K Pax Visual Analysis
The opening sequence of K-PAX begins with an instrumental melody and a black screen. The first image that appears is of a spec of blurred light. The spec of light is similar to the haze one may see around a street lamp. The camera is close-up and blurred. The image is kept on for 3 seconds and then the camera fades out and back into another blurred image of light with dark contrasts. The dark contrasts appear to be blurred shadows. The images transitionally fade in and out in two to three second intervals. The sound begins to pick up beat. The momentum of the music increases as movement begins. The camera zooms out, as it fades out from one image and into the next. The images are continuously blurry, become larger and are a bit more
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The camera follows the head movement of the man in the wheelchair as he glances into the direction of the ray of light beaming through the window. The ray of light begins to brighten and touches down onto the floor. The man in the wheelchair looks away for a split second and then looks back. The camera follows his glance. A man, (Kevin Spacey), unexpectedly appears in a split second, behind the view of a passerby. He is standing directly in the ray of light.
Kevin Spacey is now standing in star lighting for a period of about 5 seconds. The light is shining ever so brightly purely on him. The camera zooms in to his expressionless face and then zooms back out to a full frontal view. The instrumental music plays a brief dramatic tune as the beam of light begins to fade away. He begins to walk toward the camera, out of the light and into the …show more content…
There are scattered shadows of all the people walking around her. The camera angle is slightly tilted as Kevin Spacey reaches his hand out toward the lady and kneels down toward the floor. The camera zooms in on his face as he looks toward his right. The view then cuts to police officers running toward the camera. The camera then zooms back out and cuts to the man in the wheelchair.
The light entering the scene is from the exterior of the building or through the iron-gate windows. It appears to be sunlight and it's coming in from only one direction. As the camera switches from actor to actor the direction of light and shadows that appear on their faces are dependent upon where they are standing in the room and what direction the light is hitting them.
During this primary interaction the camera is on the man in the wheelchair. There is no direct sunlight hitting him. He shows little importance in the scene. The next view is of the old lady speaking to a police officer. The sunlight is shining on her left cheek and casting a shadow on her right cheek but the officer is facing her and his entire face is in the shadow. The light appears to be peeking over his shoulder and emphasizing only the lady in despair. The camera zooms in for a close-up of another police officer that is calling in the mugging on her radio. She is grabbing the radio, which is placed on her right shoulder. The light is hitting
The camera follows the head movement of the man in the wheelchair as he glances into the direction of the ray of light beaming through the window. The ray of light begins to brighten and touches down onto the floor. The man in the wheelchair looks away for a split second and then looks back. The camera follows his glance. A man, (Kevin Spacey), unexpectedly appears in a split second, behind the view of a passerby. He is standing directly in the ray of light.
Kevin Spacey is now standing in star lighting for a period of about 5 seconds. The light is shining ever so brightly purely on him. The camera zooms in to his expressionless face and then zooms back out to a full frontal view. The instrumental music plays a brief dramatic tune as the beam of light begins to fade away. He begins to walk toward the camera, out of the light and into the …show more content…
There are scattered shadows of all the people walking around her. The camera angle is slightly tilted as Kevin Spacey reaches his hand out toward the lady and kneels down toward the floor. The camera zooms in on his face as he looks toward his right. The view then cuts to police officers running toward the camera. The camera then zooms back out and cuts to the man in the wheelchair.
The light entering the scene is from the exterior of the building or through the iron-gate windows. It appears to be sunlight and it's coming in from only one direction. As the camera switches from actor to actor the direction of light and shadows that appear on their faces are dependent upon where they are standing in the room and what direction the light is hitting them.
During this primary interaction the camera is on the man in the wheelchair. There is no direct sunlight hitting him. He shows little importance in the scene. The next view is of the old lady speaking to a police officer. The sunlight is shining on her left cheek and casting a shadow on her right cheek but the officer is facing her and his entire face is in the shadow. The light appears to be peeking over his shoulder and emphasizing only the lady in despair. The camera zooms in for a close-up of another police officer that is calling in the mugging on her radio. She is grabbing the radio, which is placed on her right shoulder. The light is hitting