Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is significantly different from Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction, in that it tends to follow traditional thriller archetypes.
The first two minutes are filmed at three locations. The images are below.
In location 1, the shots are fairly slow, with most shots being at medium to long range. It is another conversation between two characters, and this is what you would expect. The area around them heavily implies a research fanatic, very likely a spy. The lighting is dark but warm, the body language is not too relaxed, and the speech is formal. There's very little in sound aside from their dialogue and some diegetic music coming from a record off-screen (which quickly stops). All of these aspects create a sense of unease and discomfort.
In location two, the first thing we hear is some non-diegetic music. It is fairly dainty, a little sad, and quite mysterious. We see a tracking shot that moves from a view of Budapest, to some children on a bridge, with the first half of the shot in the background. The city itself is bright, if a bit grey, and the bridge is rather dark, with an almost monochrome colour scheme. We still do not really know what is going on. The narrator, the old man in the first shot (on the right), is talking, but we still do not know exactly what he needs the younger man to do. This is all in one long shot.
Finally, in location 3, the cuts become slightly faster, and the music picks up a little bit. We can see from the cars and costumes that this is unlikely to be set in the present day. The cars look as old as 1950, and the costumes vary from looking slightly younger to slightly older. The lighting is also the brightest out of all the shots, and the most colourful too. It still looks dreary and a bit wet, which could connote the mood. We still hear the commentary and the music.
So far, from these three locations with their aspects of editing, mise-en-scene, camera work and sound, we can get an idea of the location (Budapest, from the old man's commentary), the time period (mid 1900s) and the job involved (some form of espionage, again from the commentary).
The first two minutes are filmed at three locations. The images are below.
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| Location 1: Man's house |
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| Location 3: Street in Budapest |
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| Location 2: Somewhere in Budapest |
In location 1, the shots are fairly slow, with most shots being at medium to long range. It is another conversation between two characters, and this is what you would expect. The area around them heavily implies a research fanatic, very likely a spy. The lighting is dark but warm, the body language is not too relaxed, and the speech is formal. There's very little in sound aside from their dialogue and some diegetic music coming from a record off-screen (which quickly stops). All of these aspects create a sense of unease and discomfort.
In location two, the first thing we hear is some non-diegetic music. It is fairly dainty, a little sad, and quite mysterious. We see a tracking shot that moves from a view of Budapest, to some children on a bridge, with the first half of the shot in the background. The city itself is bright, if a bit grey, and the bridge is rather dark, with an almost monochrome colour scheme. We still do not really know what is going on. The narrator, the old man in the first shot (on the right), is talking, but we still do not know exactly what he needs the younger man to do. This is all in one long shot.
Finally, in location 3, the cuts become slightly faster, and the music picks up a little bit. We can see from the cars and costumes that this is unlikely to be set in the present day. The cars look as old as 1950, and the costumes vary from looking slightly younger to slightly older. The lighting is also the brightest out of all the shots, and the most colourful too. It still looks dreary and a bit wet, which could connote the mood. We still hear the commentary and the music.
So far, from these three locations with their aspects of editing, mise-en-scene, camera work and sound, we can get an idea of the location (Budapest, from the old man's commentary), the time period (mid 1900s) and the job involved (some form of espionage, again from the commentary).
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