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 * 1) This scene in the movie is when the main character shares with the entire group of people about his past of his dad sexually abusing him and his sister. In this scene there are a large amounts of canted shots. This affects the tone of the scene because canted shots are off setting and this scene shows him revealing hidden evil in the family that is very disturbing. With these shots a head of when he makes his stand prepares you for the speech he is about to make.
 * 1) The entire film was shot hand held and very shaky, which brings this more home taped camera feel. This affects the tone because it makes you feel more in the film versus watching it. It makes it feel like you are there or are watching it from a video that was recorded by a normal person. This also gives it a rawer feel that makes the film feel more real then perfectly shot with no shake and dollies.
 * 1) In one shot there is a cut on action, where the main character stands up and it switches angle when he is all the way up. This gives the film more intensity and is a smoother way of cutting from one shot to another. It had cut from a medium shot to a close up which intensifies the tone.
 * 1) The lighting from this film was natural and came from a window on the side of the building which with placement of the characters cause a high key light on them but for some of the characters they are lit from the back which was ironic because the characters that where lit from the back by the placement in the scene where a down to earth couple in a terrible relationship. I find this strange because normally lighting things from the back are used as edge lights but these characters seem to lack the parts that would make a director want to give them a glow.
 * 1) Most of the scene seemed to be filmed with the subjects framed towards the center in most circumstances it seems to be bad framing in videos but it reacquires so often it creates this weird offset that gives a feeling that something is not right about the subject especially since most of the time this happens they fill the frame.
 * 1) The scene had a lot of close ups which brings out the intensity of the scene and brings out the emotions on the characters faces. This helps express what the people are feeling and helps explain the situation especially since it is about vital information within the movie.
 * 1) This scene takes place in a dining hall where everyone is eating and during this it is cutting from different peoples conversations which is parallel editing. The multiple things happening going back to him shows him resisting. This also makes the watcher eager to hear what he is about to say.
 * 1) The framing of this one specific shot I really enjoy because it truly captures the tone of the room and what is happening. The placement of just his head close to the camera creates distance between him and the people who are sitting down and since he is placed lower in the frame shows his inferiority in what he is doing because no one else believes what he is saying. This shot really portrays the theme of him being against everyone else.
 * 1) This video was filmed with a larger shutter angle or lower shutter speed, which causes more blurs which it unnatural. This creates a strange affect that causes you to be calm. The calmness of this sets you up to think more and take in the moment and focuses the scene.
 * 1) During his speech the shot of the main character is set as a bit of a worms eye which puts him in a superior place. This makes sense because in this part of the film he is standing up for the bad things that have happened to him for so long.

Later I found out that this film is part of a movement called Dogme 95 which was a younger movement in Denmark against Hollywood productions that where on such high budgets so it was based on low budget. It was filmed on a Sony DCR-PC7E Handycam which is a consumer cassette camcorder which explains the shakiness, the lack of lighting, and the larger shutter angle to compensate the lack of lighting.