Essay for Film study Practice

-Night

-Other World

-Can't talk

-Mother and Coraline going into the house, just seen mouse circus

-Pov-Other mother, wants him to smile

-Wybie is unhappy

-Warm Light

-High angle, makes the subject vulnerable (Wybie) to the POV dominant (Other mother)

-Dark colours but bright because Coraline Coraline doesn't know this yet.

-Facial expression - Sad, Because his mouth is gone down and his eyebrows are arched in fear

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In the film, Coraline High angle shots are used effectively to establish a character's position of power.

This is demonstrated in the scene where Coraline and Wybie return from visiting their neighbours.

A high angle shot from the pov of the other mother looking down the stairs towards Wybie makes him look vulnerable. 

This makes us understand that the other mother has all the power and might not be as kind as Coraline thinks at this point.

The purpose of this is to show a character who unhappy in the 'other' world and foreshadow the horrific turn of events later in the story.

Combined with the use of facial expression, Wybies Mouth is frowning and his eyebrows are arched in fear, the idea of being vulnerable is enchanted. this aspect can be compared to Coraline's battle with the other mother at the end of the film where we see the true evil nature of the beldam.