of the janitor measuring the basket

2:41 - insert shot of basket being measured

2:42 - long shot establishing him in the gymnasium on top of the ladder

2:46 - tracking shot of janitor measuring the floor

this is an exact reverse of the previous tracking shot driving to the basket

2:57 - eye level shot as the janitor eyes up the cones

3:00 - detail insert of checking the ball air pressure

3:05 - a quick interplay of the previous shots we have scene, via the monitor, close up of the controls, etc

3:11 - close up of the janitor writing a formula

3:15 - medium close to full close shot of the janitor figuring

a continuing melody of the previous three shots

3:32 - a return to the guard station, guard laughing at all this effort - full close

3:34 - long establishing shot of the feat about to be attempted

3:49 - full close of the shock and awe of the guard

3:56 - a repeat of the POV via the monitors, but this time the audience is watching the monitors alone

4:35 - finally the reveal begins with an insert shot of some professional basketball shoes

4:46 - a return to the monitor POV as the janitor walks into a full shot

4:51 - medium close shot of the guard as realization dawns

4:52 - medium shot of the janitor now revealed to be a pro ball player, waving to the security cameras that he obviously had been aware of the entire time

I feel that Nuno Rocha did an excellent job of allowing the characters to interact with each other even if geographically separated via the security cameras and monitors.  The ball players reverses the power of the voyeur by knowing of the cameras and only allowing them to transmit the message or idea he wants them to.  The editing played up the use of the camera/monitors so that they became a part of the story in which during the reveal become so more apparent.  The tempo of cuts was good without to much flash.  They utilized a minimum of special effects, the slow motion charge, as needed to build intensity and drama.  The action was usually tight on the characters, we were right on top of them, except when it was necessary to pull back to give us a setting for the action.