Platoon is a film about an American platoon during Vietnam War. The film was made in 1986. Platoon was directed by Oliver Stone and filmed by Robert Richardson.
In the first shot Richardson frames the camera a specifically to direct the audience to feel negatively about Tom Berenger’s character and identify with the Vietnamese people. This is done visually several different ways. The first is by using the foreground and background to build context. In this shot we see the Vietnamese people in the foreground and the American soldiers in the background. The camera has the same orientation as the Vietnamese people; the back of the Vietnamese people’s heads is facing the camera will the American soldier’s faces face the camera. This is done to
In the first shot Richardson frames the camera a specifically to direct the audience to feel negatively about Tom Berenger’s character and identify with the Vietnamese people. This is done visually several different ways. The first is by using the foreground and background to build context. In this shot we see the Vietnamese people in the foreground and the American soldiers in the background. The camera has the same orientation as the Vietnamese people; the back of the Vietnamese people’s heads is facing the camera will the American soldier’s faces face the camera. This is done to