Thursday, 14 September 2017

Timeline Analysis 2 - Wolf of Wall Street Opening Scene




0:00-0:22- Tracking shot of Jordan Belfort walking down the stairs of his stately mansion, walking out of his house and throwing a glass into a hedge while beginning a monologue of him talking about how he became so successful
0:22-0:26- Medium shot of Belfort getting into his limo
0:26-0:32- Match-on-action shot of limo driving away from Belfort's mansion and then driving up to a glass tower building
0:32-0:37- Tracking shot of Jordan Belfort walking through the front door and towards the camera
0:37-0:39- Extreme close up of Belfort's fingers making lines of cocaine
0:39-0:48- Close up of Belfort's face talking and then the camera pans down to show him snorting cocaine.
0:49-0:50- Close up tracking shot of dollar bill sucking up cocaine
0:50-0:52- Side view mid shot of Jordan cocking his head back
0:52-0:55- Mid shot of Jordan Belfort sat at his desk talking and rolling out a dollar bill
0:55-0:56- Close up of dollar bill being held by Belfort
0:56-0:58- Low angle shot of Jordan crushing up dollar bill
0:58-0:59- Graphic match of him throwing the dollar bill into a bin
0:59-1:00- Extreme close up of 100 dollar bill
1:00-1:10- Tracking shot of Jordan Belfort pushing two doors open and and walking in to the main part of the office. He then stops walking, holds his hands out and the workers start clapping him.
1:10-1:13- Mid shot of Jordan turning around to face the audience clapping him.
1:13-1:17- Wide shot showing entire office clapping Belfort while he is stood at the front of it with his arms still out.
1:17-1:19- Dirty Mid shot of Jordan looking across the office while his non-diegetic voice-over says: "I always wanted to be rich."

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