Thursday, January 30, 2014

"I Was Born, But . . . ": Images for mise en scene assignment


I chose this image because it is extremely balanced. It is a good wide-angel shot. It Was done in a refreshingly balanced light .This is to say, there are only shadows behind them. I feel that this was done not to totally center on an individual bully, but to show them begin terrifying as a pack. It also has all of them facing the same direction. It inflicts the same feeling of "impending doom" that the two boys must had felt. when confronting them.

As for story; i am a fan of how the shot lined up the bullies. It is in an almost v-formation and shows a clear hierarchy in bullying status. The biggest is in the front, smallest on each side, and so on. Subsequently; we also see that the bosses son (a new arrival to the gang) is quite literally the largest boy's "right hand man". As he stands to his right, yet still heads the pack.