BOY

Student Study Guide

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Welcome to my interesting world

Film Techniques

Lights, Camera, Action!

Camera Shots
When a movie is made, a variety of camera shots are used
to add atmosphere and create a mood for the story. The shot
refers to the kind of image seen in the frame.
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Camera Angles
There are four main types of camera angles used to suggest
a relationship between the viewer and the subject of the
image. As with camera shots there can be a degree of
variation on these angles.
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Camera Movement
There are a variety of camera movements the director can
use to make meaning on the screen for the viewer.
Angle
Zoom

Panning

Tilt

Dolly

Tracking

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Purpose

The camera moves

towards or away
from a particular
object.
The camera turns
from side to side,
i.e. from left to
right or right to
left.
The camera moves
diagonally from the
top to the bottom
of the frame
The camera moves
towards of away
from the
characters. The
camera is often
placed on wheels
to allow for a
smooth movement.
The camera moves
along with the
actors of the
action. The camera
is usually on
wheels.

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Transitions
Directors use different methods to go from one shot to
another. Each transition has a different effect.
Transition
Cut

Fade Out

Fade In

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Lighting
Lighting is used to create different effects in a film. Lighting
can be natural or highly stylized.
Natural Light
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Sound
Sound is used to create an ambiance within a film. Sound
includes; background noise, score, and dialogue. Sound can
be natural or stylized depending on what effect the director
wants to create.
Music is used to stir emotion and help give the images
greater weight.
Write about your favourite score and how it changed your
emotional response to the film it was in.
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Characters

You are such a frikken egg!

BOY
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Things that make up his Interesting World.....
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Friends and Whanua
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Alamein
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Rocky
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Themes

Can you stop calling me Dad, it

sounds weird.

Fatherhood

In Boy we see the how boy views his father and how the rest
of the world views him.
What do you think makes a good father?
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What does Boy thinks makes a good father?
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Does the real Alamein meet any of these expectations?
When does he meet them and when does he fall short?
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When do we actually see an example of a good father?
Which characters show these qualities?
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Heroes
There are a lot of ideas in this film about heroes. What it
takes to be a hero, who is a hero, and the qualities a person
needs in order to be heroic.
What does Boy think it takes to be a hero?
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What does Rocky think it takes to be a hero?
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Who are some of Rockys and Boys heroes?
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What characters in the movies show hero like
characteristics? When?
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Magic
Both Rocky and Boy believe in magic. The difference
between reality and truth is a fine line for these boys. Often
the boys fantasise about the magical world they have
created when they want to escape the harsh reality of their
actual lives.
At what point in the movie do we first learn that the boy
believe in magic?
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What does this tell the audience about their character?
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Give as many examples as you can of the magic the boys
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When do the boys escape into the magical worlds they have
created for themselves?
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Why do they do this?
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Potential
Mr Langston says to Boy You got potential, just like your
dad, he had potential
Throughout the movie many of the characters demonstrate
potential, weather it is in what they make of their lives, or
that specific situation.
What does Potential mean?
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Is potential always positive?
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What kind of potential is Mr Langston talking about?
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Name some of the characters that have great potential and
when and how they demonstrate this?
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Do these characters meet their potential? How or how not?
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Conflict

Ill kick both your nuts off and

then youll have none!

External Conflict

Every story must have conflict to make it interesting. There

are two different types of conflict internal conflict and
external conflict.
External conflict can be a disagreement or fight. It can be
between:
2 people
a person and a group
2 groups of people
a person or group and society
eg. A fight between you and your brother/sister over who
gets to watch what they want on TV is an example of
external conflict
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characters in BOY. Include quotes where you can.
Boy and Alamein
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Boy and Rocky
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Rocky and Alamein
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Alamein and his mum specifically the phone call
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Boy and his friends they have a wee bit of a falling out for
awhile, why?
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Internal Conflict
Internal conflict is when you have a difficult decision to make
or when you are torn up about something.
Eg. You have an important assignment due period 2 that you
havent quite finished. Do you risk wagging period 1 to
finish it?
Explain the internal conflicts the following characters suffer
in BOY:
BOY Idealizes his dad and wants to be just like him, but he
knows that some of the things his dad does is not good.
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Rocky feels responsible for his mothers death and wants to
find a way to make up for it.
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Alamein Sees his dead wife in his kids, he finds it difficult
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Close Viewing

Wanna see some Michael Jackson

dance moves?

Boys Interesting World

Looks Like (Camera angles / shots / movement,
lighting)

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Lighting

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Two Cars One Night

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lighting)

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Lighting

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audience

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lighting)

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The return of Boy

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Lighting

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