This medium to long shot at a high angle from Double Indemnity shows Walter Neff walking into the living room of Mrs. Dietrichson and the narration focuses on how smoky the room still was from the previous night. Besides just being talked about the shot really shows how the blinds cast shadows trough the smoke and onto the walls.
In this long shot from L.A. Confidential, the final fight scene when Exley and White are holed up in the motel room focuses on the shadows and smoke in the air. While the dialog of the scene doesn't focus on these visual aspects as much as the scene from Double Indemnity, the detail is much more prominent here.
These two scenes have a lot in common, they focus on the smoky air and the shadows from the light outside, but they also contrast in a noticeable way. One scene mentions the details in a verbal way while the other lets the image do itself justice.
Z, better job here. You label the shots well and your plot points are good. Next step is to take the specific details and suggest why they are there, how they are affecting the viewer. Does the smokiness suggest cloudy perceptions, for example?
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