Shot Analysis of First five shots of "Shakespeare In Love"

Shot Analysis of "Shakespeare in Love"




Shot 1: Black Screen
Title 1: "LONDON 1593"
Title 2: "In the glory days of the Elizabethan theatre, two playhouses were fighting it out for writers and audiences."

Low angle, long shot of blue sky, some clouds visible: craning down and panning rightwards.

Title 3: "North of the city was the Curtain theatre home to England's most famous actor, Richard Burbidge."

Camera continues craning down and panning right, we see the roof and then interior of a theatre. As the building comes into shot, the length of shot is now medium, but does not change for the rest of shot (no zooming, or tracking in)

Title 4: "Across the river was the competition, built by Philip Henslowe, a businessman with a cash flow problem."
Title 5: "...the rose"

The titles appear over the top of shot as the camera continues craning down and panning right. There is no particu...