Red Eye Scene Analysis

Director: Wes Craven
Director of Photography: Robert Yeoman

In this scene Lisa notice that they are about to land back home in the miami airport knowing that her time is running out to save her father's life & trying to get away from her seat mate from the plane before he comes through with his assassination plot by using the power of Lisa to set it up.
In this First shot its a close up on Lisa's hand getting ready to unbuckle the seat belt quietly so can sneak away from her seat mate. At the same time she's trying to catch him off guard by opening up to her seat mate about a scar near her neck that he wanted to know about earlier on their flight as the camera goes back and forth between the two he began to let his guard down with the close up to his face showing his mean stare, but also care in his eyes by listening to her story, and doesn't know that's all part of her plan and he doesn't know what's about to come his way because he thinks he's still in control because he has her cornered on the plane in their seats.

While she's talking to him with one hand on her seat belt and the other firmly gripping a pen waiting to make her move.

Close up on the sign showing the plane is landed & its safe to unbuckle giving the Lisa the go to make her move.

As Lisa makes a run for it by slowing the man down by stabbing him in the throat with the pen, getting her a head start in the airport she try's to make a phone call with a close up showing no signal!

Here's a wide shot of Lisa running for her life as the man finally catches up with her as she barely gets away just by a second as they watch each other with back to back camera shots as she leaves the airport on the train.

Portrait of a place learnings

From my portrait of a place assignment, I learned a lot from the shooting assignment. As Professor Raminist explained to us is it takes more than pan shots on every scene to tell a story, every shot needs to have a meaning. I wanted to share the peacefulness of the riverwalk. A place where you can go relax your mind and take a break from everything and just have a moment to yourself to gather your thoughts while nature relaxed you as you walk or sat in peace, but as I learned I didn’t do so as well by not letting the visual tell a story. Instead it look like I just went to the park and took a couple shots and called it a day. Being able to watch other visuals from my classmates and as Professor Raminist talked us through them step by step I saw how to better convey a portrait of both a place and a person. I learned from everyone, various ways and the art to tell a visual story with or without sound and the importance the relationship is between the Director and the Director of Photography.