Workshop 2: The Impact of Angle,Movement and Shots

 A - Jack fighting Julian because Julien called Auggie a freak.

• Mr Brown pulling Jack off Julien.
• Dutch tilt used - Showing something is not right
• Low angle - makes one person look smaller than the other - Julien looks weak and vulnerable.

Viewer feels shocked, surprised, concerned and uneasy.  

Director - Surprised, Sad, worried for Jack. 

Other techniques - Music - Creates atmosphere, minor, slow motion - Makes fight more intense. 

In the film wonder low angle shots and dutch tilts are used effectively. This is demonstrated in the scene where Jack attacks Julien because he calls Auggie a freak. In this scene a low angle dutch tilt shot is used to make Jack look stronger and Julien weak and vulnerable. This makes us feel shocked, surprised  and concerned because Jack has never been violent. The purpose of this was to show the theme of kindness as Jack finally stands up for Auggie. Combined with this is the use of quiet, minor music and slow motion to create an atmosphere and make it more intense. This can be contrasted to the nature reserve fight scene where Auggie now show kindness by standing up for Jack.

B - Fight scene at nature reserve - Auggie gets new friends, High 5, no plague Jack Amos and others. They beat up seventh graders and run away.

-Wide angle long shots.  make us feel like we are a bystander  watching an important moment the emotions are theirs not ours. 

- Audience - joyful, proud, careful, ecstatic, relived - Auggie is finally included and has friends. 

- Director - Shows Auggie is finally fitting in, show the importance of friendship or kindness.

- Other techniques - lighting use of shadow outlining the boys feel like they are all in it together.