To Kill A Mockingbird Opening Scene Analysis

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In cinematography you learn different ways to angle the camera, the lights just the right way to show you an entire chapter of a book in just a few frames, add a score to listen to the music and sounds and get your audience to feel the movie from their perspective. As a director they may not have the idea but they can show a thousand words in just one picture. That is key thing in videography is it has to capture, what the author writes they show with just one frame, weather it is to show a character's attitude, personality, authority, or anything really camera placement can come in handy. Although not many people notice it unless you look for it it helps your brain process many things without realizing it. One of the first scene …show more content…
Throughout the clips in the movie lighting is a small little detail that we may notice but not know the meaning of it, also in a black and white movie it can be a little harder to see. As the Finch family goes to the Robinson’s house late night, Atticus, Mr. Finch, gets out of the car as Jem is in the back seat watching, and scout is in the front sound asleep. As Bob Ewell comes on the set the lights get just a bit darker, and his hat casts a shadow just over his eyes to make him look more ominous. As Atticus comes out Mr. Ewell squints a bit as if Atticus was the light, it is a quick little thing very few may notice but it adds a bit of extra detail about each character without using a single word. Mr.Ewell is depicted as a sketchy character from the beginning you can tell from the scene that something isn't quite right targeting Atticus's family. Or maybe just looking at him hobble up to the car window looking angry, agitated, and most of all a bit under the influence, but all and all you can tell he isn’t going to be good news when he shows …show more content…
Take the jaws theme music for an example, written by John Williams, this iconic song can be named within the first few measures, and you don’t need to see it to know it. Movies use this technique to get your brain to realize what may happen by the sound you

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