Goodnight Mr Tom. 500 words.

Film of Choice - Goodnight Mister Tom

Adaption by Carlton Television, originally a book by Michelle Magorian.

In the introduction to the film there is a large panning shot which goes around 180 degrees of the scene.

There is a fading cut away while the panning shot is transitioning into a new shot to start introducing one of the main protagonist's in the film Mr.Tom.

The camera follows down from the air down so that you can see the street and the actors walking around.

The camera then follows Mr.Tom while he is walking around the corner.

There is a slow pace of the camera slowly zooming out and heading backwards, as the camera then turns direction to a birds eye view of Mr Tom walking to a church.

 Shot Reverse shot is used in this scene to show the connection between both characters, the cameras switch over one anthers shoulders while the opposite person is talking.
The camera then switches to a point of view shot, where you can see as if you are Mr Tom staring at the priest.


A conversation between the priest and Mr Tom finishes and then Mr Tom is staring at the ladies behind the priest, in the scene he tilts his head to look and then the camera cuts to the women.
The camera does a Eye line match from what Mr Tom was staring at.

The type of pace in this scene is the camera cutting fast from each character to the next with no breath of the characters to show the conflict which is happening giving the audience a tense but thrilling sensation.

The contrast is being used in this shot to make the dark's appear darker to give the viewer the reality of the situation which is being viewed and felt by the characters.
The contrast effect to edit the dark colours darker than they already are is to give to show the sadness.

The camera shot being focused in these scene is the two people shot and is used to show the close interaction which is being demonstrated by Mr. Tom and the lady.
The shot not only shows the close interaction but also shows the relationship between them and seeing a close face of their facial expressions being show at the same time reacting to each others words.

This bike scene has the camera in a first person shot, it shows what the character is seeing from their perspective to give you a better insight into what they're seeing and how they will feel about what they're doing.




The final ending scene has flash backs to the happy times Mr.Tom and William have shared together, they're fast pacing shots to show the good times and how quickly they can pass, however still give the effect that they go fast so you can make many more memories.