Shot # Mise en scene Cinematography Editing Sound Analysis

1 We see a man in We get a full We hear the This shot

a police uniform body profile of screams of conveys the
standing in the the officer in the the audience executive
foreground of a foreground mixed with consequences
street full of looking off to the whirling of the frenzy
motorcycles and stage right with of police that movie
a cheering crowd a wide angle sirens. stars evoke in
on the other side shot of their
of the street. motorcycles in audience.
There is a the mid ground
underlit sign and a crazed
reading audience in the
“Grayson” behind background.
them.
2 The audience Our whole field Just as the The wild This shot cuts
stands up and of view is now police officer cheers of the away at the
increases their taken up by the opens the audience exact
screeching right cheering door to the extremify as moment we
as the car pulls up audience. car, the we cut in are about to
containing the camera cuts closer to see two of
movie stars. to a new them. the main
shot of the characters to
audience build
clamoring. anticipation
as if we are
also an
audience
member
cheering
them on.
3 We see another We see a The cheers This shot
shot of the concerned of the shows us how
crowd, this time police officer audience police must
as two police who is center continue to take force of
officers push frame amongst clamor. action to
them back the chaos. maintain the
forcibly due to crowd to a
the possibly reasonable
danger nature of distance from
their excitement. the stars,
once again
building the
 audiences
anticipation.
4 We now see The camera Right as the Among the This shot
Cosmo and the zooms in on the announcer cheers of the brings the
announcer lady announcer lady says the crowd, we audience
looking off stage lady’s face as Dona and hear the anticipation
right on the red she announces Lina’s announcer to see the
carpet at what the two stars names, the lady over the stars to a
we can only enthusiastically. shot cuts microphone climax as the
assume are the away from as she sound builds
stars the scene is her to a shot announces and the
building to. A of Don and Don and camera
few paparazzi run Lina. Lina. moves in on
past them in the the
foreground in the announcer
direction they lady’s excited
are. face.
5 We finally see our The camera now The crowd We now see
main stars: Don quickly zooms in continues to the charm of
and Lina, through the cheer Don and Lina
shrouded clamoring crowd enormously. as a couple in
amongst the on our two the public
clamoring stars. eye, and the
paparazzi on both quick push in
sides of them as on them
they walk the red draws the
carpet in audience into
matching white their
suits. Don blows characters
a kiss off-screen. immediately.
6 We see the lady As soon as
(same that Don blew Don blows
as the kiss to faint his kiss, we
shot 3) because she is so cut in the
starstruck. direction he
blew it in to
see the lady
he blew it to
faint in the
arms of the
policemen.
7 Don and Lina The camera We hear the Don’s shove
begin walking tracks Don and announcer of the man
down the red Lina as they lady’s who tried to
 carpet, smiles walk arm in arm, microphone shake his
and all. A man keeping a ¾ shot shower over hand not only
breaks through on them the the crowd’s serves as a
the barrier of whole shot. continuous comedic
paparazzi and roaring in purpose, but
police only to be response to it gives the
shoved aside by the stars. audience the
Don who first insight
continues into the
grinning possibility of
superficially as Hollywood
they stroll down artifice.
the red carpet
arm in arm.
8 Don and Lina We get a ¾ 4 We see the We hear Don This scene
arrive next to shot of Lina, top of Don and the establishes
Cosmo and the Don, the and Lina’s announcer the
announcer lady announcer lady, heads as lady’s preexisting
as she grins and Cosmo. As they walk conversation relationship
brilliantly and Don begins his out of the through the between
greets them. Don speech, the previous microphone, Cosmo and
stands closer to camera pushes shot and for which the Don, implying
the microphone in on his face into the next crowd settles that they will
than Lina, while he grips one, nearing and becomes conjunctively
answering every the microphone, the end of less audible. have an
question the and we end on a the red We cannot ongoing plot
announcer lady closeup of Don. carpet. hear them throughout
asks about his again until the film. It
relationship to Don says, also draws us
Lina. “not in front into Don
of all these specifically as
people”, a character,
which showing us
evokes a wild his charming
cheer. smile and role
Another as
cheer is spokesperson
heard after for both him
the and Lina.
announcer
lady beckons
Don for the
story of how
he met Lina.
 Non diegetic
string music
begins to
play as Don
monologues.
9 We see a young We get an The shot We hear This scene
Don tap dancing establishing shot dissolves Don’s juxtaposes
among patrons of of the pool into a narration Don’s
a dingy bar in the room via the flashback of continue narration of
pool room as sign in the Don tap over the having
Cosmo plays a foreground dancing flashback, danced in a
harmonica to before the amongst yet we also school for his
accompany. camera zooms in pool tables hear mom and
Cosmo picks up a past the glass in a dingy Cosmo’s dad’s “society
few coins on the and in on a two bar. harmonica friends” who
ground that shot of Don and and child are all
someone threw Cosmo. Don’s replaced with
towards him. tapping. a pool room
This goes on for a and the
bit before the patrons of
bartender picks the bar. This
them both up and further
throws them out establishes
for loitering. the artifice of
public figures
in Hollywood,
specifically
Don.
10 We now see a The camera The shot Don’s This scene
show of a Drucilla starts on the then narration of further
movie poster poster, slowly dissolves to how he came evokes the
with a large zooming out, a movie to be famous artifice of
breasted woman and then pans to poster, continues Don’s public
before a young the right as Don implying over the persona, as
Don and Cosmo and Cosmo more time course of the he lies about
come on screen sneak into the has passed flashback. going to see a
and gesture to movie. int the classic,
each other to flashback. sophisticated
sneak into the film with his
movie past the mom and dad
admission when in
counter. actuality he
snuck into a
disaster
 movie with
Cosmo
presumably
because of
the naughty
movie poster.
11 We see Don’s We return to a The shot This shot
(same expressive face as closeup on dissolves reestablishes
as he recounts his Don’s face. back to adult who is
shot 8) past with Cosmo Don’s face narrating the
and performance. outside of flashback.
the theatre,
implying we
have
traveled
back into
present
time.
12 We see various We start with an The shot We hear This shot
patrons of the establishing shot dissolves Don’s shows us Don
bar sitting grimly of the bar with back to a narration and Cosmo’s
in the smoky Don and Cosmo dingy bar over the continued
room as Don stage left, and where Don sound of a friendship
plays violin, the camera and Cosmo younger Don into
accompanying pushes in on are playing, and Cosmo adulthood
Cosmo’s piano them and moves implying playing and their
playing. to the right. another music in the unrecognized
jump back in flashback. talent.
time.
13 We see a sign Closeup on the The shot Don This shot
reading “Amateur sign. dissolves narrates, juxtaposes
Night”. into another lying about the content
scene in the his and of Don’s
flashback. Cosmo’s narration and
distinguished the
work as fine “amateur”
artists. nature of
their actual
work.
14 We see Don and Full body two Don narrates This scene
Cosmo shot of Don and about the further
performing a silly Cosmo onstage. refined juxtaposes
slapstick routine dignity of his Don’s
in clownish and Cosmo’s narration and
outfits before work over his actual
being pulled the silly past, giving us
offstage by two slapstick a three
canes. soundtrack dimensional
of their sense of the
amateur artifice
comedy involved in
routine. his public
Hollywood
persona.