Tommy Boy Film Analysis
Name Of Movie: Tommy Boy
Main Characters: Chris Farley: Tommy, David Spade: Richard
Type Of Movie: Comedy
Running Time: 1 hr 38 min
A) There is a scene at which Tommy and Richard are setting out on their first great sales trip. The camera is set at the back of the car as it drives away. This is a long shot because you can see everything that you would regularly see if you were actually standing there. As the car drives away the camera pulls back, eventually forming an extra long shot because it pulls so far away that you can see almost a panoramic of the city at which the car is driving in. This technique gives the effect of a journey being started. The camera captures the starting point of the car, and then widens its view allowing the viewer to see what the car is embarking on. This is very effective because it shows the future of the film with two simple camera shots. There is another scene at the …show more content…
It is at this part in the movie where a parallel edit is used for a just in time rescue. As Tom senior is talking about his son, the cross cut to his son walking into the office to see his dad is made. This is a cross cut edit in a just in time rescue because as Tom senior is talking his son is walking in. This allows one to see the relationship of the two characters in a part of the movie that seems to be appropriate. Later in the movie Tom senior takes Tommy to the house to show him a surprise, as Tommy opens his eyes the cross cut edit to a beautiful woman coming out of a swimming pool is shown. This is a just in time rescue because as Tommy opens his eyes it is at that time that the edit over to the woman coming out of the pool is made. This allows the viewer to see that just as he opened his eyes, the surprise Tom senior was talking about is
Main Characters: Chris Farley: Tommy, David Spade: Richard
Type Of Movie: Comedy
Running Time: 1 hr 38 min
A) There is a scene at which Tommy and Richard are setting out on their first great sales trip. The camera is set at the back of the car as it drives away. This is a long shot because you can see everything that you would regularly see if you were actually standing there. As the car drives away the camera pulls back, eventually forming an extra long shot because it pulls so far away that you can see almost a panoramic of the city at which the car is driving in. This technique gives the effect of a journey being started. The camera captures the starting point of the car, and then widens its view allowing the viewer to see what the car is embarking on. This is very effective because it shows the future of the film with two simple camera shots. There is another scene at the …show more content…
It is at this part in the movie where a parallel edit is used for a just in time rescue. As Tom senior is talking about his son, the cross cut to his son walking into the office to see his dad is made. This is a cross cut edit in a just in time rescue because as Tom senior is talking his son is walking in. This allows one to see the relationship of the two characters in a part of the movie that seems to be appropriate. Later in the movie Tom senior takes Tommy to the house to show him a surprise, as Tommy opens his eyes the cross cut edit to a beautiful woman coming out of a swimming pool is shown. This is a just in time rescue because as Tommy opens his eyes it is at that time that the edit over to the woman coming out of the pool is made. This allows the viewer to see that just as he opened his eyes, the surprise Tom senior was talking about is