Analysis of still shots - Die Hard - ISL 3

This is a long shot showing a helicopter shooting into the building, this creates suspense and tension for the audience because it looks dangerous and they don’t know what will happen. Framing is used in the shot, the audience can see the helicopter and the building its shooting at but you can’t see any other buildings so you don’t get a sense of height or scale of the damage done but the guns. Composition is also used in the shot, the main centre image or object is the gun fire coming out of the barrel, that what the audience’s eye would be draw to also the helicopter and the smoke under it is equally as important. It’s a level shot so you don’t get a dominant or weaker force but the audience could tell who has the advantage.