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Shot Analysis of First five shots of "Shakespeare In Love"
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Shot Analysis of "Shakespeare in Love" Shot 1: Black Screen Title 1: "LONDON 1593" Title 2: "In the glory days of the Elizabethan theatre, two playhouses were fighting it out for writers and audiences." Low angle, long shot of blue sky, some clouds visible: craning down and panning rightwards. Title 3: "North of the city was the Curtain theatre home to England's most famous actor, Richard Burbidge." Camera continues craning down and panning right, we see the roof and then interior of a theatre. As the building comes into shot, the length of shot is now medium, but does not change for the rest of shot (no zooming, or tracking in) Title 4: "Across the river was the competition, built by Philip Henslowe, a businessman with a cash flow problem." Title 5: "...the rose" The titles appear over the top of shot as the camera continues craning down and panning right. There is no particular focus on the foreground or middleground allowing us to see the whole interior of the theatre in focus. Clothes are draped over the rafters and blowing in the wind. Leaves float upwards. We see the stage with various props come in to view and a coat blows in the wind as the camera passes. 3 doorways at the back of stage suggest offscreen areas yet to be revelaed. Stairs lead off at the right where the camera pans to a manuscript not yet readable lying on the dirt floor. The camera idles for a moment with a down view of the manuscript which moves in the wind as the shot dissolves. Shot one establishes an inferred role of this stage in the narrative. Lighting: Soft natural environmental light (from the sun as the building has an open design). The earthy browns and grey tonality of the building and ground give a nostalgic feel for sixteenth century England.
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