In the opening scene the director used a high angle to show that David holds some sort of power. The shot shows a huge crowd of people/media and david standing on a platform behind a podium, meaning a lot of people to show up just to listen to David. the people in the crowd are holding up signs and flags to show their support for David. The high angle gives as the perspective that all those people are looking up at him. The camera is behind David to exaggerate his perspective and show all his supporters. The director encouraged us to view David’s character this way to show that he is a successful politician and is well liked by the people. This is important because this later shows the sacrifice he’s taking to be with Elise.
During the scene in the movie when the audience is first introduced to The Adjustment Bureau, a wide shot and dialogue is used to imply that the agents don’t have emotions. In the scene the camera pans over the city, then another shot shows them walking out to the edge of the rooftop, looking over the city. They then chat about their job. The wide shot shows the four men walking in unison, which indicates that they are one unit instead of people. The dialogue is spoken in monotone and without many facial movements, again showing that they don’t feel like people do. The director uses these techniques to show that these characters don’t have emotions, so when later in the film it’s unusual when Harry sympathises with David and Elise’s situation. Also us as an audience villainize The Adjustment Bureau because they have no emotions and us as humans with feelings relate to David and Elise.
Foreshadowing is a technique that the director uses to warn or indicate about future events.