Blog #6

Storyboard Imitation

The scene I choose was from the first Iron Man movie starring Robert Downey Jr.  In this scene Downey’s character, Tony Stark is introducing a new weapon system in the military. In the beginning of the scene the director pans over to the right that introduces Stark walking down the stairs, and then pulls out slowly to introduce the military. After that shot it then goes to a MS, going from his waist up, of Stark, and then pans to the left to show them meeting. This would be an example of the director following the 30 degree rule. The pans make it stands out the most out of all but he does something different by zooming in just a tiny bit to emphasize the greeting shot between stark and the military. After that we switch environments and go into MS of Stark on a flat background and switches from that to a MS of the military often.  When Stark is on this background this one of the many examples of the rule of the thirds. Another example I found in this scene of the rule of the thirds would be anytime the weapons were set off. Both examples draw your interest and keep you focused. During the scene where he is the main focus on the background the audience wants to know more about what he’s talking about because they are unaware of what’s going on. The last cut I drew was the over the shoulder shot on the 3 military members watching the weapons being set off. This scene is an example of the 180 degree line. The director doesn’t break the rules as from what I can tell. He does include a couple of push in’s in some of the scenes but other than that from what I can tell everything Is pretty basic and straightforward.