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Ocean's 11 Directed by Steven Soderbergh

The film I studied

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Danny Ocean one of the many main characters in this film has the best idea that he has ever imagined, he combines a team of eleven including Rusty Ryan, Linus Caldwell and Frank Cotton with the aim to target three of the biggest casino's in Los Vegas all of these casinos owned by one person they want to get revenge on, Terry Benedict. Its defiantly not going to be a easy operation as they plan to get the $150 million.

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The sequence I have chosen to look at is the scene where Brad Pitt (Rusty Ryan) and George Clooney (Danny Ocean) get the crew together and gather everyone that is going to be in the investigation. Rusty Ryan - The co leader of the group. One of the main characters.Danny Ocean - Founder of the group, had the original thought to get the group together and also helps get the other 9 people together.

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The scene i have chosen is when Rusty Ryan introduces all the people that are in the team. In this scene they are showing all the eleven characters that will be in Rusty and Danny’s scam of robbing all of Terry Benedict’s casino’s. A technique that is used for introducing the characters was a montage, the director used this technique to show the audience all the characters and there backgrounds in a limited amount of time, also what was used that creates the montage is music and sounds in the background and the characters talking showing there different personalities. For example there personalities were shown through the costumes and the places and things they are doing when showing the montage technique for instance rusty was introducing the Norman twins, when doing this there personalities came out by being jokey and witty to each other representing there role in the movie and what they like together; not just alone but around people as well.

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This show’s the audience what the meaning of the scene and everything around it, what it meant and how it was formed. In the scene this was very effective and showed a lot of meaning by showing all the characters and there purpose in the film this gave a wider idea to what the movie is about, the audience understood how effective these characters and this scene is to the movie. This relates to the wider world how everyone needs to work together if they want to be a good team or a group because in all teams if they aren't working together and do not have a leader then how are we all meant to function as a group.

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Two camera shots that were shown in the scene of the crew just after they have robbed Terry Benedict's casino’s was a tracking shot of the all characters showing the expressions on the crew’s face’s, this is a important camera movement to show what everyone thinks about what they have just accomplished and have just come to the realisation of what they just did. Another camera angle that was displayed in the scene was the mid to close-up shot of Tess and Danny Ocean to show that they have always been in love and meant to be together. This shot creates a new thought about the movie giving the idea about Tess and Danny being together again. This is a star turn in the movie and giving the audience the interesting twist of Tess “in love” with someone else but always been thinking of Danny to know they are back together an example of this is when Tess is running after Danny saying to the police “stop, stop that is my husband” that showing that she still loves him and wants to still be with him.

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In the scene where Rusty is introducing his crew the music that is being displayed is showing different emotions and personalities of the characters an example of this is when Danny Ocean is going to recruit Yen, the music heard reflects the personality, in this situation they are at a carnival the music that is playing at this time is joyful, happy and fun proving that he is that this is his type of personality. This proves that the director has used this on purpose to show how importantly music creates the character and the scene. The director does this to all the characters that are being introduced for the same reasons to every other person, there are different music’s and settings for each character showing everyone is different in there own way. This is effective for the audience showing all the introductions of the characters and there different styles and music to go with it. This also relates to our own world proving that different personalities and people listen to different types of music's and genres an example of this may be when I am studying i might listen to softer and calmer music where if i was at a party or with friends i would listen to more upbeat or cooler music.

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In the movie ocean’s eleven the scene where Rusty has just picked up Danny from the prison for the second time there costumes that they are wearing are very important to the movie and show the status and class they are in even when in and leaving a prison. Rusty who is picking up Danny from the prison has rocked up in his old fashioned car even after having a share of 150million showing that he his a old fashioned guy and likes his way and his stuff, the costume that he is wearing in the scene is a suit. The way he walks up to the prison is like he has done nothing wrong and thinks he is all that, which in the movie he is, the costume in the film represents a high status of importance its not the norm for someone walking around the streets at mid-day wearing a full suit and looking super snazzy at this time of the day. The director has used Rusty in this way to show that he is the one of two main characters in the film and shows he needs to be respected. Another costume demonstrated in this film is Tess’s costume in the scene Tess was waiting in the car for Danny her husband, while waiting in the car for Danny she was wearing a long red good looking dress, this represented that she wanted to look good for Danny and had missed him a lot. The dress that she is wearing in the scene is red this could symbolise the love she has for Danny.

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Tess in the film has always loved Danny but didn’t want to be with him because he had stolen something, now she has changed her mind and wanted to stay with him. Her costume has represented love and compassion towards her husband and shows that she still respects him and wants to be with him and the audience can see this through what they are wearing. This can relate to our own personalities and worlds through the cloths we wear to different occasions e.g. If i went to a wedding i would wear a classy suit where if i was hanging out with my friends i would wear a top and shorts so i can through a rugby ball around.

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In the scene where they are all planning how they are going to rob the three casinos the main idea in this extract is team work. In this scene all 11 of the crew are in a big room discussing and listening to Danny and Rusty’s scam to see how they are going to accomplish there robbery.

A technique in this scene that was used was close ups, in this particular scene where all the character’s are surprised and shocked on how and why they are going to rob this casino’s trying to understand why us? And what's going on? The director has used this technique to show the audience what the characters are thinking about this and how they are going to achieve it.

An example of this is when Saul questions Rusty and Danny ”if we get through all the security and through the doors how are we going to just leave the casino with 150 million dollars?” at this particular time the director uses a close up to show his reactions and that he is also representing the group’s thoughts by being one of the wisest people in the group.

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From this technique the audience learns the purpose of why they are now going to rob the casino this also shows the reactions and why the people in the crew want to do this and why they are so surprised on how they are going to do it. This effects the audience through now they know what's happening and it causes a little twist in the story and the audience thinking oh no what going to happen are they going to success or not. The team work theme is very important in this scene and over the whole movie because without they 11 members in the team how will they succeed to do what they need to do. All the team members have a job to do that why its so important that in a team the people should all work together and help eachother.

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In the opening where Danny Ocean is sitting down talking to the jail operator room lady and a man interviewing him. They are asking questions about what he is going to do after he leaves prison and what is his approach to life after he leaves. The lighting in this scene is really important to the movie showing what type of person Danny Ocean is it reveals him as mysterious and intelligent as we do not know him as a character yet. The lighting is quite dark and doom and gives the emotion that Danny can be quite clever and dark in a way. The only source of light is a beam of the sunlight coming onto Danny from a window maybe showing that he has light in him and proving that he isn’t a bad person just wants to get revenge on someone and foe a good reason. The atmosphere around him seems very serious and gives away a hint of Danny's personality as a person that will be demonstrated more in the movie an example of this may be that doesn't care that he is in prison and very chill about the situation. The director shows this as a hint to the audience on how the movie is going to go and how he will react to the situation of being out of prison.