BLK4- Continuity Principles

This clip is from one of the most popular movies of all time; The Shawshank Redemption, made in 1994, by Frank Darabont, the screenplay is adapted from the book by Stephen King. The film is about the bond formed between the protagonist Andy Dufrense and Red over the years they are in prison. This clip shows the warden discovering Andy Dufrense's escape from prison.

The Shawshank Redemption - Escape from Andy Dufrense


1. The clip opens with an establishing shot of the whole prison block, as the guards walk in.
2. Then we cut to a CU of the cell doors opening, and Red (Morgan Freeman) exiting his cell.
3. We then see from Red's POV, the view down the corridor, we see here that the 180 degree rule is not broken, as we remain on the same side of the wall, simply facing the opposite direction.
4. The action then cuts back to the first shot, which accurately shows the guards standing in position, in conjunction with the time which has passed between shots (the guards are all where they should be).
5. We then see the guard from the opposite angle, this is a shot-reverse-shot.
6. Return to 1.
7. Return to 2.
8. Return to 3.
9. Cut to CU of the warden, zoomed in shot of the set up from 1 (establishing shot).
10. Return to 5.
11. Return to 1.
12. Camera sweeps past the cell doors as the guard walks past, the mise-en-scene matches up, with the same cells and order of prisoners.
13. Internal shot from cell, we see the guards and prisoners in the background, exactly where they should be for the scene to continue to make sense, and stay accurate to the surroundings, we also see a match on action when the guard turns from the previous shot, and ends up at the doorway.
14. Cut to the warden in his office, tying his shoes as the alarm bell goes off.
15. Back to the set up of 2, but without the men outside, and the cell doors are closed, this is accurately following the storyline.
16. CU Red's face through the bars, same costumes etc. THE WARDEN USES A DIFFERENT HAND TO POINT AT RED IN SCENE 15 AND 16.
17. Warden inside Andy's cell, exactly the same look of the character (costume, hair), and the accurate lighting for the setting and time of day.
18. Two guards speaking, the room is seen to be the exact same set up as previously seen.
19. Return to 17.
20. Return to 18.
21. Shot reverse shot, other side of guards, looking to the warden, the room has the exact same set up.
22. Return to 18.
23. Return to 17, but further away.
24. Return to 18, but with a match on action as the warden walks forward from the previous shot into this, posters remain the same position, Red is brought into the room.
25. Return to 17.
26. CU Red
27. CU Warden
28. Return to 26.
29. Return to 27.
30. Return to 26.
31. Return to 17.
32. Return to 26.
33. Doesn't break the 180 degrees rule from the shots of the warden, makes geographical sense.
34. Poster on the wall- seen previously in the film, remains in the same place.
35. Return to 26.
36. Return to 33.
37. Return to 26.
38. Return to 33.
39. Return to 26.
40. Return to 33.
41. 26, Stone is thrown from out of shot at Red, we see and hear the stone, relative to the time it is thrown.
42. Return to 33.
43. Return to 26.
44. 33, stone is thrown towards the camera, where the poster would be.
45. Return to 26.
46. Return to 33, sound of the stone falling is heard.
47. Return to 26, camera zooms back, and the warden walks forward into the scene, this makes sense due to his positioning within the scene.
48. Attempted match on action, as the warden rips the poster away the camera has moved to the inside of the wall, looking out from the escape hole at the warden, the guard and Red, in Andy's cell. Andy's pictures are seen to be in the same places on the walls. HOWEVER- THOUGH IN THE PREVIOUS SCENE THE WARDEN PUSHES HIS WHOLE ARM THROUGH THE POSTER, IN THIS SCENE HE ONLY USES HIS HAND TO PULL IT AWAY FROM  THE OTHER SIDE.

OVERALL:
The costumes and hair and make up do not change, and the set up of Andy's room remains the same too.