MICRO - Limitless Analysis

"Micro"
- Cinematography
- Sound
- Mise-en-Scene
- Edit

'Citizen Kane' Camera Work:
Power?
Relationship?
Mother and son
Husband and wife
Lawyer
Mothers most important as she stays in the main shot
Tilted to show power
Man leaves shot
Silence falls
Emotional connection
Master shots
Main characters is centre shot
Man influences on mother
Boy is always visible
Steps in to scene to gain importance
Emotional connects to camera

Main Shots:
Low angle
Wide
Medium close up
Long shot

Say what you see:
Positioning in camera
Occupy more space
Relationship between people
Power can change, movement with characters

Analysis:
Woman's more important, has power
Blocking, whats being seen in the shot
Mum and dad, opposite sides of each other, oppose
Lawyer is between the parents,
Boy is always in middle of the shot, shows how he is stuck between

Limitless Bar Scene:
Setting: A bar

Characters: A dealer and a buyer

Costume: Dealer - Nice suit, drinking coffee
Buyer - Drinking beer, scruffy hair

The drug gives him more confidences, changes him completely, he starts working on something that would help him get a job, it's changed his personality, colour is bright to show he's starting again in life, everything's together it's neat, the setting changes, uses laptop to open a new chapter, costumes changed looks better, eyes are brighter

The term 'Blocking' is miss-en-scene

Analysis: 

At the start he was a loser, everything wasn't going for him. When he took a drug to open up more parts of the brain, his life changed and so did the film. The lighting was brighter to show him being confident, also his eyes brighten up to show different aspects in how the drug changed him. He's changed his appearance from scruffy homeless, to casual, somthing everyone does, he's taken off the look of a loser and now changed to someone who has meaning and more importance. His location in his home is now cleaner, it shows him changing for the better and helping him understand life more and starting a new. The framing is more focused on him as he is more opening in his performance. The way he stands shows how he's gained a lot, unlike when he was in the bar all hunched over and closed in.