Baby Driver
Baby Driver
CREDIT SEQUENCE
Yellow stripes on building over credits looks like yellow lines on road
Single shot walking scene
(34:30) “Easy” starts. Nothing besides song...non DIEGETIC sound or dialogue or anything.
(37:00) Diner conversation and blocking. Names in songs. Debra and Mary and duh Baby.
Transitions to laundromat cool colors
Baby takes new job driving as pizza driver. Different kind of dough
(44:00) Dinner scene turns into meeting with Doc. Forced into new job.
(48:00ish) Scoping bank. Lay of land. Think Fincher’s Panic Room intro...where is everything?
So audience knows. Dolly Parton reference
Sees roomate and talks to Debra one more time
(53:00) meeting with crew. Queen reference. Knockin on Heavens Door, End of the Road,
Hotel California = hex songs. Diana Ross Nowhere to Run to.
(1hr 6min) Bats wants to stop at diner. Baby tries to refuse but can’t
He tells backstory of team. Tension mounts. “When he sees red…”
Baby stands up. Finally refuses and calls himself out to Bats
(1hr 11min): meeting...Bats says they fired first but Doc knows not true.
WHY doesn’t baby back out? Does he have that option?
Black and white shows alternate reality
He tries to escape...Buddy almost lets him...again Bats stops him. Bats always wearing red
Gets mix tapes...reveals Deborah...she’s left waiting at diner
(1hr19min): next day. Music matches again (rain and windshield wipers and car doors/trunk.
Music Speeds up
Transitions to FOOT CHASE. Cars present throughout chase but it’s on foot. Transitions back
to car again...then back to foot.
(1hr36min) confronts Doc: “Don’t feed me any more lines from Monsters Inc” haha
Gets Mom tape
Garage shoot out
Prison is full of white colors...suits, walls, wristband, mail, postcards, cop cars, laundry.
Real name is Miles...still appropriate
Black and White fades into reality colors. White car red interior.
CHASE SCENE involving feet
FIGHTING SCENE involving cars