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

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

★ High angle: makes the character "Other Wybie" look small. weak and vulnerable. 

★ POV: Other Mother - dominant & powerful.

★ Medium shot: gives us some ideas of background but not full.

★ Audience: feels - powerful, we are looking down on Wybie through "Other Mothers" POV

- sad/worried for Wybie - he looks small, sad, innocent

- first character in the world to suggest something is not right

★ Directors Purpose: 

- makes us feel sorry for Wybie 

- makes audience think that maybe the "Other Mother" isn't so nice - foreshadowing 

In the shot with the other Wybie and the Other mother, high angle shots are used effectively to show the theme 

"Looks can be deceiving" This is demonstrated through a high angle shot from the point of view of the other mother. She is looking down the front porch steps at a scared other Wybie. This makes the audience feel sorry for Wybie and makes the Other Mother seem powerful. The purpose of this scene was to make the audience think that maybe the Other Mother isn't so nice after all. Combined with the use of lighting, Wybie is in a warm light but surrounded by darkness, the director has created an atmosphere of caution - somethings not right. This reminds the viewer of a later scene where Coraline is looking up at the Other Mother in horror as she throws her through a magical portal into a locked room. This shows that looks can be deceiving because the Other Mother wasn't nice as we thought like Coraline first thought

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★ Dutch angle/Dutch tilt: h