The
first shot shows a man sleeping in an outdoors environment. We can tell he is
sleeping outdoors because of the diegetic sounds of the crickets. There is also
non-diegetic music playing in the background. We can’t
hear it immediately at the start but the music gets louder and louder which
suggests that something exciting or energetic is going to happen.
In
the next shot we see the camera dolly towards two doors and when the camera
gets close to them, the doors suddenly swing open and a mountain bicker cycles
down from above. Within this shot we also see the location of this scene –
which seems like a large dessert. These denotations of the dessert and a rocky
place imply that the movie will contain adventure as the movie takes us to
locations that we would not see every day.
The
next few shots are aerial shots, probably taken from a helicopter or a drone,
and these shots truck to the right while keeping the cyclist in shot or move
directly forward and have the cyclist character cycle past the camera. The
lighting in these shots is well lit and uses a high key lighting which connotes
hot weather. There are also a lot of orange/yellow colours used in these shots
which also connote warmth.
Later
on we see a medium shot of the character cycling towards the camera. We can
also see that he is wearing a t-shirt, shorts, a bandanna around his face,
sunglasses and a cap. His clothing suggests that he is in a hot location and
the face mask and sunglasses suggests that it is a very sandy and dusty
environment. Throughout these shots the non-diegetic music is still playing in
the background. This music has a fast beat and pace to it - making the scenes
livelier as the character cycles around. During some shots when the camera gets
close to the biker, we can hear the diegetic sound of the bike.
In
the next few shots we see the editing technique eyeline match being used. After
the biker stops, he goes to turn on his camera, and as he does so, we get a
close up shot of him turning on the camera.
Then in the shot after, we are shown a low angled shot if the camcorder.
The first line of dialogue he says is “Blue John Canyon” – indicating to the
audience that this is where these scenes take place. After, he says he is “four
and a half hours till The Big Drop Rappel” and he aims to take 45 minutes off
of that. This shows that he is the type of character that is very active and
physical. When the character starts to speak, the non-diegetic music in the
background decreases in volume and after he finishes speaking, the music
suddenly gets louder. The next several shots are long, medium and low angle
shots of the character cycling.
In
these shots we can see that he as cycled over a bump and is about to fall over
on his bike. The other shot is a low angles shot and is shows the mountain
biker crash into the camera. This gives the illusion that he is about to crash
into the audience as he is quickly coming towards the screen. At this point,
the music in the background stops and we can hear the groaning of the cyclist
with a medium shot of him lying on the floor.
Then
is this shot we see a canted angle shot of the guy on the floor, as he removes
something from his pocket. At this point we expect him to maybe for help but
instead he takes out a camera and takes a picture of himself. The shot then changes
to a pov shot of the camera that the guy was holding would have seem. This indicates
to the audience that this character is the type of person that that will carry
on with any situation no matter what is happening - even is he is hurt. Mise en scène could be analysed here as one of the props in the
guy has was a small camera/camcorder.
