Analysis of still shots- Die Hard - ISL 3

This close-up shows expressions from the characters face, this helps the audience understand how the character is taking the information that he has just been given. Framing is used in the shot, you can see that the majority of the shot is taken up by the characters face but there is still a large portion of the background showing, this helps the audience to get a sense of location and understand what type of location it is, e.g. urban, also it helps to telling whether is a dangerous location too. Composition is used in the shot as well, the characters face is very central to the shot, this suggests that it is the main object and also the background is out of focus. This immediately brings your eye to the in-focus character; this again supports that idea of the character being the main object. The camera shot is level suggesting that he is a conversation with another character, also that there is no dominance over one-another.