Elements of Film Assingment

Another movie i really enjoy is Blood Diamond. It's about diamond smuggling in Africa. In this particular clip the director's emphasis is on the character's faces. Using this close-up, the director captures emotion from the characters as well as allowing the audience's sympathy to be with them. This was unusual in the movie because throughout the film, we are more or less emotionally detached from Archer. Also, at the end of the clip, Zwick uses a long shot when the main character is dying. He uses it almost as if hes saying that the Danny Archer (DiCaprio) is almost meaningless compared to the rest of the given situation and, also, the world.