The setting lies in the deep south, in the state of Mississippi, where many people still believed in a superior, white race. Two drunken rednecks, who obviously followed the superiority belief, come upon a ten-year-old black girl, Tanya Haley, on her way home from the grocery store. After knocking the girl to the ground with a full beer can, each of these men continually raped the child, urinated on her, slammed more full beer cans on her, and then hanged her from a tree. After the tree branch snapped, the men through Tanya in the back of their pic

The jail is not the only part of the movie that took a dark turn. The coming scenes after the murders took place also set the mood of despair, frustration, and not knowing what was going to happen next. Most scenes were shot at night, when only streetlights were on or when the characters were inside their homes or offices. Once again cast shadows from nearby objects such as lamps and houses played a big part depicting feeling and mood. Also once again, the focus of the characters was represented by attached shadows from their faces and hands. As these parts of mis-en-scene develop, so does the correlation between Carl Lee and Jake.

Later in court, Brigants is ready to give his final speech to the jury. Jake tells the jury that he had a speech ready to read to them but he decided not to read it. Instead, his conversation with Carl Lee opened his eyes. He thought of something that may help set Carl Lee free.

This is the point in the movie where the darkness is gone and the close up facial shots focus on the faces and the emotions of the jury and there are less attached and cast shadows. This is the culmination of the plot of the story, and the use of mis-en-scene in A Time to Kill.

Director Joel Schumacher Involved the audience in the rape scene. The camera angle was portrayed from the viewpoint and through the eyes of Tanya. You could almost feel the fear, watching the two men jump on top of her, first one then the other. The camera turned to the ropes tied around her arms and legs, to the deep flesh wounds left by the thrown beer cans, to this little girl being heaved into the back of the truck motionless.

To give an idea of the emotion of sadness and somewhat hopelessness that both of these men feel when they are in the cell, the background is mostly shadowed by the cast shadows from the two men. The use of the low-key lighting during these scenes helps the viewer focus on the faces of Brigants and Haley, and the attached shadows of their faces. Rarely was there a cut with both men involved. Instead, during conversation there was a headshot or bust shot of the character speaking.

kup truck, and then 30 feet to the ground over the side of a bridge.

Many times throughout the films darkest moments, some of the characters, including the judge, try to persuade Jake to drop the ca

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