Analysis of Forest Gump and The Matrix using Camera

I have chosen two extracts, the first is Forest Gump and the second is The Matrix

I have chosen the scene of Forest gump running for a long way across the country, and to contrast this I have chosen the scene where Neo learns Kung Fu.

Firstly, Forest gump mainly uses medium length shots where the chest and head are visible, but along with that they use many long shots. These uses of shots are to show how he has a larger following each time the chronological order skipped maybe a week, and to show the character in more detail and to let him express emotions and to interact with others they use medium shots, this is so both the main character and the other character are shown, but also so his following crowd is visible too, these shots tend to be about 2-10 seconds long each, this creates a sense of time and slow pace to make the audience feel like it has been a long time.

However the matrix is very different, the use of the scene is fast paced and ranges dramatically, they also use slow motion to complete that effect. I feel that this increases the speed of time and also helps to give the audience a sense of action and a sort of thrill. They also use many different camera shots from long shot to close ups, this gives the audience the ability to process what is happening in the fighting sequence but also what the characters are feeling. 

A way that both these films are similar is that the Forest gump movie uses cut aways frequently, between characters that he has interacted with and the love of his life to keep the audience interested and to also create a second narrative alongside the current one. The Matrix also does this, because they cut between the fast paced fighting scene and the alternate universe in which their friends are watching all of this actions and moves. 

One last way in which both these films differ is that the Forest gump movie does not use many different angles, the shots tend to stay level, apart from some long shots in which they are tracking the character, this creates the sense of consistency, whereas The Matrix uses many different angles, along with the range of distance shots, for example, tracking shots, trolly shots and mainly, canter angle shots, in which many actions are performed. I find this amplifies the effect of the faced paced fight scene.