Sanders- Boyz N the Hood (1991,USA)

This frame is taken from a scene from Boyz N the Hood, John Singleton's film about childhood friends growing up in the ghetto of Los Angeles. In this particular frame, the dominant is the boy to the right, because he is the largest figure in the frame and his jersey is a vibrant red which attracts the eye. The rest of the frame is filled with grey and blue tones which makes the red stand out at first. He is the main subject of this frame as well, since he has just lost his ball to a bunch of older thugs. He also is a more main character throughout the movie, so this shows his dominance even in childhood. Note that the boys' height- lined up from shortest to tallest- create a triangular motion. Our eyes are first attracted to the right, than are lead down left to the smallest boy on the left, and back again to the main subject. This allows the audience to familiarize themselves with the main subject of the frame and then gather more insight of the situation by being attracted to his friends. The lighting key is low key with some high key natural light reflecting on the wall in the background and lighting up their facial expressions. The camera proxemics shown here are personal-- you are given a view of half of all three of the boy's bodies, but not from head to toe. The character proxemics of the three boys are social... they are not interacting with each other in this shot, making it impossible for them to be intimate or personal with one another; however, they are connected socially because they are all friends after the same goal- to get their ball back from the older thugs who took it from them.

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