This is a clip of the movie Back to the Future part 1, where the main character Marty McFly, has to get back to the future by harnessing the thunderbolt to his car. The theme of this scene is that no matter how much you plan for things, you must expect the unexpected. Doc, the supporting character, is hooking a line up to the clock tower to harness to the car. Doc has this brilliant plan that he has all worked out. But then the tree branch falls and rips out the chord, which sub-textually causes the audience to fear for him. After he fixes it and Marty is sent into the future he finds out that the future is now different.

            They use of line throughout this clip is pretty predominate. They use lines such as the chord running from the clock tower to the power line. Also when the car goes into the future it leaves two lines of fire. This helps the audience recognize that he actually went into the future.

            They used very basic shapes throughout the scene. The clock on the tower is a circle and they show it for quite some time. They shape of the car is a triangle to make it feel like it’s a faster more sleek car.

            The clip doesn’t seem to show much space. The scene is in a downtown area, which only shows a tower, few buildings and a road. When Marty gets into the future, he runs his car into a movie theater, which helps show the lack of space in the scene. Which both the future and the past area of the town have full affinity of each other. They look the same and have the same buildings.

            The rhythm of the scene is a gradual build up to the end. Once the car is going, Doc is having trouble getting the chord to plug in. The branch falls causing it to completely come undone. This starts to really build up the suspense. He then resolves it by sliding down to fix the chord. This is a good example of a steady rhythm showing tension and release.