An Analysis Of A Section Of The Film Of Mice And Men.

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Film Analysis-An Analysis Of A Section Of The Film Of Mice And Men

The scene of Candy and his dog is one of the most moving and emotional scenes in the film as it portrays a mans love for his life time and loveable dog which he has raised since it was a little pup and the trauma when he must choose to end the life of his life time companion.

The scene starts of with Candy walking in with his dog, which is focused on by the camera when the dog enters then the focus moves to Candy. The mood that Candy is in is shown as when Candy enters he first of all asks for a drink and this shows that he must have had a tiring day and that he needs a drink to calm him down.

Then Carlson starts to talk about the dog and that it is getting old and it needs to be put out of its misery and at this time Candy is taking this as a joke and he thinks the same about what Carlson as he says things like “ that dog is getting too old and is no use, it should be put out of his misery “ and this shows that Candy wasn’t taking any of it serious because he was no way going to let that happen to his dog.

Then it begins to sound more serious as Carlson stands up and goes over to Candy and his dog and the camera angle at this point over shadows Candy giving the impression that Carlson has got total power control at this point and so do the lighting at this point as they go off focus off Candy and go to Carlson.

Then the clever usage of camera comes into play as Carlson walks away and goes to his bed bunk to get his gun and the camera is in front of the card game between Slim and George ...

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Then the clever usage of camera comes into play as Carlson walks away and goes to his bed bunk to get his gun and the camera is in front of the card game between Slim and George but the camera takes the focus of that and focuses on Carlson getting his gun.

Then as Carlson walks over to Candy and his dog the lights go onto Candy and the camera angle which it is at now is on Candy on the background but on the foreground the camera takes the focus on and off Candy and onto the gun which Carlson is holding. Again the angle at which Carlson is showed shows that he is over powering Candy.

Candy then says that it is ok but again he doesn’t want to get his dog killed but he still allows Carlson to do so.

As Carlson take the dog outside the last shots of the dog are shown as the camera focuses on the dog until it leaves and then strait away the lighting and camera go to Candy as he then lies on his bed and this shows the emotion that must be going through Candy’s head.

As the dog is taken away to be shot by Carlson the tension and emotion that is in the room is shown as Slim opens up a packet of cigarettes and starts to smoke and this shows that he had a craving and that he is nervous and stressed about the dog and Candy. Also as the lighting on the people as they play their card game emphasises that they were feeling for Candy.

As the dramatic part of the scene is about to take place, the camera goes to Candy and then there is a quiet sound of a gun shot and at this point Candy begins to roll around in pain and a lot of emotion. The silence that was there when there was a gunshot made the tension better as it made u really listen out for the gunshot.

As Candy is in agony, there enters some dramatic and sad music which would made a audience feel really sorry for Candy and make an audience feel for Candy.

Then to finish the scene the camera is taken off Candy and gone to George. While the music plays the pictures ends and then the next day is shown. In the next day scene you are able to see the looks on everyone’s faces as they area all upset and sad.

I think that overall the way the film was shot is done superbly as they are able to capture the emotions of the characters and then put then on a film and still make the audience feel the same way as the character using their clever camera, lighting and music that they played.

By Ahilan Shandrakopal