Analysis of Arrow

In todays article, I am going to analyse Arrow: 7x5 ´My Name is Oliver Queen`

What is Arrow?

Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow. (Creators) Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg. (Stars) Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, David Ramsey.

Camara shots and angles

(1) The fisrt shot of the scene takes part in a special hospital for prisioners and is a medium close up (half way between a close up and a mid shot).

(2) Then we have a over-the-shoulder shot (used when shooting conversation between two people, speaker´s full face is shown while camera is aimed over the shoulder of the listener) between Arrow and the Doctor of the hospital.

(3) After that we have a nobody shot that consits of one person that is alone in the scene and is reacting to the arguments of arrow.

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Camera movement

(1) The first camera movement that we can see is reverse-zoom in the minute 0:06/0:12.

(2) After that we have a zoom in the minute 0:54/1:02.

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Editing techniques

The unique editing technique that appears in the scene is shot/reverse shot and shows the dialogue that arrow and the doctor have, the shot/reverse shot start in the minute (1) 0:44 and finish in the minute (2) 1:17, also in the minute 0:55 we have a over-the-shoulder shot (camera shot) in the middle of the shot/reverse shot.

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