Workshop 2 - Linking themes to the impact of Angles, Movement and Shots

Brainstorm: 

What's happening?

- "Other Wybie" standing on the stairs outside the house. 'Other Mother' asks him to smile from the doorway, instead, he frowns. 

- 'Other Wybie' making self smaller, less of a target, head down, Shoulder hunched, looks weak and vulnerable

Angles & Shots:

- POV ("Other Mother", makes her seem stronger, bigger, more dominant)

- High angle (makes Wybie look overpowered, weak and vulnerable)

Viewer:

- Makes viewer feel sorry for / scared for "Other Wybie"

Director:

- Foreshadowing (hinting at what is to come) 

- Hinting that maybe the 'Other Mother' isn't so wonderful!

Other Techniques:

- Lighting (spotlight on "Other Wybie", like he's on the spot / under focus)

- Dark around (creates a creepy atmosphere)

In the scene with the "Other Mother" and the 'Other Wybie', we have seen high angle shots (used to show the theme "Looks can be deceiving").  We see this when the "Other Mother" asks the "Other Wybie" to smile but he hunches over and frowns instead. This makes the audience feel sorry for "Other Wybie" because he looks scared. The use of a high angle shot from the perspective of the "Other Mother" adds to this feeling as it makes the "Other Wybie" look weak and vulnerable. The director did this to foreshadow the change of the "Other Mother" from creepy to more creepy. Coinciding with this is the use of lighting, a spotlight is on the "Other Wybie" emphasising that he is under the focus of the "Other Mother". This reminds us of earlier in the film where a low angle shot was used to make Wybie seem big and scary but really he was just ordinary. This links to the scene because it also shows a moment when the look of a character was deceiving.