The very first shot you see in the film is a close up on Jamal's face.
The camera is position over the policeman's right shoulder, looking
straight onto Jamals face. This instantly brings tension into the
movie, and you can straight away see the fear and worry in Jamals
facial expression. The effectiveness of this shot was that the
audience straight away knows that someone is in fear of something.
After the police chase the kids off the air field, the boys run away
and jump over a wall. The shot used to show them jumping over a wall
is a low angle shot. The camera is positioned very low, nearly on the
surface facing practically upwards. I think this shot has been used to
show how these kids are very free. The wall represents all the rules
and boundaries set and the kids jump over it without a second thought.
This would be very different for other people because they would try
to find away around the wall but these kids overcome it like it is
nothing. The effectiveness of the low angle shot was that it showed
how free the kids were and that they were in demand of themselves.
When the kids are running away from the police you see a shot off the
town they live. This is a birds-eye view. The camera is positioned
high in the air looking down upon the town. This shot is used because
so you can see how much the kids are making from what they have. This
shot shows how their town is a dirty and very poor but the kids are
still running around and enjoying themselves. The effectiveness of
this was that people saw how these kids were having such a good time
in the filthiest slums.
When the policeman was chasing the kids around town there were more
kids on the roofs heaving rubbish the the officer. The shot that was
used was a high angle shot. The camera was positioned just above the
kids' heads looking down on the officer. This shot was used to show
how inferior the policeman was compared to the tiny children.
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