Blog Assignment #5

The scene I chose is where Rose saves Jack when he is handcuffed to the pipe in the movie Titanic. The director uses the rule of thirds in a lot of scenes. One shot is where Jack is first calling out for help when he sees the water rushing into the room he is handcuffed in. Jack is shown on the left of the screen with a little room on the left and a lot on the right, exhibiting the rule of thirds. That shot is seen again about 10 sec later after a series of shots of the water coming up the stairs and in the hallway. Another shot where the rule of thirds is shown is when Rose is running down the hallway to find the room Jack is in. She is seen in the hallway but there seems to be more room on the right side than the left and is only taking up a third of the area. The 30 rule is also exhibited in this particular scene. In a lot of shots Jack is seen in a close up but then they zoom out and the viewer is able to see that he is still handcuffed to the pipe. The same thing happens to Rose when she is running down the hallway. There is a close up on her, then a further away shot, and then it returns to a close up of her. The 180 degree rule is definitely used in this scene. When Jack is being shown the room it is easy to tell that the camera only moves back and forth and cannot go to the other side. This is because the other side would technically be outside of the ship and in the water and behind the wall of the Titanic. This rule must be exhibited whenever Jack is shown in the room he is stuck in.