Chunking Express basically uses a handheld camera to make each scene dynamic and lively, which conveys that the lives in the film are hectic and scattered. The ending scene of Chunking Express is pretty calmed down compared to the other scenes. The reason is because the ending mainly deals with shots and reversed shots of two people, Faye and Cop 633, which is regarded as parallel to their first encounter of them.
The scene shows dialogues between Faye and Cop 633 at the same place that they had their first meeting, but many things have changed. As the time has gone by, Faye has become a stewardess with longer hair and Cop is running the café after retirement. However, there are also ...view middle of the document...
The focus keeps following perspectives of each character, which creates repetitive shots and reversed shots. Shots basically are Medium close ups or Close ups so viewers can easily interpret even subtle facial expressions and gaze while characters are talking to each other.
The first part of the ending scene inhances Faye’s appearance at the café, as the camera shows a close up of Faye and tracks in to show Cop’s surprised face. When Faye opens the shutter, viewers can immediately focus on that, as the action functions like a wipe, one of the transition techniques. This shot implies that Faye and Cop are about to face a new situation in their relationships, after a long period of time in which they did not see each other.
Until Cop turns off the loud music, which is a motif between the times, the camera keeps changing angles from high angle to low angle. The changes harmonize with Faye’s constant movement, as she is wearing sunglasses so keeps trying to see Cop’s mouth to get what he is saying, in loud music. This pretty hectic and distracted shot implies that Faye is struggling with awkwardness of the situation, trying to pretend to be indifferent to Cop and to hide she is shy. In addition, the shot reminds the moment they firstly met when she also was distracted and seemed to be uninterested in the Cop, which was enough to...