Technical Analysis of Snatch

XCU- of back of unknown characters head PEDS UP TO
MS- of character #1 and character #2- voice over CUTS TO
CU- of character #1’s face- his voice over CUTS TO
CU- of character #2’s face- making weird facial expressions- voice over CUTS BACK TO
CU- of character #1’s face- looking around- still his voice over CUTS TO
MS- of character #1 playing with ear and character #2 looking around CUTS TO
CU- of character #2’s face- still looking around- still voice over CUTS TO
CU- of character #1- looking around- still voice over, but sighs over the top

From doing a technical analysis of the opening of the film ‘Snatch’ I have found out that there does not need to be a large amount of shots, and also not a wide range of different shots. Within this opening sequence only 3 different shots are used with two being used on a number of occasions. Overall there are only 8 shots in this opening sequence of ‘Snatch’. There is no actual dialogue between characters but a voice over of character #1 is running over the top of the shots all the way through this opening sequence. By using the XCU and just showing the back of an unknown characters head it creates mystery and an enigma as the viewer does not know who this character is. By using MS it enables the viewer to see the whole upper body of the characters and then the viewer can use this to create an image of these characters by looking at them and their clothes. CU shots are used in this opening sequence to show the characters facial expressions which also help the viewer to create this image of the characters.