Blog #6

The scene that I choose in blog three is a minute and thirty-six second scene when Forrest is talking to an African American lady at a bus stop. This scene is when the infamous life is like a box of chocolate quote occurs. Looking at what I had to do for the assignment and this scene though was a little tough to do. This scene is one constant push and a slow ped down from an extreme wide angle shot to a close up of Forrest. The director though does follow the rules that we learned in class though.

First looking at the 180 degree rule the director does follow this rule. Even though that it is one constant push the director makes a set line from the opening scene and never crosses it or breaks the line.  Which shows that he followed the 180-degree rule properly.

The rule of thirds was also followed properly by the director in this scene. From the beginning of the push and ped to the end the director keeps the rule of thirds used in its entirety. The director keeps what the eye is most attracted to at its proper places on the screen the entire time.

Well since this scene was one constant push and ped from an extreme wide angle to a close up on the main character the 30 rule including both 30% or 30 degree rule wasn’t really in effect in this scene. I’m not saying that he broke it or didn’t follow it, but since the scene had no cuts or different camera angles the 30 rule was never used.

Looking over all three of the rules the director did a great job following them. Even though the scene didn’t really need to use the rules because it was one constant push and ped the director still followed the rules well.