Lead-upwards and Summary

In the moving picture 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?', a scene depicted a very old and blind African American gentleman, who is slowly working his way downwards a long straight railroad on his paw car. In that location are three protagonist prisoner escapees, whom consist of Everett Ulyssees (George Clooney), Pete (John Turturro), and Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson);  Our boys started the scene request the gentleman for a lift, and the blind old man graciously allowed them on, somehow acknowledging they were in shackles only had no quarrel with information technology. Little conversation persists, yet the erstwhile homo gives wise advice and forewarning of long travels, bearing witness of a moo-cow on a floating cotton wool home, and the many hardships that befall the men forth the journey. The scene is depicted as shown below…

Low to High bending shot

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

Blind Seer : You seek a great fortune, yous iii who are now in chains. You will notice a fortune, though it volition not be the one you seek. But offset… beginning you lot must travel a long and difficult road, a road fraught with peril. Mm-hmm. You lot shall run across thangs, wonderful to tell. You shall come across a… a cow… on the roof of a cotton fiber house, ha. And, oh, and so many startlements. I cannot tell you lot how long this route shall be, but fear non the obstacles in your path, for fate has vouchsafed your reward. Though the road may current of air, yea, your hearts grow weary, still shall ye follow them, fifty-fifty 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 man coming towards them… perchance symbolizing our protagonist'southward immediate salvation from the bounty hunter and the other pursuers, or otherwise looking into the un-foreseen future in which he is about to learn near. Throughout the scene, it tin can be institute that the squeak of the manus crank is much more prominent than any other background noise, giving added effect and focus on the principal grapheme at hand in the particular scene, the blind old seer. Depression angle shots looking upwardly towards the onetime seer allows for the audience to perceive the old man every bit wise, and maybe even powerful. His power is something that should be recognized and accustomed, but our three men are besides dismissive  to caput his warnings of the journey. Close upward shots on both Everett, and Delmar/Pete show the shut attention and ascertainment of the old man while he speaks and slowly brings them down the railroad. It too tin exist observed that there is zilch effectually them in the surrounding fields, focusing all attending on what the erstwhile seer's advice is as well as the predictions of the hereafter to exist had. At the very end of the scene there can exist many things seen; one such aspect is how the camera lifts up low to high again equally the men on the hand car slowly move off into the distant sunset. The rise of the camera could be used to purposely prove the amount of land alee, maybe in social club to requite perspective of how hard and long their journey volition exist. The barren state also has representation to how lonely these men will be along their journey to their ain conservancy. The added sunset could be a mode to evidence how the end of the day and current prison escape may have come up to close, but the journey itself has just 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 old homo seer. Iv of these shots are specifically on merely Everett Ulysses. Simply two shots have just the 2 other men in it. Finally two of the shots have all the men in information technology. It can be shown that these shots show characters in order from most importance to least importance (in this particular scene) according the amount of shots shown.

Commendation 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 thou? Burbank, CA: Touchstone Home Video. 2001.