Minority Report shot analysis

I had to analyze shot 21. In the shot Lana is helping Burgess straighten his tie before the banquet. She is talking to him about the information she and John got from Agatha. This shot is a medium close shot focusing on Burgess, causing us to focus on his facial expressions. We see Burgess with a down cast face, almost as if he is feeling regret or guilt. We  can take character traits from him by the way he is lit - the light is coming from the window to his left and casting half his face in shadow. In film, when someone is half cast in shadow, this mean that they are not an entirely good person. It is foreshadow to the fact that they have a darker side and will act upon it in the future. The juxtaposition of Burgess' black clothes to Lana's white clothes can also show this dark side. But the framing could show the vulnerability of Burgess: although his face is the only we we see completely, Lana is standing above him and helping him with his tie, putting her in an assumed place of power in the moment. As for the depth of field, everything in the shot is in focus. All the luxury that Burgess was able to indulge in because of Precrime can be seen, even though we can see by his face that it is sometimes a burden.

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