Minority Report Shot Analysis

This high angle long shot is one of the first to establish the the Precog characters in the film. Both the lighting of the set, as well as the actors positions give initial clues to the personalities and other important factors of the Precogs. The lighting gives an interesting contrast between the pool that the Precogs lay in vs. the rest of the temple. If you ignore the blue tint, there is a clear black and white difference between the pool and the rest of the room. This could symbolize the clarity of what the Precogs see as opposed to the darkness of the world without precrime. Additonally, it is important to note the difference between Agitha and the twins, as she has her arms directly at her side, while the twins have their arms in an identical U like formation. This foreshadows to the information John Anderton recieves from the "mother of precrime" about the minority reports, as these oracles who supposidly see identical visions of a murder, might not agree. Going off that point, the position of Agithia combined with the lighting of the set make her lit much better than either of the twins, which might imply that while her vision is the minority report, she might have the clearer head.