Individual Analysis:Ocean's Eleven (2001)

Titles

00.00.03 – 00.00.16: Distribution company animatic appears at start of film “Warner Bros. Pictures”

00.00.17 – 00.00.29: Productions company animatic appears on the screen “Village Roadshow Pictures”

Miss-en Scene

00.00.33 – 00.01.44: We see an empty room with nothing but a wooden chair in the middle, built into the room we see an industrial size fan and a two door opening window

00.00.40 – 00.01.44: We see only what can be described as a middle aged man wearing a large beige boiler suit.

00.01.45 – 00.01.49: We see only what can be described as a quite empty prison corridor, within the corridor we see steel cage gates and plain yellowish walls. In the background we see a straight up stair case with no one on it. The human life we see is the main character being escorted by prison guards wearing a navy blue shirt as well as navy blue trousers and black shoes. On the pocket of the shirt we see a walkie talkie on the guard escorting the character.

00.01.50 - 00.01.55: We can see steel caging walls, with two guards and another convict in the beige boiler suit in the very background.

00.01.56 – 00.02.00: We see a beige stamped envelope containing a gold diamond ring.

Sound

00.00.03 – 00.00.19: We hear an echo background noise of what appears as prison guards speaking and loud footsteps taking place

00.00.20 – 00.00.25: We hear a male shouting or talking very loudly

00.00.30 – 00.00.40: We hear a return of footsteps and but this time they’re more softer

00.00.42 – 00.01.12: We hear dialog between a women and the character. (Voice echo)

00.01.13 – 00.01.39: Conversations between the character in the chair and the unseen women still taking place, and now an unseen male joins in (Voice echo)

00.01.40 – 00.02.00: Cheerful casino like music comes into place. This lasts for 20 seconds

Camera Work

00.00.31 – 00.01.33: A medium long shot is used as the master shot

00.01.34 – 00.01.43: Close up is used on the character face

00.01.44 – 00.01.49: Medium long shot is used on character walking with prison guard

00.01.50 – 00.01.57: Moving subject walks into space shot is used

00.01.58 -00.02.00: Match-on-action used on envelop and ring