Titanic analysis

This scene begins with the camera at crane position whilst looking down at Jack at a birds eye angle, this is significant and could be representing how the majority of the cast also look down on Jack, due to him being of such a lower class to the people which he spends most his time with. The camera then switches to a tilt whilst zooming in on Jacks face yet at the same time showing the appearance of his beloved Rose. In this framing Jack is on the right hand side in the foreground whilst Rose appears at a long shot in the background, this framing suggests that in this scene Jack may be in control or that at this moment in time, he definitely is superior as Rose came looking for him. At this point the camera quickly straight cuts to an eye level shot of Jack to show his delight at seeing Rose. From the beginning of this scene to 12 seconds in, before the appearance of Rose the ambient sound of the wind and the waves is massively emphasized as it creates a sense of involvement for the viewer. Also, the roughness of the waves we can hear through the sound conveys a negative impression and this could be symbolic to the way Jack is feeling, we are told this directly through the sound. When the arrival of Rose occurs on the screen in the background of the frame, the score begins to play. The non-diegetic sound of the mood music is played on top of the diegetic ambient sound of the waves.  However, only an instrumental of this score, not the chorus or any lyrics are heard, at this point the sound is very calm throughout the time of 0:12-0:33, before Jack and Rose have made any physical contact between the two of them. This may show that this part of the scene isn’t the most significant; although on the other hand it may represent that by playing the beginning of the score that the viewer is about to see the beginning of some sort of happening. Which the viewer does as they then go on to see the first kiss between Rose and Jack , which occurs later on in the scene.

When Rose begins to walk towards Jack the camera uses a crab shot and tracks the movement of Rose, the camera shows Rose in a long shot and she always stays to the left of the frame, almost to show that even the framing is awaiting the arrival of Jack onto screen. The camera then switches to a slightly low angle shot of Rose in a medium close up at 0:27 seconds, who begins her speech towards Jack. There is then some shot reverse shots to show the conversation between the two, at medium close ups. The choice of the shot type is used to show very clear reactions to what each of the actors are saying during their speech.