1. How To Read A Film Still The shot is central so our focus goes straight to
Emma Kerr The angle is straight – this could be because
the centre onto the main characters. The shot is
symmetrical which therefore makes our focus go
As the characters are obviously the main focus is in the middle and being on a into the centre because it’s balanced out so
happy and oblivious to the straight angle it would be the first thing to nothing else grabs our attention apart from the
danger around them – this notice. main focus – the main characters.
shows us that they aren’t
cleaver characters and this also
The Camera
It is a participant view as we are watching
shows their personalities. and going along with the characters.
The creatures in the
People
The frame is a longshot as it has you can
background are staring
see what’s in the background and the
into the centre at the two
main focus.
main characters, also
making the attention into
the centre of the shot – The main characters are in focus, the
into the foreground. background creatures are out of
focus. The focus is in the foreground
– the main characters.
They are in their own classic character
costume which never really changes so
The two main characters are
adding that onto them being in the
highlighted in the centre bringing
highlighted and bright centre could
more attention to them which
suggest the future after this shot is good
shows they dominate the shot.
that’s why they are selected away from
the darkness as their complete self.
Lighting The background colour is dark and grim which relates
The two main characters are looking at each other keeping to the creatures contrasting with the foreground of the
the focus in the centre. The two main characters are smiling main characters in bright and vibrant colours so they
at each other and look like they are ‘skipping’ which tells attract the attention.
The background colours are
us they are happy and so the highlighted and bright colours
black, purple, green and blue
also help to show this because it relates to happiness.
which relate to dark and
‘evil’ which are relevant to
the creatures.