Breakfast at Tiffany's Analysis

I have chosen this clip from Breakfast at Tiffany’s because it is one of my favourite films and I think it’s a really great scene, with many different types of shots.
It begins with Holly Golightly played by Audrey Hepburn, getting out of a yellow taxi, so immediately we are reminded that the scene takes place in New York City. She begins running down the street in the rain, the camera movement is a backwards track and it’s a MLS, giving us a glimpse of the surroundings whilst keeping the focus on her. We can tell that it is the late 1950’s/early 60’s because of the style of clothing worn and the old fashioned cars parked along the street. At 0:14 it cuts to a high angle ELS this works as an establishing shot as it shows us more of her surroundings including many of the buildings.
At 0:20 there is an Over the Shoulder Shot, the man has his back to us, this enables us to see the scene from his perspective, but without it being a POV shot, and it keeps the attention on her as we can see her face. At 0:23 we see a CU of the man (Fred) for the first time, and then a CU of Holly, these close ups draw us into the scene and make the audience feel more involved in it. Then at 0:35 as Holly walks away there is a slight tilt upwards keeping the focus still on her, and also giving a view of her surrounding (a dingy ally filled with boxes and trash). From 0:45 the camera pans right, following Holly as she shakes the boxes looking for her cat. Then from 1:01 the camera zooms into a CU on Holly, as we can see he pained expression more clearly helping us to empathise with her. The camera following her gives the audience more of a sense they are there, they can relate to her more and although it isn’t a POV shot we are made to feel the same way she does by the camera movement and I think this is very effective in the scene.
At 1:34 the camera tracks diagonally downwards as Holly crouches down to pick up cat, once again I think this is effective as it brings the audience down into the action with them, engaging them more. Additionally when Holly and Fred kiss from 2.16 the camera zooms in making it more intense, and drawing the audience into the moment.
The tracks, pans, zooms and tilts that are used in this scene slow the pace of it down. This keeps the audience focussed, as it implies that it is an important scene, it is not fast paced and choppy like something in the middle or at the climax, the slower pace shows that it is significant to the film.