Camera Analysis of 'Pi' clip

pi subway scene clip

We see a man in the underground take some pills. Seconds later he becomes nervous, that then changes into his unbearable state, at which point he starts banging his head into the wall. We then see a smartly dressed man wearing a bowl hat and leather gloves, as the camera tracks down his body we notice blood we notice blood is dripping off the bottom of his gloves. Concerned, our narrative character runs across to the platform where he saw the man standing. He is nowhere to be seen yet a trail of blood leads us and our character to a brain on the floor. There is a look of disgust on our narrative characters face yet not a look of shock. As he pokes the brain with his pen the music becomes faster creating tension and a train heads down the platform towards him.

Camera analysis- Extreme close up shots shows us he's taking subscribed legal pills suggesting a mental illness. A wide shot shows us his anxiety through body actions. followed by a close up of his hands to show us he's scared or nervous. An extreme close up jumps towards his face to show the point our character has been hit. Tilted vision that is moving gives us a feeling he has and he can't see straight. The camera is at eye level and every time he jolts his head the camera moves to the side. A hand held camera shows us a restricted view of a smartly dressed character adding mystery to the scene. We cannot see what this man is looking at. The camera quickly flickers back to our main character and then back towards the mysterious man. At first we have a close up of his gloved hand and the camera follows the blood onto the floor (Tracking ). There is a tracking, close-up. at head level that follows our character over the stairs, rocking as he does. We see through the main characters eyes as he approaches (characters point of view) the stairs. It then switches between a tracking close up of his face and a view looking through his eyes as he approaches the blood on the floor and following it to the brain. This rotates with the wide shot of him approaching the camera (brain). Close up of his brain. Medium/close up of characters head as he bends down to poke brain. He quickly turns around and the camera changes from a close up to a wide shot from behind him. Shot returns to medium/ close up. A repeat of he previous 10 seconds happens but we catch a glimpse of the train. We see him from the trains point of view as the train kills him.