The Place beyond the pines

The Place beyond the pines

 

 

The entirety of the clip maintains a high-key lighting although this does not always correspond with the mood of the scene leaving it up for the interpretation of the viewer, The clip starts with a fairground in frame, it is displayed to us through the usage of a longshot which establishes the setting as we see the man drive in on his motorbike, during this time we hear examples of diegetic sound as you can hear fairground sounds such as children screaming and the fairground rides on top of that we begin to hear some dialogue even before we are visually introduced to the character who is speaking, this might be used to build up tension in order to reveal the protagonsit. Suddenly the frame switches to the inside of a building where we can finally see the character who are conversing which are displayed to use via a medium shot which shows the entirety of the characters head and shoulders in focus as well as a out of focus background which appears to be an old office which several features of mise-en-scene such as the posters and notices. During the conversation we see a habit of hearing the audio of the character before the camera cuts to the character speaking, this enables us to see the reaction of the person being spoken to as opposed to the person actually speaking, with the cut to the speaking character happening one or two seconds later finally revealing the protagonist of the clip which we can evaluate due to features of mise-en-scene such as the cigarettes and the face tattoo which may give us a insight on the character and what type of person he may be. In the remainder of the scene we see the character stay in frame regardless of if he is speaking or not, then the clip does a quick cut to an elevated view of the protagonist parking his bike in a neighbourhood, in this setting we are able to hear example of diegetic sound such as birds tweeting. Furthermore due to the high up camera angle we are looking down on the character this may be important as he has just quit his job because he was not being paid enough which can indicate the directors intentions of us to feel empathy for the character which explains why we are looking down on him in this scene, the minor longshot in this scene also enables us to take a look at the character which appears to be wearing all white, as the scene cuts to a behind angle of the protagonist we are introduced to a medium shot in which we can see the character more clearly, from this angle we see the character appear as scruffy as he has a ripped t-shit and is wearing it inside out as seen by the tag on the outside of the shirt, as well as the plethora of tattoos the character possesses. As the female character is introduced on scene we hear some dialogue but the director chooses to focus on the female characters reaction throughout the start of the dialogue leaving the protagonists back facing the camera, later on in the scene we see another character get introduced into the scene, using features of mise-en-scene we are able to assume the second man is in a better economical position due to his clothing and car, this might further escalate the story and may explain the starting scene which shows the protagonist quitting his job, this creates tension as we see what we assume to be the protagonist's ex-girlfriend and child and it seems that they are now living with the second man who appears to be in a better position than the protagonist. The scene changes to the interior of the church which shows a longshot of the walkway to the altar where a group of character are seen. During the church scene we hear audio which may or may not be diegetic as the music does fit a church theme but it is not clear if it part of the scene or it has been added in during editing. Further on we see the protagonist walk into frame putting him in focus and the group on the altar out of focus, as the camera flips towards him displaying a medium shot of his upper body which shows his face displaying his emotions as sad, worried etc, The remainder of the scene just displays the baby being baptised and concludes with a cut to a close up of the  protagonist's face which furthermore displays his emotions due to his tears as well as a very out of focus background which due to the lighting displays a lens flare type of effect.