The+Kite+Runner

=//The Kite Runner (2007)//=

__ Camera angles - eye level __ This scene conforms to eye level and lets the viewer identify with the lens. In other words, the audience feels like they are on the same street the two boys walk, standing about 1-2 meters behind from the boys and watching them going.

__ Distance - medium shot __ This scene is too close to be called long shot, and is too far to be called close-up. It would be medium shot, there is no exact framing of medium shot though. There are two people together from the other person's point of view, and a clear view of an interaction between them are shown in this scene. The two boys are walking on the street and talking happily about what they will do together.

__ Lighting - bright __ The showing tone of this film is in between dim lightness and brightness because of the sun emerging from behind of the cloud and shining on the boy. It creates very warm and mild atmosphere and helps the audience assume that the boy is in calm and gratified state.

__ Color - warm colors __ The colors shown in this scene are mostly warm colors, mainly yellow-affiliated colors. The background, the wall, pillars and bricks are ivory, the door and vases and light brown colors. So are the boy's clothes. These colors enhance the warm atmosphere generated by light.

__ Prop - kite __ The kite is closed up and put in the bird eye's view position. Through this, it is inferred that the kite is an important plot device and has a certain power over the two boys on the street. Actually the kite roles as a significant medium that connects the two boys and as a factor of their external & internal conflicts.

__ Setting - street & winter __ In this scene, the place an action takes place is the street. On the street, there are tents and people wearing hats and "hijabs." These factors tell that the setting may be an Islamic country. Another factor of setting, time is probably january or february, and it is given by white snow on the ground. It gives an idea that the overall story takes place in winter.

__ Camera height - lower perspective __ The point of view in this scene is lower perspective because the boys are looking up and waving to the men on the second floor, giving an impression that the camera is taking them at lower position. By not just filming from a normal point of view, the director avoided boring shots.

__ Psychology - building strong bonds __ This scene tells a part of context of the film; it shows that the two boys are lifting each other up in their arms. They are complementing each other's skills in flying kites and celebrating themselves for winning a kite-flying competition held in their village.