The fly story

The Fly - story Diagram

8. Setting up the trap

9. Airbag explodes

1. Opening getting out of car

1. Opening, getting out of car

11. The Injury

15. Police sirens and end of scene

10. Composing himself

Black screen with audio, cutting to close up.

2. Establishing shots

3. Title sequence

2. Establishing shots

This is a tense moment of the film, the pressure builds up from the stress of the fly and when he finally cracks he accidentally pierces his lip with a tooth pic. This part uses cut always bridged together with the audio of him screaming.

Close ups of the keys and long shot of the car.

3. Title sequence

12. Back and forth between plots

Flashing title with loud alerting music.

The camera cuts back to the shot of the bank doors, reminding the viewer of the reason why he is at the bank. This is an example of sub plots, shown with long and mid shots.

4. Introducton to the fly

Hearing the fly for the first time, using close ups for reaction.

13. Shoots at the car

14. Destroys the car

7. Focusing on the fly, away from his job

5. First time trying to kill the fly

6. Enforcing the sub plot

13. Shoots at the car

This is the moment when the charactor breaks down and starts to shoot at the car, disregarding the reason he is there. At this point the action comes from the fly and not the robbery. Both INT and EXT shots are used here, the cutting is more rapid representing the energy in the scene.

Hits the rear view mirror with his hand and breaks it, use of long and closeups to show his reaction.

5.First time trying to kill the fly

12. Back and forth between plots

4.Introducton to the fly

11. The Injury

14. Destroys the car

6. Enforcing the sub plot

Video uses mid shot of the bank doors paired with audio of shouting to remind the viewer there is a robbery in progress.

When he fails to shoot the fly he turns his anger onto the car, shooting at the bonnet and destroying it. This section uses VFX to show the damage to the car.

7. Focusing on the fly, away from his job

15. Police sirens and end of scene

The audio throughout, you can hear the fly buzzing around. The main character is frantic in trying to swat him, this is shown with quick cuts between mid and long shots. There is use of a focus pull here enforcing the focus is on the fly.

Reaction shots using mid and close ups show the frustration on the characters face, when the other bank robbers exit the bank there is a shot reverse shot. This is shown with both a mid and close up, then the credits roll.

8. Setting up the trap

The plot changes into trying to catch the fly and the main character is setting up a trap to kill the fly, this is shown with jump cuts to show his urgency.

9. Airbag explodes

The airbag in the car explodes after he continuously hits it, escalating the scene.This part uses audio from the horn and quick cuts to show him hitting the wheel. There is also use of slo motion when the airbag explodes making it more dramatic.

10. Composing himself

After the airbag explodes he tries to calm down, at this point he puts a tooth pic into his mouth. This is shown with close ups and mid shots.