I really enjoyed watching these scenes in Part 18 of the online resources! Something that particularly struck a chord with me while watching through these scenes, that I have been noticing a lot recently, but only properly hit me today is camera movement in a conversation. In particular how is the camera motivated. Something I learnt in high school media that has been a minor thing that has stuck in my mind is that when filming a conversation the camera should switch between showing each character as if you were there watching it play out. For example you watch one character who is talking and there is a small delay before showing the next person talking as it would take you a second to look over as you are not sure who will speak next. This and a lot of things I was taught in high school have stuck with me but not in the front of my mind. While watching the boy talk to the nurse, I realised that the camera stuck to him rather than showing the nurse every time she spoke. And I really liked this! I obviously knew that there are no set ‘rules’ in cinema, but I think it took me this long to think more closely about camera movement in conversation.

In these scenes I also really liked that it was a handheld camera, which adds to what I imagine is quite a sad but realistic film. In addition to this I think it was so clever how they described the camera to be at the same level as the child throughout the film. Specifically more so when he visits his estranged father and we really feel how much he loves him.

As they describe in one of the videos, the directors didn’t want the camera to move heaps, I also really enjoyed this aspect in the scenes. It made the scenes feel more real and raw. This particularly was very clever when we see the part where the father is talking to the sons carer and he is boxed into the corner. One of the brothers said that the shot reverse shots were done by the actors and not by the camera, which is something I have not thought about or have consciously seen. This is something I will now look out for more in the films I watch!