How does Drive use quadrants as a composition and framing technique?

In the film Drive the director uses compositional techniques such as quadrants to create divisions and narratives for the characters. By referencing the 'Drive (2011)- The Quadrant System' video I have analysed the different shots from the film that use these compositional techniques.

In the beginning of this scene she starts in the centre of the screen, before the sides of the screen part in two...

Each side of the screen tells a different character's story. There are two features and our eyes keep switching between the left and right side of the screen.

In this scene the composition is also split into two quadrants and the dynamic of the frame is top and bottom..

The top quadrant is of a triangle of faces telling a story, which connotes their friendly relationship and the balance of power between them. The composition is full of vertical and horizontal line.

The bottom quadrant shows the characters hands which can signify a lot about the characters, on their own. Their hands tell a story about them, for example the two men on the left are holding rags and are covered in grease which connotes them as workers. In contrast the woman has her arms around the child which connotes her as a caring and protective mother. you can also see the child's face and because the child is shown in the lower quadrant this could suggest that the child is less superior or has less significance in the film compared to the other characters inn the frame.  

 The next scene starts with the character in the top- left of the frame, making us assume that the next shot will be of a character in the top right of the screen..

 But instead the director unconventionally places the character in the bottom- right quadrant of the screen, also creating lots of space around them. This connotes that they are lonely or confused.

This shot and the one below show that the two men are in the same quadrant and their eyes in the same spot on the screen, which connotes that they are fighting for the same position.. 

The character Irene is in the dead centre, out of focus which suggests she's not in control but is part of the scene, and could also suggest that she is what the other characters are fighting over.





This scene uses framing to tell a story from the character's behaviour, from both where we look and where we don't look.





this shot has a compositional balance- left and right.






This shot also uses compositional balance as the frame is in quadrants. This gives us things to notice in the top, bottom, left and right of the screen, making the shot more complex and interesting.