Slumdog Millionaire Belonging

Children grow up protected from harm by their parents. The closest one was ever close to danger, was when one scraped their knees or had the flu; but imagine a life where the least dangerous activity to do was play on a tarmac with planes flying towards one and the most dangerous being in the middle of a war. This is the life of a child who grows up in the slums of Mumbai, India. Slumdog Millionaire is a British Drama film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Simon Beaufoy in 2008. Slumdog Millionaire tells the story of Jamal Malik a child who grew up in the slums of Mumbai is on the Indian version of ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’. Although there is suspicion of cheating Jamal proves to a detective that he is not an average chiawallah/slumdog and eventually wins the show as well as being finally reunited with the love of his life. There are two sides within us all; the …show more content…
The movie takes place in Mumbai, India as well as through Jamal Malik’s memories. During Slumdog Millionaire there are lots of colours indicating the emotions like gold for love, and red for desire. The colours also contribute to the atmosphere around the characters such as yellow for remembrance, black for fear of the unknown and white for purity. Not only are there lots of colours, but the lighting is used in a certain way to make the characters seem loyal and strong, yet vulnerable and innocent. The characters also seem courageous, but scared or good and evil. For example, Salim is in the darkness most of the time with slivers of white light to show that he is not completely evil nor completely pure. With the many camera angles used they add effect to the story as is seen with the multiple angles of destiny around Latika and Jamal. There to show that they are destined to be together and that the many Gods-Eye-View or Birds-Eye-View shots to show that God wants them to end up