Monarch Of The Glen - Camera Analysis

The scene also creates a representation of age through the camera shot sizes, camera compositions and camera movements.


To begin with there is an opening establishing shot which is reverse tracked to show the older men preparing for hard labour and loading the trucks with heavy tools.
Following this we are showned an over the shoulder medium long shot of a young girl talking to a boy, also using a pan shot as she approaches him. The camera shot size shows us the costume of characters which represents that they are younger in more laid back, youthful clothing. Throughout the conversation we are at a lower leveled shot compared to when the father figured man joins the shot and we see the camera level aim more higher up which highlights the height difference between characters, this is associated with age as older people are generally taller.


The close up of the girl when she gets into the van highlights her young face and emotions as she is scared because she has lied about knowing how to drive. To enhance these emotions and the confusion which represents age through uncertainty, there is a slow dolly shot which allows the audience to concentrate on the girl.


As the girl crashes the car there is a wide shot to enable the audience to see what has happend in the accident, showing that the crash was head on. This suggests that the girl is young as her reaction was not to swerve out the way but just freeze and continue driving straight into the on-comeing vehicle. During the conversation about the crash we see alot of tilt movement between the young girl and older man which once again shows he is higher than her. When the camera is lowered to the young girls level it causes them to feel small as she is with taller figures surrounding her, whereas the audience will feel a sense of power when they are highered to the adults level and people surrounding him are smaller.


When the old and middle aged man enter the room to talk, there is an establishing wide shot which represents age through the surroundings in the room. The audience get a sense of being the young girl as throughout the conversation the camera is at a low angle and we feel small and over powered by the older men, making us feel like its us being talked about and creating the sense of authority.
This is continued as the middle aged man goes and tells the young girl off and throughout we are at her eye level, putting us in the characters position.


When we are shown the girls bedroom there is a tilt which reveals a medium close up of the note she has left, enhancing the immature girly writing and decorations she has added. To support that we are shown a close up of a teddy bear with a pan camera movement. The young girl then walks to the mirror which really shows how she is scared and young, not wanting to leave and before she does there is a zoom which shows us what the girl is looking at. We are shown a picture of the family she is leaving and it demonstrates that she is scared and feels endangered without them around her too take care of her, showing that she is young as she is not confident and independent as a woman would be.