Opening Shot Analysis - The Third Man (1949)

Shot No. 1
Duration: 25 secs.
Shot Type: extreme long shot - zoom in -mid shot
Mise-en-Scène: micheal rennie walks down very dark street at night with large enhanced shadows, then enters room throw doorway, orchestra constant, credits from start to end of the 25 secs, fades out.

Shot No. 2
Duration: 6 secs.
Shot Type: long shot
Mise-en-Scène: fades into landscape of London with buses and taxis driving past, word LONDON is directly in centre, music slows down then stops, fades out.

Shot No. 3
Duration: 13 secs.
Shot Type: mid long shot
Mise-en-Scène: Face of nurse is shown as she holds patient's hand inside hospital, doctor walks up from behind and checks heartbeat, dialogue is spoken by doctor.

Shot No. 4
Duration: 17 secs
Shot Type: close up - zoom out - mid long shot - zoom in - medium close up
Mise-en-Scène: sign saying "CASUALTY DEPARTMENT", zooms out whilst panning right to focus on old man in wheelchair, room is fairly dark, then tracks nurse by panning to the left, dialogue is spoken by nurse, main character steps into room and room suddenly become a lot brighter as though someone had just turned on the lights, zooms in to medium close up of characters face.

Shot No. 5
Duration: 18 secs
Shot Type: long shot - zoom in - mid long shot
Mise-en-Scène: long shot is used to capture characters and beds in the hospital, main character then walks towards the camera and turns to stand beside bed, camera pans to keep track of the character's movement, lighting is used very well to focus on the ill woman in bed, she seems to be lit up to draw your attention to her.

Shot No. 6
Duration: 6 secs
Shot Type: mid shot
Mise-en-Scène: main character is in centre of camera view, nurse walks behind him, dialogue is spoken by nurse, and the camera follows her slightly before panning back to main character.

Shot No. 7
Duration: 3 secs
Shot Type: mid close up
Mise-en-Scène: ill woman turns head on pillow so you can see her full on, lighting is used yet again to birghten her face.

Shot No. 8
Duration: 12 secs
Shot Type: mid shot - zoom in - close up
Mise-en-Scène: camera is in same position as in shot No. 6, dialogue is spoken by main character and then by nurse, camera pans to nurse then back onto main character.

Shot No. 9
Duration: 2 sec
Shot Type: mid close up
Mise-en-Scène: Camera is in same position as in shot No. 7, quick glimpse of ill woman as nurse pats her head with cloth, dialogue is spoken above by main character.

Shot No. 10
Duration: 16 secs
Shot Type: mid shot - zoom in - close up
Mise-en-Scène: camera is in same position as in shot No. 6 & 8, a lot of dialogue is spoken by the main character to the nurse, as this is happening camera slowly zooms in to characters face, fades out.