Thursday, February 7, 2008

The Legend of Bagger Vance

http://youtube.com/watch?v=v2w5-meDjFk

The Legend of Bagger Vance is a movie about a younger superstar golfer named Rannulph Junuh (Matt Damon) who gets his chance to face off against two of the greatest golfers to the play the game, Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen. Bagger Vance (Will Smith) is Junuh's caddy and helps Junuh deal with his problems and inspires him to play the best he can. In this scene, there are many examples of close-ups and speed of motion. When sir Bobby Jones is making his practice swings, the camera zooms in on Junuh's face to show his emotions towards Jones and also zooms in a Bobby's face to emphasize the focus and the importance of the shot. After Bagger Vance speaks with Junuh, Junuh goes up to hit his ball and the fairway starts to move closer and the people in the background start to evaporate. That is an example of speed of motion because it zooms in on Junuh and also emphasizes that he is starting to focus and that is why the fairway moves closer and the people evaporate.