Saving Private Ryan Task

The first frame shows a mid-shot of the soldiers being sick on a boat, the colour wash is a grey colour which makes the audience feel depressed, there is a tracking back. In the background you can see other boats.  Then we see a mid-shot of the driver of the boat, then we get a close up of Tom Hanks he's on the left side of the frame his facial expression shows fear and sadness looking off into the off screen space, on the right hand side of the frame you can see another boat with soldiers on and this boat is out of focus. We see a close up of a soldier, you can see that they are wearing their camo uniforms to blend into the scene, the colours of the costume fit into the grey colour wash and add to the atmosphere. and we can see fear on his face, the lighting is dark in this scene this gives it a depressing atmosphere. We then see a low angle shot of soldiers coming off the boat and getting shot. We then see a close up of a soldier being shot in the head and the special effects show blood flying out the back of his head. There is an over the shoulder shot of a german shooting the soldiers coming out of the boat.

On the next scene you see a low angle mid shot of dead soldiers and soldiers escaping from the bullets with a blue colour wash, you see props sinking to the bottom of the ocean. such as guns, helmets and bullets and a bullet proof vest. You see a mid-shot of bullets shooting through the water. You can see soldiers drowning in the ocean with a wide two shot. There is a wide shot of bodies being blown into the water.