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Thursday, 2 October 2014

My Sister's Keeper - timed analysis



 Timings for shots:
- Text - film ratings website - 4 seconds.
- Fade out – ½ a second.
- Blurred flashback - 1 second
- Shot of baby - 2 and ½ seconds.
- Hair blowing in wind - ¼ of a second.
- Shot of two children - 1 second.
- Child laughing - 2 seconds.
- Dad laughing – ½ a second.
- Mum laughing – ½ a second.
- Blue lights – ¼ second.
- Sperm – ¼ second.
- Close-up of sperm – ¼ second.
- Egg being injected - 1 second.
- Shot of older children running/laughing - 3 seconds.
- 'New Line Cinema' logo - 1 second.
- Girl blowing bubbles - 1-2 seconds.
- Back flip - 1 ½ seconds.
- Dad smirking - 1 second.
- Mum on trampoline - 1 second.
- Two people on trampoline - 1 second.
- Mum and dad kissing - 1 second.
- House shot - 1/2 a second.
- Girl watering flowers - 1 second.
- Shot of girl on sofa - 1 second.
- Black out - 1 second.
- Three women sitting at table - 1 second.
- Shot of two girls at table - 3 seconds.
- Shot of boy at table - 1 second.
- Mum booing - 1 second.
- Dad putting thumb down - 2/3 second.  
- Shot of mum and children booing dad - 1 second.
- Squares on black background - 1/2 a second.
- Boy walking - 1 second.
- Close-up of boy sitting down - 1 second.
- Mum and daughter on hospital bed - 1 second.
- Close-up of mum's face - 1 second.
- Dad and daughter driving - 1 1/2 seconds.
- Blackout - 1 second.
- Helicopter shot of bridge - 1 1/2 seconds.
- 'Based on the novel by jodi picoult'- 1 1/2 seconds.
- Shot of girl walking into office - 1 second.
- Shot of older man - 1 second.
- Girl pointing finger - 1 second.
- Closer shot of girl pointing finger - 2 seconds.
- Shot of man's response - half a second.
-Wider shot of the previous shot - 1 second.
- Blackout - 1 second.
- Girl wiping sister's face - 2 seconds.
- Medium shot of girl - 1 second.
- Fadeout - 1/2 a second.
- Girl handing over envelope- 1 1/2 seconds.
- Man's response - 2 seconds.
- Buildings - 1 second.
- Four people in hospital room - 3 seconds.
- Shot of mum - 1 second.
- Blackout - half a second.
- Shot of girl in court - 1 second.
- Blackout - half a second.
- Mum and dad laying in bed - 2 seconds.
- Side shot of mum and dad laying in bed - 1 second.
- Girl with firefighters - 1 second.
- Shot of dad - 1 second.
- Shot of mum and dad in fire station - half a second.

- Medium shot of the mum and dad in station - 1 second.
- Mum and dad looking out window - 1 1/2 seconds.
- Two sisters laying in bed - 1 1/2 seconds.
- Two sisters outside in the garden - 1 second.
- Wide shot of hospital -just under 1 second.
- Shot of male cancer patient - 1 second.
- Shot of girl - 1/2 a second.
- Shot of two in cafe - 2/3 of a second.
- Fadeout - 1 second.
 - Shot of ill girl in bathroom - 1 second.
- Shot of three people reacting - 1 second.
- Close-up of the girl hiding behind the brother - 1 second.
- Mum running - 1 second.
- Sister running - 1 second.
- Two sisters (one inside and one outside of car) - 1 second.
- Parents arguing - 3 seconds.
- Dad pushing mum away from car - 1 second.
- Mum hitting car - 1 second.
- Shot of car driving off from mum - 1 second.
- Brother and sister - 1 second,
- Shot of older man in suit - 1 second.
- Mum speaking to daughter (her view) - 1/2 a second.
- Mum speaking to daughter (daughter's view) - 1 second.
- Boy and mother in court - 1/2 a second.
- Girl looking away - 1/2 a second.
- Hugging shot - 1 second.
- Three siblings hugging - 1 second.
- Dad sitting down - 1/2 a second.
- Mum sitting in hospital - 1/2 a second.
 - Shot of girl putting hands in the air - 1 second.
- Girl and boy running in corridor - 1 second.
- Seagulls flying at beach - 2/4 a second.
- Brother and sister on beach - 2/4 second.
- 'from the director of the notebook' - 1 second.
- Girl walking down the stairs - 1 second.
- Medium shot of girl - 1 second.
- Dad leaning against framework - 1 second.
- Shot of girl talking to dad - 1/2 a second. 
- Close-up of dad - 1 second.
- Girl and boy walking away - 1/2 a second.
- Girl dancing with lights - 1 second.
- Girl and boy dancing - 1 second.
- Mum and dad laying in bed - 1 second.
- Woman reading - 1 second.
- Mum placing hand on head - 1 second.
- Beach shot with dad and daughter - 1 second.
- Beach shot of mum kneeling down with family - 1 second.
- Mum kissing dad - 1 - 2 seconds.
- Girl clapping - half a second.
- Mum shaving off hair - half a second.
- Family walking down street - 2 seconds.
- Photo booth (mum and dad) - 1 second.
- Photo booth (three siblings) - 1 second.
- Two people in dark laying down - 1 second.
- Mum and daughter in hospital - 1 second.
- Shot of two sisters in garden - 1 second.
- Closer shot of the two sisters in garden - 1/3 second.
- Shot of younger sister laying and talking - 1/2 second.
- Shot of mountains, sea and sky - 1 second.
- Girl smiling - 1 second. 
- Three siblings in hospital - 1 second.
- Girl wiping her eyes - 1 second.
- Shot of face on paper - 1 second.
- Boy throwing paper off roof - 1 second.
- Long shot of boy throwing paper off roof - 2 seconds.
- Fadeout - half a second.
- Photo booth (two sisters) - 3 seconds.
- 'my sister's keeper' title - 2 seconds.
- Credits - half a second.
- Continued credits - half a second.
- Final credits - half a second.
- 'coming soon' - 1 second.
- Fadeout - 2 seconds.

Total shots (minus fadeouts/blackouts/text):  118
Total shots including text/titles/fadeouts: 136


Narrative timings: 
- 'Most babies are accidents' - 2 seconds - (0:08 - 0:10)
- 'Not me' - 1 second - (0:12 - 0:13)
- 'Engineered' - 1 second - (0:15 - 0:16)
- 'Born to save' - 2 seconds - (0:18 - 0:20)
- 'Having a child' - 2 seconds - (0:21 - 0:23)
- 'Sure we still enjoy' - 5 seconds - (0:24 - 0:29)
- 'But beneath' - 5 seconds (0:39 - 0:44)
- 'My sister' - 3 seconds - (0:56 - 0:59)
- 'From the moment'- 4 seconds - (1:11 - 1:15)
- 'Went against nature' - 3 seconds (1:18 - 1:21)
- 'I don't mind' - 3 seconds - (1:26 - 1:29)
- 'But somehow' - 3 seconds (1:37 - 1:40)
- 'Would bring' - 4 seconds (1:44 - 1:48)
- 'Sooner or later' - 3 seconds - (2:03 - 2:06)

- 'I know i'll be okay' - 1 second - (2:09 - 2:10)

Total narrations: 15




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