Stot List:
-Black 0-33 seconds
-Extreme Static Long Shot of boy with a drum kit through a door. 33- 50
-Extreme Long shot tracking forward with boy doing an intense drum roll. Shot tracks and progresses to a long shot of the boy apologising at 1min23.
-Medium Close Up of the teacher in a shadowed door way
-Medium Close up of boy in centre frame behind a drum kit
-Back to shot of teacher but with higher key lighting.
-Same shot of the boy and straight back to the teacher
-Conversation continues with the same shot to emphasise the repetitiveness of the conversation
-Shot change when there is a tracking shot towards the boys face to a close up
-Then there is a pan quickly to the right to show that the teacher has left.
-Then back to the innocent face of the boy at the drums.
The actions from the two characters within the first 3 minutes easily portray their role in the film.
Enigma:
Who is the boy?
Who is the older man?
Why is he so harsh with the young boy?
Why is he so interested as to what he can play?
Action Code:
Loud drumming
Intense drumming
Quick stopping and responding to the other man.
Semiotic Code:
Boy sitting down reprising his weakness and that he is inferior to the other man.
The man in standing up to show his power and dominate.
The sweat from the boy to show his suffering and determination.
Slamming the door showed his power over the younger boy.