Analysing the opening two minutes of 'Catch me if you can.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2MQ26iHyvE&feature=player_embedded#!

• Starting from 03:34 minutes, the first camera shot is a mid shot of one of the contestants of the quiz show. This is effective as you get an insight into who is one of the main characters, and what the story of the film is based on and what the characters facial expressions and looks are. By the main characters being Leonardo Decaprio and Tom Hanks, it gives the film a wide audience base as these actors are very popular among a wide variety of people. You can also tell the quiz show is quite old fashioned by the fake, bright, over exposed colours.

• This shot at 04:00 is a long shot, which is appropriate in the sense that by this point, the characters do need to be introduced, and the long shot then shows the audience them in full, and what they all look like, and the differences between them. By panning from contestant's it repeats what you have seen, this then makes it easier for you to familiarise with them and who they are.

•  At 04:44 the close up shot shows detail of the man's face and means the audience knows who he is. The over the shoulder shot means that you know who he is talking to and you can see his facial expressions and see how what he is saying is coming across throughout the scene.
  
  
  
• At 04:57 there is an 'over the shoulder shot.' What's different is that it is almost doubled as you're looking over two sets of shoulders to get to the subject. The over the shoulder shot creates conflict between the people and by looking over two people it strengthens this and creates even more conflict and questioning to the audience about what is so bad that they have to be disagreeing.
  
  
  
  
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    The location switches from the quiz show to men in a street arguing/disagreeing. As the scene cuts to the rain, the audience are informed that the setting is now in France, so the audience are intrigued as to why they are there. The prison cells then show that they are located at a prison. Looking through the spy hole makes the person look vulnerable and by switching from a quiz show to a rainy prison, it makes the audience wonder what happened and what is going to happen.