Characterization: in this shot, several things can be said about this man. He is a cab driver, his clothes and the time of day he is stuck working suggest he is poor. Him cleaning off the bear shows his intention to take it somewhere, home possibly. And if we assume he's taking it home, we assume he has a young daughter. So pretty much, with this one shot, we learn about his socio-economic and familial background. And again, I imagine there isn't too much light so the camera's lowlight capabilities come in handy here.
Climax: The key in the foreground here is classic. And the rack focus brings importance to it and lets us know that this is the climax. In this shot, we're thinking about how the girl is in awe at finding this cool treasure in her teddt bear. We're wondering what the key could be for? Why was it in a stuffed bear? Our immediate suspicions bring us to the conclusion that its for something important, something way bigger than a cabbie and his daughter. Then we flash back to the initial shot. It was dropped at the airport, a place big business leaders and spies and mafia members use a lot. Our suspicions are confirmed immediately with the next shot, but this still serves as the climax to the story.
Resolution: The last shot in the scene is the resolution. Here we are revealed a chest and are led to assume that the key the girl just found opens this chest. Something is moving inside it and we can hear grunts, human grunts. The camera slowly dollies away and we are revealed the location on the chest, an abandoned warehouse somewhere. Our minds go crazy with thoughts, all characteristic of this type of cliffhanger. Who, or what, is in there? Will the key find its way there to save whatevers in the chest? If so, how? Is the cabbie going to have a role in all of this? What organization or criminal did this? Is this even a crime? Who are we dealing with here?
And there you have it, just a quick look at Laforet's film, The Cabbie.
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