Closeup shots using just facial expressions without words clearly show how the boy is viewing people,
The lack of music in most of the scenes makes them a lot more intense and shows how pivotal they are to the overall film.
The setting of the large house and his nervousness, is revealed to be somewhere he was stealing, is afraid of from because of the later reveal of him in a much smaller house in his bedroom. He is later revealed to be the servant of the wealthier people.
The sound effects used with no music on the scene with the dog in the bag really draw out emotions. They take a really common relationship the audience probably has, one with their dog, and draw out the empathy for the boy’s dog.
The close up frames with quick cuts right at the end show the tension between the life threatening situation and the relationship between these two people. I think at the end the dog is supposed to represent the irony of him treating the slave poorly. But in the end shows him realizing even if he is free from this specific plantation, he may not be free, so he saves his master.
Use of sound effects and close-up dramatic frames reveals how the story ended without having to use any graphic content. The main character and the dog are introduced at the very beginning. You quickly come to realize their wealth, and positions (occupations) without any dialogue. They are defined strictly by the setting and what they are doing in the shots. The slave appears to be working for him.
The setting is portrayed as very rural, you come to realize this big estate or property doesn’t have very many people on it at all. There is also some actions like raising the flag and some other technologies shown that indicate this is some time ago, perhaps 100-200 years.
There is a lot of close up shots to show non verbal gestures and communications between these characters. There is some nice cuts during the flag pole raising scene to help give a sense of what the setting looks like. There is also some very dramatic cuts during the scene where the dog is guarding the man, I think the use of quick cuts here definitely helps the scene become more dramatic.
I think the pace of the editing starts out very slow, and undetected. There’s some wider shots and I believe some introductory music playing to set the rural setting. Then I think the editing starts to become a bit more involved and dramatic during both scenes with the dog, providing lots of cuts. There’s also a good jump cut to transition them to the field their working in to put the fence up.
The silence with the dog barking sound effects really cranked up the intensity of this scene. It really made the dogs bark seem evil and dark, which is not typically how dogs are portrayed. Also the whimpering sound effects did the same thing in the opposite manner. They really make you feel for the dog and gain some passionate hate towards the man who’s hitting it.
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