Minority Report Shot Analysis

I was lucky to get a pretty artistic shot for this assignment. I got the shot of John Anderton and Agatha in an embrace. I believe the shot occurs when John is whisking Agatha away from the pre-crime division. This shot is not only aesthetically pleasing but it also has significance in terms of the movie. In this close-up we see Agatha quite literally hanging or looking over John's shoulder. This makes me think of the expression of looking over one's shoulder, or paying close attention to someone's actions. The pre-cogs in fact do just that, they can predict the future and oversee that no murders occur in the D.C area so the connection to the expression makes perfect sense. Another thing that I noticed about the shot is the extremely precise framing. Nearly the exact amount of both John and Agatha's face is exposed by the light. We can also observe this same symmetry in that the amount of black on the outside of the shot is nearly the same to the right and left of Agatha and John. The viewer is also extremely drawn to the eyes in this shot, particularly Agatha's. This relates to the themes of eyes, sight and blindness that were so apparent in both the film and Oedipus.