JR 6245: Technical Analysis

I Am Legend

Camera	Duration	Mise-en-scene
The scene opens with a still shot, an establishing shot of the city from the perspective of facing down one street.	6 seconds	The street has been intruded by wildlife like plants and greenery sprouting, to connote that there is no longer maintenance. Also there are some birds flying around, tweeting.
Birds-eye view shot over the city streets, gliding through the air as if the movement of a bird, directly above one straight street in which the protagonist enters the shot by driving up the street, up the screen exactly vertical.	13 seconds	It is again very quiet, there is no movement other that the camera itself and the single car driving. Everything else is deadly still however there are still many objects in place, set design, cars and buildings all around.
Camera cuts to close-up of gun then the protagonist picks the weapon up and as he does so the camera pans up to follow his movement but as he lays the gun in his lap the camera continues to pan, as to view his face.	6 seconds	He is wearing normal clothes, a thin jacket as the weather looks quite mild. The inside of the car, similar to the outside, is very clean.
Camera positioned behind the car as it accelerates, camera retains the same distance from the car as it moves.	2 seconds	The car appears to intrude on a flock of birds, crows. As the car speeds up the birds are alarmed and squawk as they simultaneously flee the path of the car. This reinforces the quietness of the scene, the amount of birds feel safe enough to land on a road.