Wednesday, 29 September 2010

This is the life - Craig

He used a hand held camera like a fly on a wall. There is then a close up of mum expression to introduce us to the chaos of the kitchen. There is non diegetic sound which bridges from the kitchen scene to the boy alone. Montage of the brother and sister having fun close bond, no dialogue just facial reactions to know their feelings. We can see the sister looking after the brother. The dad returns we see a close up of the girls reaction to her dad n then the boys. We can tell in the shot there not very well off because of the rubbish behind the father and daughter as they hug. low angle close up of boy looking at his dad not moving as if he feels as though he has to be strong after being the man of the house while the dad was gone. Extreme close up of dad hugging and crying coming in and out of focus, this could be the sister point of view crying or just representing us the audience tearing up or it is such an intimate moment that it is giving them some privacy. Low angle of the camera looking in at the family eating in front the TV, not around the table which normally the stereotypical perfect family does. This could mean they do not own a table or they are basing it on the stereotypical minimum wage (poor) family. Shot reverse shot of dad pleading after forgetting where the school is the boy shows no emotion, as if he is used to it. Close up of boy pressing buttons bored been there for a long time. Same music comes on where the boy was playing with his sister, I feel it signifies his happiness. Clip of arguing in background and shot reverse shot of the children as if they are speaking using eye contact. In the next shot the music returns for the family bowling. Medium shot of the father behind the counter in probation office this shot is effective because we do not see the man he is speaking to only the father and some pens out of focus.

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