Camerawork on Monarch of The Glen

The video clip above is what was used if needed:


The camerawork in the monarch of the glen is cleverly used to represent the age of the characters and how they affect each other. As the clip starts a establishing shot is being taken and a dolly shot is used to to follow the characters loading the truck with the tools. It zooms out of the focus of one group and shows all the adults carrying tools and doing something practical.

 As the scene carries on it shows a two shot and moves on to a boy and girl, the boy is sweeping the floor and from this i can generate that it is a chore a child would do around the house and the front garden and the girl who looks as if she is skipping out of the doorway like a little child would do. As it carries on there is a medium shot of the girl as she talks to the boy and a over the shoulder shot as it focuses on them both staring at each other and talking.

 Moving on in the clip you get a close up of the girl in the vehicle looking around as if she is confused of what she is actually doing. Her body language is emphasized as she looks very stern and is wondering what she has to do. A car crash had happened and a high angle shot was used to show how and where the crash happened, Amy was the first to get out of the car and scurry along to check if the other person was alright as it is quicker for a child to move then an adult.

In this scene it goes from a medium shot of the group to a medium long shot of the old man showing he is older than the rest meaning he is of some importance. When the teacher says why he is here the camera moves into a medium shot because what he says is of importance. As the two men enter the room the camera moves from the corner and gets closer up to them. When the father figure is told about Amy not sitting her exams he walks out the room and is takes Amy away from the grandmother figure and the camera switches to a close up shot to a medium shot of the man as this is saying he is a lot older than the girl and is of importance.

The camera cuts in and out of different frames when the men are working it shows that there is only men and women there and no children showing the age group. As the camera pans around the Amy's room it shows us her age and we can see she is a young girl as her room is decorated in pink and magazines.