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Analysing the key sequences of The General.
0:00-1:05 – Backstory and introduction. Text. 1:11-1:20 - An establishing wide shot of the train and location. We are introduced to Buster Keaton with a medium close up shot and then the camera pans along the train to introduce The General the train as it is the second most important character in the film. 1:20-1:30 – wide shot establishes location and the time in which the film was set e.g. Horse and cart shows the time. The General then swipes left to right through the scene destructing the shot (connotes to how the train is always a disruption.) but also connotes how the movement in technology is happening as the horse and cart is in the foreground, presenting the past and then in the background is the train which is connoting the future. 1:38-1:50 – Further develops Keatings characters as he has an encounter with two young boys. 2:03 – Introduced to the two loves of his life “his engine and Annabel” shown with a close up to a frame of her. ...
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