Forrest+Anderson

media type="youtube" key="GcS4Dc3YfLQ" height="390" width="640" This clip includes many interesting shots. The video starts with a Birdseye view of the police station, which emphasizes the protagonist, Ethan's feeling of confusion and feeling of detachment. While Ethan and the cop, lieutenant Blake are talking you can see leading lines behind the cop through the lights, and the file cabinets. The shots consist of close ups, over the shoulder a wide shot and 'two shots'. A very unique shot in the video is when Ethan turns his back on his wife. The shot is an over the shoulder only instead of showing the back of the head, the character's face is shown. The technique of key light is used when Ethan is talking to his ex-wife. The light is shining on their faces, but not on the rest of their body. This effect casts shadows on their faces when they turn their heads in an angle. The editing in this scene at the point Ethan's ex-wife is crying includes slow cuts. The camera does not change angles often at this point, doing this allows the viewer to get more insight into the feelings and facial expressions of the character (not that the facial expressions are too great in video games). Background noise is used because you can hear phones ringing, random people talking, and pencils writing. Also at the end the Heavy Rain Theme starts playing, enforcing the feeling of sadness and despair in Ethan and his ex-wife.

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In contrast to the previous scene, where Jason gets run over by a car (which you may or may not have watched) which was bright (and colorful and used the same style as the show, 24 in which the overall picture is divided into various shots which show different perspectives at the same time). The final shot of that scene is the camera panning up following the balloon, which perhaps symbolizes how Jason is leaving his parents/AKA dying ( O.o )

The color scheme in the following scene is dark and gray. The music fits the mood as it is slow and dreary. The instrument playing the music is the piano, which is perfect for sad songs. As the video plays, the names of the creators of the game appear in the scenery (a la Panic room, which does the same thing). Towards the end, the shots change about every three notes the piano plays. For the title itself, in the shot of the apartments the camera pans up and reveals the title - Heavy Rain. *Note - the title is able to seen better in other videos. Some interesting shots in this include... 1. A kid hoping down the street which goes right by the camera and splatters water on the lens. 2. Zoom in on people's faces positioned on the right or left side of the screen. 3. The final shot as the camera pans upward. As the camera is being pointed up, the smoke stacks become less and less visible, and rain accumulates on the lens once again as the screen fades to white.

=Lighting:=

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This is a very interesting example of lighting. The beginning starts with the protagonist, Ethan, walking down a blood-red hallway. At the end of the hallway appears a room that is almost entirely white. These two colors contrast, and don't allow the viewer to be very comfortable with the surrounding (color wise). As Ethan approaches the room you can see the white reflect on the floor, breaking the barrier of the two colored rooms, creating more of a blend then two solid colors. All of a sudden the shot cuts, having the camera inside the white room. This gives a striking contrast to the red and doesn't allow the viewer's eyes to adjust. They do this in a way to give the contrasting colors but eliminate the effect of confusion on the views part from being in a completely different environment.

=The cool lighting starts at **4:28**= media type="youtube" key="yafJUZug-bw" height="390" width="640" The color scheme here is browns and yellows. Candle's are played around the room to give lighting to certain parts of the room. The windows are blocked out with only a little light still getting through the window. This adds to the dirty yellowish coloring, and it adds a good effect as they flicker. When the second detective walks farther into the room the angle changes to give a better view of the table and a bookcase with a picture of Jesus on it. The table is illuminated so that the shadows are cast by the glass of milk, the dish, and down the pages of the Bible.

At 4:28, when the guy walks into the apartment, a very good example of key lighting is used. The left side of his face is mostly visible, while the right side of his face is very dark. As he walks forward his face goes completly dark as he steps out of the light, until he takes another step, which lights his forehead