Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015)
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation is a 2015 American
action film. This film was written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie. This
film mainly stars Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn, Jeremy
Renner as William Brandt, Rebecca Ferguson as Ilsa Faust, Ving Rhames as Luther
Stickell, and Sean Harris as Solomon Lane.
Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt
Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn
Jeremy Renner as William Brandt
Rebecca Ferguson as Ilsa Faust
Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell
Sean Harris as Solomon Lane
Plot Summary
After the IMF is disavowed by the CIA, Ethan is marked
as a rogue agent. The CIA assumes the Syndicate is a figment of the imagination
of Ethan, so they are desperately trying to take him in. The Syndicate,
meanwhile, is getting stronger and an undercover British Secret agent, as a
member of the Syndicate, joins Ethan and his team to eventually take down the
Syndicate.
Analysis of Editing and Sound
Editing
1. 180- degree rule
180-degree rule is a cinematography principle that
establishes spatial relationships between on-screen characters. The 180 rule
sets an imaginary axis, or eye line, between two characters or between a
character and an object. By keeping the camera on one side of this imaginary
axis, the characters maintain the same left/right relationship to each other,
keeping the space of the scene orderly and easy to follow. For example, a
180-degreee rule is applied in a scene when Ilsa Faust suddenly meet Ethan Hunt
in an airport. The camera shows the eye contact between both, although they are
standing from a distance away.
2. Eye-line Match
Eyeline match is a technique in film editing to show
what a character is seeing to the audience. The Eyeline match encourages the
audience to assume that through the character's eyes they are looking at
something. For example, there is a scene when Benji Dunn is playing video
game during his working time. In this scene, the eye-line match is used. First,
the camera shows Benji staring at the computers from a medium to a close-up
shot. Then the camera goes to the video game display on the computers. This
shows that Benji is playing and looking at the video games on the computers.
3. Shot-reverse shot
Reverse shot refers to when a filmmaker places a
camera configuration on a subject, and then uses a subsequent configuration to
display a reverse view of the previous configuration. For dialog scenes, shot
reverse shot is most widely used and will also use over-the-shoulder shots or
matching single shots for the interaction. For example, there is a scene when
Ethan Hunt is talking to Ilsa Faust in the airport after they meet each other.
The shot-reverse shot is used in this scene to show the conversation between Ethan
Hunt and Ilsa Faust.
Sound
1. Diegetic Sound
Diegetic sound is any sound that occurs from the
film's story setting. The term comes from the word mise-en-scene, which means
narration or narrative, which is the evolution of a Greek term. If the viewer
knows that it comes from something within the film, the source of diegetic
sound doesn't need to be seen on screen. For example, there is a scene of the
opera call Turandot is going on.
2. Non-diegetic
Any sound that does not come from inside the world of
the film is non-diegetic sound, often called commentary or nonliteral sound.
The characters in the film are unable to hear non-diegetic sounds. In post-production,
all non-diegetic sound is added by sound editors. For example, in the beginning
of the film, the theme song is being used. It is used to bring up the tension
and emotion of the audience towards the scenes of the film as well as
increasing their expectations towards the story of the film.
Conclusion
From a viewer perspective, I feel that this film is so
amazing and hot to watch. The story plot of this film is well written, and the
editing of this film is also excellent. Every shot in this film is perfect and I
cannot quantify by words. Besides, the theme song of this film is also nice as
it makes me feel like I am in this film. Overall, I like this film very much
and will share it to others.
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission:_Impossible_–_Rogue_Nation
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2381249/
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