North by North West clip Camera

As the credits are being shown on screen, the camera is at a high angle focusing on the skyscrapers, with the reflection of cars. Once the credits are shown, the camera then tilts downwards to road level, to show the busy rush hour of all the people walking through the office doors. This creates empathises on how busy the setting is. The camera then tilts upwards to a high angle, to show the office people walking down the busy staircase; this also is to show how busy the building is. The camera then tracks the two main characters, making it also a two-shot. As a viewer, we can see that this man and women are the main characters that are going to feature the film. There is also another two-shot in when they are sitting in the taxi, it shows their conversation that they are having, which clearly shows that the women is the mans secretary. Once the man is in the plaza, there are many over the shoulder shots as he is seated at the table with the other men. This is to show the conversation that is happening but also to show empathises on what is happing with the main character. There is another two shot with the men that are standing by the bar, when the camera then zooms into the men’s face, so that the viewer can see the facial expressions clearly. It also shows that there is going to be some drama with these men and the main character.
I like the way that the film director has used all the different ways of using the camera to cause tension and suspense to the viewer. The messages are portrayed very clearly with the way that the scenes are filmed, which I think would be very useful if I could do this in my opening to a thriller. Again, like the previous clip, I think that maybe the credits are a little long for what I would use, however, I liked the idea of camaflouging them with the surrounding settings.