Film Analysis - The Untouchables

The Untouchables 
 This scene from The Untouchables uses a mass amount of point of view shots to give the scene the perspective from the main protagonist of Ness - for example when he looks at the clock, the camera only shows a medium shot of the clock. The main theme throughout the scene is time, shown by the constant emphasis on the clock and the loop in the scene from the child, woman, villains and clock - as the clock draws closer to midnight fast paced editing is used to speed up the loop. 

 The use of birds eye view shots also relate to the camera angles within the scene as they make them out to be point of view shots as the protagonist is stood on a balcony overlooking the area. The constant close ups to his face allow the audience to get an understanding of the emotion to feel in the scene - for example the look of panic on his face when he sees the woman and child entering the area. 

  In the scene you can easily identify the villains to the heroes as they wear certain clothes or have certain attributes to them. For example the hero is a generic hero; white, heterosexual, young male and the villain has a certain downfall about them, this case being he has a broken nose. The woman fits the 'damsel in distress' role as according to the male gaze theory as she is very dependent on the man, specifically when he helps her baby carriage up the stairs. The lighting plays an important role in the scene as high key lighting is used to show the hero in a positive light but as he is the underdog in the scene - as he is outnumbered - then it allows the audience to easily identify the specific roles in the film, like how the main villain has low key lighting so you again identify the different sides.