A TV is playing, Marilyn lovell turns the volume up on the controller. She chews her lips with her hands folded tightly. Her eyes are fixed on the television. She looks calm with a straight face.
1. ANGLE -- Marilyn. Eye-line match/POV shot of the television
Jim comes on the television screen. Camera watches for a few seconds. Jim stands tall and looks confident and calm. [Diegetic sound of Jim talking in the background. His voice is level.]
1. ANGLE -- Long Shot of Marilyn with NASA man blurred in the background. Rack focus. Marilyn’s face visibly relaxes as Jim comes on the screen, she smiles analyzing Jim’s face, seemingly reassured that Jim looks happy with the mission.
The audience first only sees Marilyn's reaction and have to infer what she is looking at. The eye line match then provides context for what she is seeing. The rack focus emphasizes the reaction of Marilyn and then the NASA officer as they watch the TV. It is ironic when seeing Jim on TV she is reassured of his safety when in fact something will go terribly wrong.
1. ANGLE -- Pans to medium eye level shot between Marilyn and NASA officer. [NASA officer. Badge says Public Affairs.] “Almost halfway over.”
[Shot/reverse shot] [Marilyn,smiling, genuinely] “I am looking forward …show more content…
Audience is aware of scene switch, Lousma is introduced as someone in charge, the low angle helps to show this and also that he is leading a team with specific jobs. The subjective focalization zoom on the list lets the audience see what Lousma is seeing. This helps the audience get a sense of the different astronauts and also briefly see jobs that are taking place on this mission. It also helps to demonstrate how many people are necessary for this mission and how critical everyone’s roles can be, with lives on the