Oceans 11

Oceans 11

George Toothill

As the makers titles come along the screen we know even before any visual pictures have appeared we know this film is going to be something about crime or hustle. As the diegetic voices start to kick in we get a vibe of a prison. I know this because as we are listening to the dialogue we hear little things that might relate to a prision like, “Man walking” and the restless noises coming from the cells. From this we then see a man walking towards a chair in what looks like a convict’s uniform from this mise on scene we then hear some voices start talking about how “Mr Ocean” was caught up in a fraud case. This then gives us the main hint about what the narrative is going to be in this film. We guess from the convocation that this is Mr. Ocean’s parole hearing. We also get another hint at the narrative when Mr. Ocean is funny towards one of the parole officers. This gives us the impression that the film is going to be funny. One of the parole officers then asks Mr. Ocean what he would do when he got released, at this moment a upbeat soundtrack starts. We then see Mr. Ocean collect all his stuff from a police officer.
Mr Ocean then walks out of the police station a free man. As he walks out of the door we notice a difference between light and dark. The light in my opinion represents freedom and the dark gives us the impression of prison and being locked away. The titles of the film directors and some of the cast then starts appearing on the bottoms left of the picture. As Mr. Ocean walks out of the police station the camera always seems to be behind him. It then switches and the camera is at the front of Mr. Ocean as he is walking away from the police station.
The next scene that we see is an extreme long shot of a city. This gives us an idea of where the next scene is going to be set. It then cuts to an interior shot of what looks like a casino. This gives us a feeling that Mr Ocean is in los Vegas. Because is world renowned for its casinos. Then a edited in title comes up telling us we are in Atlanta Mr Ocean played by George Clooney then walks over to a blackjack table and asks to change some money into gambling chips. The dealer changes to a new man and George asks the man is his name is frank to which he replies “no, its Ramon as you can see right here.” Raymond then tells George where to meet him later. This tells us that George and frank have met before and that they are old friends. The scene moves to another part of the casino and George is sat with a drink and reading an article about casinos. This tells us that George is very interested in casinos. Frank then comes to talk to George about when George got out of prison.
The scene cuts again and we are outside and George is on the phone to a police officer about his first day out on parole. The parole officer then asks George if he has left the state to which George replies” no,” but before we notice that on the sign outside the police station it said that he was in New Jersey but now he seems to be in Atlanta which is in another state of America. This gives us the hint that George isn’t scared of breaking the law.