How does shot sizes, composition and movement help construct the representation of age?
Shot size
In the clip there was a medium long shot of the young girl this shot helped the representation of her age as this shot helps establish her costume. There is also a close up shot of the young girl in the land rover by having a close up shot you are able to see her facial expressions. In this shot it shows her confusion of the use of the car so this infers that she is too young to drive or have the knowledge of driving the car. When there was a car crash the type of shot that was used was a wide shot this shot help the audience to be aware of the location and what was happening in the shot. Then there was another medium long shot used to show the costume of the headmaster and in the shot the collision was in the foreground and this helped the audience to see the differences between young and old. When the two adults where entering the office the shot used was long shot this type of shot helped the audience to see the costume, the posture and the body language of the adults. being able to see these features of the characters it helps the audience to interoperate the age of the characters. In this scene of the office there was a mid shot of the young male adult and this helped his to show his body language also. In the scene where the young girl is getting told off by the young male adult there is a medium close up of the young girl to help see her expressions and emotions on her face by being able to see her facial expressions you are you can infer her age. In the scene of the young girls room there are extreme close ups of the notes made so the audience are able to see that she is not extremely young as she is old enough to inform the adults that she is running away. In the clip there was a extreme long shot to establish the location and this helped represent the age as it showed the location where the male adults are working.
Composition
There was an over the shoulder shot that was used in the clip where the young boy was having a conversation with the young girl and this shot was helping to represent the age as it helped show that the girl was younger than the boy. In the scene where there was a car crash there was a high angle shot this helped to establish the location. When the young girl was trying to hide away from the headmaster there was a two shot of the young girl and the young female adult; in this shot you are able to see that the young female adult if acting like a motherly figure that is trying to protect her child. This two shot helps represent the difference of age between the young female adult and young girl. another thing about this shot is that it is at eye level of the young girl so it makes the audience feel suspicious of the young girl and what is her motive. In the scene where the young male adult is telling off the young girl a low angle shot is used to show his authority so it helps represent age.
Movement
At the beginning of the clip you are able to see that the type movement that was used was a dolly shot and this allows the audience to see the tools, by the audience being able to see the tools are used for hard labour they can infer that the people using the tools would be older. At the scene of the car crash there is a pan/ tilt movement to show the height difference between the characters and from the height difference you are able to establish who is within each age range. A tilt movement is also used in the young girl room to revile the note and there was a pan movement to see important features in the room so the audience is able to what elements makes her a young girl as you are able to see the decorated mirror and the teddy bear. In this scene of the room there is a slow zoom in the picture to see that the young girl is looking back to how see felt when that picture was taken and the audience is able to compare her feelings and emotions. After the young girl has run away there was a tilt movement used showing the window ledge to the inside of the room and this makes the audience feel like they are on the outside looking in; this is how the young girl is feeling. So this helps the audience infer her age as they know how she feels and how she is feeling is how a young girl would feel in that situation.
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