In this still from the film Take the Money & Run by Woody Allen, Woody Allen's character is center frame of this medium shot. Woody himself is looking at a stack of money in his right hand. A group of men and women surrounds him; some are looking straight at Woody Allen, others are looking at the money, some are looking at each other. The various elements of this shot combine to create a singular image that conveys a specific intent and purpose to the audience.
The background is the storefront of this building; white walls surround a large windowsill that is obscured by blinds. A name and title (presumably of the building) is seen in reverse on the exterior of the window through the blinds. The window itself frames Allen's head, and the blinds obscure the light coming through the window. Dominant objects in the frame include the cash in Allen's hand; secondary objects include the phone, placard, papers and anything else on the desks. Allen is looking down, so the audience does not get a good look at his face. He is wearing large, thick black rimmed glasses, which further differentiates him from the crowd, none of whom wear eyewear of any kind.
The lighting of this film is very even, with very little use of shadow or variation. The light seems to equally wash over all the characters, giving emphasis to no one. The brightest points come from what light peeks out of the blinds; even then, it appears to be dusk, and the light is not extremely bright. The light emphasizes no one's face, save the man in the brown suit looking over Allen's right shoulder. The film color is also very even, giving a further white sheen to the already white room, the brightest colors coming from the policeman's blue shirt and the tan jacked of the man in the foreground. The film has a very low depth of field, as the people and objects in the immediate foreground of the shot are just as in focus as the background. This offers a virtually omniscient shot of everything that is going on in the scene, to full view of the audience.
The shot composition is also fairly unremarkable; cinematographically, the straight-on medium shot conveys a simple depiction of the action. Allen is in the middle of the shot, with the desk in front of him in a circle. The group of people clustered around him can be barely recognized; except for a few faces, everyone else's face is obscured. The crowd around Allen do not gather directly in front of him, so that the camera can capture Allen directly in the middle of the shot. This conveys the sense of a crowd, with Allen at the center of it - all the while, Allen remains in shot and clearly seen. Allen is almost the shortest person in frame, as everyone else looms over him or leers toward him as he is surrounded. The medium-wide shot encompasses the entire crowd, allowing the audience to see nearly everyone who surrounds Allen, while still making him look small compared to the crowd.
