The camera in the first six minutes of the film is very regular, it stays the same for most of the six minutes, other than at the very beginning of the film the camera zooms into the stop sign. It then stays with the children, doing a tracking shot while they have there conversation on the way to school. Through out the rest of the intro it stays pretty regular, but as the two boys have there heated exchange in the class room and then square up to each other it separately zooms into both of their faces. I think this is to create more of a direct message, so you are focused completely on what that character is saying.
Sound:
At the beginning of the six minutes you can hear a gun shot, followed by screaming and police sirens. I think this is done to set the scene for the audience, it shows that its a very dangerous and intimidating environment. You can then hear what sound like a young child saying that it is there brother which has been shot, this could be trying to tell us that no matter what the family is like, due to the environment they are vulnerable to violence and danger. By having a small innocent child having a close connection it seems with the victim it shows us that at this time in America and in these surrounding any family is in danger. After the incident, you then have the children's dialogue and in this they briefly talk about the shooting from the night before. The way they talk about is as if they are used to this kind of incident happening and its no shock to them, one of the children then goes on to talk about how his brother has been shot before. This shows us how tough and deadly their environment is. Once they get into the class and the two children have there argument, you can hear the way they talk to each other and the foul language they use for such young children. Again this shows the environment and surroundings they have been brought up in and how they have reacted to this and feel as though they have to talk to each other like this.
Editing:
The editing of the film is very contrasted, the way in which at the very beginning of the film is dark and loud. You cant see what is happening but due to the sound and what is written in front of you, you know exactly what is happening. Its very violent and dark, but it then changes to a more calm and different setting as it tracks the children's conversation. Towards the end of the six minutes however it then goes back to the violence setting, where the two children end up having a fight in the class room and when one of the children is walking home he walks past the men beating up the one individual. The pace in which they do this is quite quick, they have two violent scenes in six minutes.
Mise en Scene:
The clothes of the children at the beginning is rather normal, there all wearing trainers and regular clothing, one of the children is wearing a jumper and smart trousers, this could suggest he is more intelligent. As it progresses to the end of the intro of the film you see one of the mothers of the children, she is dressed very well, this could suggest to us that she has a better living than a lot of the people in the area or again is more intelligent. The lighting starts very dark during the very beginning as they play the gun fire and screaming, but once it gets to the children's discussion the lighting is back to normal day time and is quite bright. It stays like this throughout the rest of the 6 minutes even while they are in the class room it stays bright. The setting of the whole opening six minutes is very dull and rundown. There is bin bags left out everywhere and all the windows are open in the background, this shows how the area is dirty and perhaps this is the reason the windows are all open. As the six minutes progresses they then get to a crime scene, this shows the setting to be very dangerous and deadly. There are also gun shots in the walls and the surroundings in this particular part are smashed up and broken. Once you get to the class room the camera shows a wall where the young children have made drawings. The drawings which they have drawn are all of gun shootings and other violent events, this again shows how they have been brought up and what they are used to.
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