Writing Assignment 2: The Searchers

The scene opens with a fade in on a medium shot of Martin in what appears to be a canyon. It isn’t well lit seeing as he is in between the canyon, but he is shown clearly in the shot. He is standing in the center of the frame to the left of a stream of water trickling down from above rocks. He is attempting to fill his container with water. He decides to drink straight from the stream instead. This whole shot lasts about five seconds before cutting to the next shot. This next shot is a 15 second boom shot displaying the clear blue sky and the towering canyon ridges above lowering vertically into a medium long shot of Martin in the center of the frame carefully making his way through the narrow canyon …show more content…
He is hurt, his body is wrapped and his arm is in a sling as he struggles to get up off the floor. He uses the boulder as a crutch to aide him in standing and sits on it. As Martin gets closer to the foreground by walking a little bit faster, the camera reframes to center Martin and Ethan also displaying another boulder to the right. Martin hands Ethan his container of water to drink from. Ethan wipes his hand on his paints and takes the container. He takes a drink from the container. Ethan takes a knife from his holster and moves the fire around to help it burn well. He makes a comment to Ethan. Martin moves over to lean on the second boulder. Ethan takes out a folded up piece of paper from his pocket and reaches over to hand it to Martin. Martin leans over and the piece of paper is in the center of the frame as it is being passed. Martin and Ethan lean back on their respective boulders. This shot lasted about 40 seconds. The shot cuts to an eight second, medium shot of Martin in the center of the frame unfolding the paper to read. There is a canyon ridge in the background and a clear sky as well. This is the only shot in this scene where there is selective focus. The background past what