http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uCjnRrSlU0&feature=channel

Inception - Don't be afraid to dream a little bigger

I like this film clip firstly because the speed of the clip helps to build tension, along with the peoples voices and the music that went with it. the reason why the peoples voices helped to build tension was that you could feel that they were tense and worried about something that is going to happen.

in this shot there are around four people involved, one of the men is wearing a shirt with blood on it suggesting that he has been hurt somewhere on the upper part of his body. we then see that one of the men has a highly powerful gun at which he is firing at a man who is clearly an enemy. Then along appears a man who has a very calm voice. This man has a grenade launcher and his calm voice suggests that he has used one before.

In the clip, the camera work is quite jerky almost as though it was done to speed up the pace of the scene. this clip was mainly done by a hand held camera, I believe it helps to give it a sense of action and excitement as it helps you to believe that you are actually there along with the action.

there is a tracking shot after 8 seconds where the camera follows Leonardo Di'caprio as he walks away and then follows back with the other actor.

in between 40 and 50 seconds of the clip, the shot zooms in on the character with the gun and then zooms out to a medium close up shot and then zooms back in to a close up shot once he starts firing again. Another example of this is after one minute and two second. This is after the man fires his grenade launcher and it shows the grenade exploding the enemies along with a large column of piping, and just after the explosion starts, the camera zooms out so that you can see the shear power of the weapon. Then after 9 seconds there is a focussing detail where the camera is focused on the man in the brown jacket and then as he walks towards the camera, and at that point, his figure goes blurry. This is done as when this is done, things that you initially may not have been able to see in the shot may become more obvious and easy to see, in this case the image that is focussed upon is a lady whom we have no idea what her role in this clip is. after 29 seconds, there is a whip pan shot where the camera focuses on the enemy gunman and then the camera whip pans it's view over to the other enemy gunman. The reason why this type of shot was used in this clip is firstly as it gives a clip speed because of how the camera jerks but it also gives a sense of uncontrollable tension as quick movements suggest fear.