The opening shot of the film 'Nowhere Boy' is an establishing shot of a old, stone grand looking building, and we then we see John Lennon running across the front of the building. This shows the audience that John is not very significant as the building makes John look so small. Interestingly the building is old and made stone giving the film a grey dull feel but in contrast there is upbeat jolly music playing.
Through out the next 15 minuets of the film as the audience we understand that John has a very different relationship with his uncle than he does with his Aunt Mimi. Mimi is represented as the responsible motherly figure where as his Uncle is more of a friend to John. We see this when Johns Uncle presents him with a harmonica, the way his Uncle looked over his shoulder to see if Mimi was looking before he gave it to John tells us that music is something that only John and his Uncle share and that it is special to them. Presenting the Uncle in a soft, childish way as he jokes around with John. in contrast Aunt Mimi is stun, traditional and sensible and her character is shown through what she wears.
Furthermore we see that John is rebellious in this opening as Aunt Mimi has to constantly remind John to put his glasses on, also we see Johns happy, free side when he rides his bike with his friend with no hands on the handle bars. Finally when John arrives at school and is greeted by some girls at the gate shows that he is popular at school and cheeky.
Your task here is to look at how camerawork constructs meaning, so you need to use media language more frequently and confidently, for example, use the term 'framing' about how characters appear together (Mimi and John, John and his uncle); explain the function of the establishing shot ( contrast between graeco-roman rigidity / establishment values and John's wildness, irreverence).
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