This shows one of Baby's most important posessions: one of his iPods. Baby has a condition called tinnitis, which is a constant ringing in the ear, as a result of a childhood car crash. Baby incessantly listens to music as a way to drown out the ringing.
This is a scene from the beginning of the movie, which starts with a car chase. The strong visuals and bright colors are already apparent here.
This is the title card of the movie. Dramatic framing paired with strong graphic features help set the tone for the coming film.
After Baby gets the coffee, he heads to the crime base where his "boss" is waiting with the rest of the crew. This still is one of many examples of dramatic framing used in the film.
Baby and Debora meet. The red, blue, and yellow are here, but since this is a lighthearted scene the colors are all brighter.
Baby and Debora on what is essentially their first date. At the laundromat, every single machine is full of clothes and turning in time to the music playing. The only colors in the machines are red, yellow, and blue.
Baby and his foster father in their apartment. Baby is in a good mood in this scene, so the amosphere is bright.
Baby right before a driving scene. Sunglasses also play a large part in illustrating Baby's character. He almost always wears them when he is around other criminals.
This is a scene after some nasty stuff goes down. The red, yellow, and blue are still present, but the hues are much muddier and darker.
This is a still from the title sequence scene, which includes Baby walking down the street to a coffee shop. On his walk, a song is playing, presumably on his iPod. The audience hears the song too, and as Baby makes his way down the street you can see graffiti that spells out some of the lyrics, with Baby passing them as the lyrics are sung.
Baby is a young getaway driver, contracted to a master-criminal, Doc. Doc's specialty is armed robberies - he puts together teams for each heist, with Baby being the only constant. Baby completes his last job for Doc and is now free. He sets about leading a normal life, getting a legitimate job and starting a relationship with Debora, a waitress. However, Doc views Baby as a sort of good luck charm, and, using threats of violence, pulls him back into the criminal world. With a particular job in mind, Doc assembles his team. However, the other individuals are incompatible with each other, if not psychotic, and soon not only is Baby's life at risk but also Debora's.
This film is fast-paced, fun, and well-crafted. Cinematography is often synchronized with the backing music, which makes for a well-rounded and full viewing experience. Music is an incredibly important aspect of the movie. Each song has been chosen specifically. There is a very strong use of the colors red, yellow, and blue (most often teal) in the film. Happier scenes have brighter saturations of the hues, while crime-centered scenes often use darker saturations.
Five words: action, crime, vibrant, synchronized, vivacious
Baby is a talented getaway driver with a checkered past. After being coerced into working for a crime boss, Baby finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
Type appears with drum hits.
Type appears with drum hits.
Type appears with drum hits.
Yellow type blurs into three yellow road stripes, camera pans to the right at a different pace than the type, which is also traveling right.
The road lines turn and lighten, angling into a transition to an angled view of a building.
Camera pans up a building, with type stationary on its side.
Once the camera gets to a section of the building, the camera flattens out perspective and the lines duplicate and move to form the grid of the laundromat scene.
Laundromat scene. Camera stays stationary, while circles rotate independently (synched with the music) and type travels to the right along grid lines.
Abrupt flash transition to this scene, where steering wheels are now turning and type travels right along the (now invisible) grid lines.
Background gradient changes and wheels begin to disappear.
In this scene, type is stationary and camera pans over the field; wheels are randomly placed (on the grid) and the backgroud gets lighter.
Lightest background.
Camera zooms on one of the white wheels, with type stationary and gradient transitioning to pink.
Wheel becomes a road, with a "car" driving around it. Type situated stationary within the white boundary, but disappears after the "car" drives over it.
Car drives around, with it ending in the upper right part of the circle. Background is now solid pink.
Camera zooms out to reveal a coffee cup with Baby's name already on it. Type slides in from left.
Title card. "Baby" grows and "Driver" appears below it.
Final card: director. Type from title card switches to director in an abrupt transition.