Margaret (2011), a film with a starting scene which captures a devastating accident. This scene involves the main character, Margaret, played by Anna Paquin, running after a moving bus. She’s trying to ask the driver where he got is cowboy hat from, he can’t hear her clearly through the glass doors and tries to understand what she’s saying. The lights change to red, it is made clear that Margaret has seen this switch, yet she still runs with the bus. The bus driver runs the red light, hits and kills a woman who has just stepped on to the road.

We were made to analyse this film and discuss why the cinematic choices were made. There were long shots from across the other side of the road as Maragret window-shopped, we saw how busy the streets were from the rush of cars left and right. From the loud noises from the cars and their horns. Any other dialogue was rather overshadowed by the busyness of the streets. This established that the cars were fast moving and disruptive.

We watched a scene in Le Feu Foulet (1963), by Louis Malle, which was a scene in a cafe which had incredible coverage. We looked over it in class, Robin had mapped it out for us on paper and we could see that there were many cameras involved/many angles that the scene must have been filmed from. I never realised until this very moment to click to the way in which cameras are cleverly positioned in the film and televison which I consume. Discussing these film and television scenes alone, has made me more aware of this factor and I have now caught myself several times watching something and noticing its coverage. A great step in honing in on my abilities to succeed in this class I believe!