The next scene is showing the whole neighbourhood in which the family live. The lighting is bright and real, in contrast to th

e scene before. The camera does not give a focus on any particular house yet, as it is trying to come across as though this is an average family from an ordinary suburb. The next scene is of Lester lying in bed and the camera is looking down on him as to when the camera was at level with his daughter in the previous scenes. This shows how the character is interpreted by sections of society whereas many people would be on literally the 'same level' as Jane, many people would look down on Lester. The camera shows the whole bed and there is nobody lying next to Lester. This shows that even in the beginning of the film that the relationship between him and his partner is not that close. However, the arrogant body language that he has shows that he does not care about the relationship. The lighting of this scene is convincing because it is real daylight. This emphasizes the fact that the props and setting is genuine. In bed, Lester is wearing typical dark blue checked pyjamas showing that he is a typi

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Approximate Word count = 676
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)