Blog Entry #6

This scene is chaotic as missiles close on Mrs. Incredible and her two children Violet and Dash. Being an animation, this movie does need to strictly follow the rules of cinematography as live action. The 180 rule is not followed, instead these five shots bounce back from two different lines of action. The first shot is a horizontal view of the plane and missiles in flight, then a second line of action is introduced in the second shot that is perpendicular to the first which shows Mrs. Incredible straight ahead. It then cuts back to the original line of action of missels closing in followed by a shot of the second line of action with violet trying to cast a force field. The fifth shot is a reversal look of second line of action which shows Mrs. Incredible's view of the rader of the missels closing in. The rule of thirds is followed as the missiles, plane, violet and and Mrs. Incredible seem to moving to the points of interest. The plane is moving but stays within the same section of the frame. You can only see one missile clearly and it moves around the frame bouncing from the thirds intersections. Mrs. Incredible sweeps her head into the right hand of the frame, and Violet is seen off centered creating a more dramatic shot.  The 30 rule is not followed as each shot is a new subject matter and only the shot of the missiles closing in is the repeated shot. The two shots of the missiles are clearly just a continuation of the same animation so the visible missile doesn't change size from the end of the first shot to the beginning of the third. and The director broke these rules to enhance the chaos and stress of the scene. The one line of actions shows the danger while the second line of actions shows who is in danger.