CASE STUDY 2 "BREAKING BAD" SEASON 4, EPISODE 12 "FACE OFF"

CASE STUDY 2 "BREAKING BAD" SEASON 4, EPISODE 12 "FACE OFF"

SINGLE CAMERA USE 

 

 

 

Breaking Bad is a AMC T.V series which has won many awards for it's single-camera productions and in this season/episode (Season 4, Episode 12) it perfectly shows the depth and shots single camera can bring to a filmed production. Here are some examples of the shots used...

 

EXAMPLES OF SHOTS USED

TRACKING SHOT  (DOLLY SHOT)

Halfway through the episode a"Tracking" shot is used as the hetchmen's car pulls in and it stays on him as he looks at the building from a distance. This is effective in the way that the audence do not know why he is there until he eneters the building.

DEPTH OF FIELD

In a "Depth of Field" shot 3 characters are seen within one shot and one character is in "Foreground" while another may be in the "BACKGROUND" this used to great affect in "Breaking Bad" as when Gus enters the room to see Uncle Ring/Ding, Gus is seen in the "Background" mostly blurred out and Uncle Ring/Ding (Hector) is on the "foreground" and is more focused then Gus. This is so you can see Hector's emotions, Gus's hetchmens left arm can only be seen in this shot but he is still in the "Foreground".

OVER THE SHOULDER

During the scene where Gus is in the room with Hector an over the shoulder shot is used to show the diffrent emotions that are being shown in this scene. The picture seen on the right is an example of a "Over the Shoulder" shot being used in the scene, the "Over the Shoulder" shot cuts to Hector as he refuses to look Gus in the eyes as he is his rival in the trade.


180 SHOT

In prehaps what is consided to be one of the most shocking scenes in Breaking Bad, Hector has a bomb scraped to his wheelchair and when he rings the bell he along with Gus and his hetchmen are all killed.