Film 'Secondhand Lions': Film Analysis

In the film, ‘Secondhand Lions’, the director has used a wide variety of film techniques to reveal how characters are shaped as the movie progresses. The 2003 film directed by Tim McCanlies is about a young boy named Walter and his 3 uncles, Hub and Garth. This film showcases how characters change and develop through the film using film techniques as well as a number of significant events. The director has used a diverse assortment of film techniques to show this change including, Flashbacks, sound, camera angles and dialogue. Examples of when these are incorporated are when, Hub has flashbacks at the lake, at the gas station when Walter finds out his mom lied to him and finally, dialogue when he jumps out of mae’s car. To that end, The director has used a number of significant events and film techniques to shape how the audience interprets the characters. …show more content…
The director has used a multitude of film techniques to showcase how Walter is just a young timid boy including, sound and camera angles. The first instance when the director has used film techniques is when he is at the gas station on the phone to his mum. In this scene the director has used extremely sad and desolate music to manifest how Walter can’t even trust his own mom and is all alone with two men he doesn’t even know. Another event that has shown this is when they arrive at Hub and Garth’s house; furthermore, In this event the director has shown Hub, Garth and Mae having an intense conversation on whether they want Walter to stay or not, Hub was quoted saying ‘We don’t want no sissy boy around here’. In this scene the director has used dialogue to show to show how Mae doesn’t want to take care of Walter and neither do his uncles. This communicates to the audience that Walter is on his own and has no one to take care of