The movie I have chosen to analyze is "Pacific Rim," directed by Guillermo del Toro. The movie is 131 minutes long and was released in the U.S.A on 12 July 2013. The genre of "Pacific Rim" is science fiction/action adventure. del Toro uses mise-en-scene to introduce compositions, props and characters to the audience in order to focus more on the directors intention. In this scene I will analyze cinematography of important scenes in the 3-5 minute of the film. The scene I have selected is where Jaeger Cherno Alpha and Jaeger Crimson Typhoon escort Jaeger Striker which he is holding a nuclear bomb to plant on a gate between the alien and human world so that the they prevent the kaiju from coming back into the human world. In this scene the director intention is raise tension by making the audience hope that the mission is successful but backfires by making the mission fail.
Guillermo del Toro opens the scene with a low angle, long shot of Jaeger robot walking slowly forward to the camera which takes up a whole frame with the city behind to the sheer height and the importance of the city, signifying power, confidence and patriotism. The time of the scene night represents the dangers and how vulnerable the Jaeger is of losing. This suggests that the jaegers are the last hope to get rid of the kaiju otherwise the world will be lost forever to aliens with massive strengths, the mise-en-scene is the city in the background glowing conveying its safe and the jaegers need to protect the warm, glowing city suggesting a bright future. This introduces the audience to the theme of heroism and importance. .
Guillermo then does a continuous edit to a low angle crane shot of a jaeger walking slowly forward cautious while a kaiju (monster/alien) appears underwater stalking the jaeger ready the fight. The slow pace of the walk confirms that the jaeger is cautious of its surrounding and is ready for the unexpected.