Raging Bull

Shot One – The camera peers on an angle tilted toward the sky as we view children looking down at the public pool from a roof top.

Shot Two – The camera pans down the side of the building and we see two boys jump into the pool from a ledge on the side of the building.

Shot Three – A cut to Jake as he is ordering a coke at a hot dog stand.

Shot Four – Cut to the men Vicki is sitting with poolside.

Shot Five – Pan to a close-up of Vicki in her chair.

Shot Six – Cut to Jake and his brother Joey sitting at a table drinking the cokes. During this exchange the camera cuts to each actor during their lines and there is also a cut in the middle of their exchange to the guy sitting with Vicki Jake most resents

Shot Seven – Cut to the men sitting with Vicki as they talk about Jake.

Shot Nine – A cut back to Vicki now sitting poolside and sunning herself. The camera pans in for a close up.

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l behind them adds three-dimension to an otherwise two-dimensional medium as well as creating fluidity so as make the environment seem non-static. Where the viewer is concerned, the film attempts to direct our response to or make us empathize with Jake in this scene. It is from his perspective the action unfolds and we are to be as tempted by the close-ups of Vicki, glistening with suntan oil and shimmering as the water in the pool, as Jake becomes. From Jake’s perspective we understand his resentment of the “big shots” who seem to have a claim on this young teenager. We also understand why even though he is married he might be tempted by such a vision as Vicki. Nonetheless, this scene reveals many character aspects of Jake’s personality, ones that make him unable to find inner peace and happiness despite his boxing talents and eventual marriage to Vicki. The use of dialogue is relied upon to reveal this character since very little actions occurs in this scene per se. For example, the first shot we cut to of Jake occurs when he is ordering a Coke from the hot dog stand. Foreshadowing his eventual decline and symptomatic of his character, we see him be impatient over how long it takes his Coke to reach him as he says in a
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Approximate Word count = 1472
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page)

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