1. Title of the film: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) dir. Danny Boyle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDC47NsoRE0 2. Description of the context and staging of the scene:
After years of separation, the Indian teen Jamal Malik wants to free his beloved Latika, who has become a rich’s slave, and waits for her everyday at the train station. One day, she escapes and looks for him at the meeting point. The place is crowded. He is leaning on the handrail of the second floor, whereas she is standing on the ground, between two railways. The camera goes from him to her repeatedly. They catch sight of each other and smile, but she is followed by few men. Jamal warns her and as she looks over her shoulder, her face shows anxiety and fear. She is seen through …show more content…
Latika appears physically trapped, as she really is under her boss’ power. The bars of the handrail, as it is shown in the left picture, also confine her head, since she is controlled by the tyrant and sees no exit until Jamal tries to help her out. o As the camera moves closer to her face, the bars disappear, which provides hope to the spectator for an optimistic conclusion of the scene.
Next, Jamal’s hope and determinatin in his quest of rescuing Latika are implicitly included in the composition and design of the frame. o At the very beginning of the scene, Jamal is squatting behind the handrails. The bars act as compositional lines to block his mind from the opportunity of seeing Latika. o Jamal’s face lies in the shadow. As he sees her, he stands up to free his mind of anxiety and sudden light in his face enhances his confidence in succeeding in his quest of rescuing his beloved one.
Moreover, the many obstacles between Jamal and Latika are pictured by the crowded environment of the scene and the repeated cut-offs due to trains and people passing …show more content…
At first, Latika lies in the shadow, lost and alone. However, as Jamal calls her name, Latika suddenly appears in a light exposure, in her yellow shirt. Their hope of seeing each other again is fulfilled. Then, as her assailants reach her and she screams out at Jamal for the last time, she faces the light and tries to stay in that zone before being grabbed by a man and taken away in the shadow. Light represents hope and liberation, whereas dark implies confinement and misfortune. o The high angle shot of her pursuers also indicates in advance their advantage in number and in strength against her. o Metal poles above pursuers in the background symbolize the impossibility for her of escaping from her master’s employees. o In the train in which Latika tries to flee, grey metallic fences look like a cage and thus reveal a possible failure of Jamal’s meeting with Latika. o At the very last seconds of the scene, one can observe Jamal running behing a fence in the street, which bars act as compositional lines to illustrate the resulting separation of the two characters. o Latika is seen through the car’s window as the car speeds up away from the train station and from the desperate Jamal. The closed window reaffirms the complete separation, as it was initially, between Jamal and
After years of separation, the Indian teen Jamal Malik wants to free his beloved Latika, who has become a rich’s slave, and waits for her everyday at the train station. One day, she escapes and looks for him at the meeting point. The place is crowded. He is leaning on the handrail of the second floor, whereas she is standing on the ground, between two railways. The camera goes from him to her repeatedly. They catch sight of each other and smile, but she is followed by few men. Jamal warns her and as she looks over her shoulder, her face shows anxiety and fear. She is seen through …show more content…
Latika appears physically trapped, as she really is under her boss’ power. The bars of the handrail, as it is shown in the left picture, also confine her head, since she is controlled by the tyrant and sees no exit until Jamal tries to help her out. o As the camera moves closer to her face, the bars disappear, which provides hope to the spectator for an optimistic conclusion of the scene.
Next, Jamal’s hope and determinatin in his quest of rescuing Latika are implicitly included in the composition and design of the frame. o At the very beginning of the scene, Jamal is squatting behind the handrails. The bars act as compositional lines to block his mind from the opportunity of seeing Latika. o Jamal’s face lies in the shadow. As he sees her, he stands up to free his mind of anxiety and sudden light in his face enhances his confidence in succeeding in his quest of rescuing his beloved one.
Moreover, the many obstacles between Jamal and Latika are pictured by the crowded environment of the scene and the repeated cut-offs due to trains and people passing …show more content…
At first, Latika lies in the shadow, lost and alone. However, as Jamal calls her name, Latika suddenly appears in a light exposure, in her yellow shirt. Their hope of seeing each other again is fulfilled. Then, as her assailants reach her and she screams out at Jamal for the last time, she faces the light and tries to stay in that zone before being grabbed by a man and taken away in the shadow. Light represents hope and liberation, whereas dark implies confinement and misfortune. o The high angle shot of her pursuers also indicates in advance their advantage in number and in strength against her. o Metal poles above pursuers in the background symbolize the impossibility for her of escaping from her master’s employees. o In the train in which Latika tries to flee, grey metallic fences look like a cage and thus reveal a possible failure of Jamal’s meeting with Latika. o At the very last seconds of the scene, one can observe Jamal running behing a fence in the street, which bars act as compositional lines to illustrate the resulting separation of the two characters. o Latika is seen through the car’s window as the car speeds up away from the train station and from the desperate Jamal. The closed window reaffirms the complete separation, as it was initially, between Jamal and