Minority Report

Sometimes, in order to see the light, you have to risk the dark. 

Minority Report is a Sci-Fi movie, from 2002. It was directed by Steven Spielberg.
This movie is about a society where there is a system that can predict crimes before they happen. The plot of the movie starts when one of the agents of the pre-crime unit finds himself accused of committing a murder.

On this blog I will break down how the director used the different camera angles and sounds to construct the film. I am also going to show a clip of the movie and explain how the director used the angle shots and the sound to give life to the scene.

In this scene the director used eye level  shot when the robots were looking for John (Tom Cruise). This makes you part of that moment, it gives you the chance to look at everything from the same angle as the robots are. At the same time these little guys are running around there is an intense music playing on the background, it makes everything more exciting,and it gets you involved in what is happening.

Later on high angle shot is used to show how John is getting into the tub, and at the same time the music is still playing, creating suspense. High shots make the subject look weaker, and it's true, because at this point John is trying to hide from the agents that are trying to find him.

They also used P.O.V shot or over the shoulder, this shows a different prospective, and makes the scene more interesting.

Extreme close up was used to focus the attention on the bubble of air that popped. This was a very intense scene, because that little bubble was the one that caused John to get caught by the robots.

Close up shot was also used when the robots scanned Johns eye, they didn't use the extreme close up because they wanted you to see the eye but also the face emotion of the actor when all this was happening.

Another technique they use on this scene (and along the movie too) is the quick scene changes, they show a little bit of one and then change to the other. They do this to create suspense, and make people curious about what is happening on the movie. For example this scene shows how the robots are attacking John, and all of a sudden they show the cops running on the halls trying to find John, but while this scene is playing you are still wondering what is happening with John and the robots. They do this to once again create suspense and get people "hooked" on the movie.

Technology 
"Sci-fi movies always try to push the envelope in terms of technology"
On this movie they show a big variety of new technology, some we have today and others we don't.

Examples!

These cars! We don't have them right now, I wonder if someday we'll though. 

If you look at this picture most likely you'll say we don't have this kind of technology, but if you think about it we do. Touch-screens are very popular now days, we use them quite often, on our phones, Ipads, tablets, and some computers have them as well. 

Often Sci-Fi movies will show technology that will be recreated later on, and once it's recreated people will be even more excited about it because they already saw it before on some awesome movie like Minority Report. 

I liked this movie quite a lot, you have to pay really close attention to what is going on, otherwise it'll get a little bit confusing as you watch. Every single little detail matters on this movie.