Okay, for this one, I'm going to do something a little different. Rather than analyze part of a film I've already reviewed, I'm going to talk about a scene that I actually analyzed in class; specifically, the first bank robbery in Bonnie and Clyde.
The scene is a straightforward example of continuity editing. All of the cuts are smooth, and many are either invisible or hardly noticeable. In fact, one cut, just after Clyde enters the bank, is so smooth that it took a frame-by-frame analysis to determine that there really was a cut at all: the camera went from a medium-shot of Clyde barging into the lobby to an eyeline match of him surveying the inside of the bank.
From here on out, the scene is basically a series of reaction shots. First, the bank teller reacts with dismay when Clyde actually tries to rob the bank (it had failed some weeks prior). Next, a series of close-ups and eyeline matches portray Clyde's disbelief as he surveys the obvious signs of disuse and disrepair evident throughout the bank. Still not quite believing him (as the furstraition revealed in the last close-up on his face clearly revieals), Clyde hauls the teller outside to explain the situation to Bonnie, who immediately reacts with peels of laughter. Now thouroughly angered by the situation, Clyde shoots out the bank's window (intercut with shots of the teller wincing) and peels off down the road, deliberately running a truck off the road as he passes.
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