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Three interesting film techniques:

-Areal shot / Camera angles / close-up shot / crane shot

-Colour palette(research)

-Score

Camera Angles

Camera angles are the position of the camera in relation to the action of the scene some examples are above it, looking down (high angle), horizontal, on the same level, eye level, looking up (low angle).

An areal shot is taken from high above the set, usually of exterior locations and taken by a crane or helicopter. An example of this is the opening scene of ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople’, when they are showing the vast Newzeland bush land as an establishing shot, used to show us where the film was shot.

In the second scene when Rickey Baker arrives at Bella’s house, it shows the house at a wide, straight-on angle which is the establishing shot. It sets the scene and shows us the location. Whilst in the next scene a medium shot of Bella was used. Which lets you see her clothes and facial features.  It makes us understand her personality more.

A close up shot takes up most of the frame, used often to express a character’s emotion. We see this shot being used when Paula, the social worker and Bella we exchanging word at the beginning of the film.

Colour Palette

A specific set of colours used in a film. Certain colours May have many thematic or symbolic meanings associated with them

Green- leaves, bush, wilderness

The white, bright church against

the darkness of the house

Shows that the funeral was not what Bella wanted.

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In the film the costumes were very fitted to the characters. Ricky Baker wore ‘hipster’ clothes which really reflected his character. He admires rap culture and is a bit of a delinquent. We first see Ricky wearing a cheetah print cap, a jacket with the illuminati symbol, jeans, high top shoes and a dollar sign jumper. He fits in with the ‘gangster’ look.

As for Paula she always looks neat and tidy. She wears a suit and has her hair slicked in a un. It fits her character as the strict social worker.

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Setting

I think the setting is interesting because it kind of directs where the whole movie goes. For example, if Ricky has gone to a home in the city, we would see Ricky vandalising things, as Paula tells us he has done. The Bush is a good setting choice because there are lots of places for Ricky to run away into and there are also lots of nice scenery, as we see when Ricky and Hec are in the Bush. Hec explains the sight beside the lake as ‘majestical’.

Songs

There are lots of interesting song choices in the movie. The Rickey Baker Song by Julian Dennison and Rima Te Wiata is an interesting choice. Bella plays it on a keyboard and sings. Ricky joins in singing towards the end of the song. You can see the lyrics ‘once rejected now accepted by me and Hector’ really brings a smile to Ricky’s face. It kind of shows us really how accepted Ricky is in Bella’s life and even Hec’s, though it takes him a while to get used to Ricky.

Costume

Ricky’s costume is an interesting choice. In the first scene, we see Ricky getting out of the police car. We see his foot first, his white runner and then the rest of him. He wears a jacket with lots of badges from different gangs, trying to look cool. He also wears a cap, again like people in a gang would.

Bella’s costume portrays her personality. She wears a jumper with a cat face on it. The cat face on her jumper links to her kind and soft personality.

Paula’s costume is tight, her hair tied back, making her look very straight forward and business-like.

Camera Angles

Scene when Ricky is Lost in the Bush

This is an interesting scene because we see Ricky lost and hallucinating, seeing food. First we see Ricky running in the Bush. The director uses an establishing shot, showing us that Ricky is in the Bush. Next we see Ricky looking around him, trying to figure out where he is. We see a medium shot of Rickey turning in circles, rifle ready to shoot anything he sees as a threat or food. We see Ricky look at a hamburger in a medium shot and then a close-up shot of Ricky’s face as he licks his lips in anticipation of the burger. Then we see a close up of Ricky licking his lips, really hungry from being in the bush for such a long time. We we see a big cake and Rickey shaking his head, trying to get the image of the food out of his head.

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Setting

Setting is a huge part of the film, without the setting the film wouldnt make any sense. Hunt for the wilderpeople is set in the New Zealand bush or forest. The setting in the film makes the film so much more intresting, if they had been being on the run in a town or city it wouldnt have been the same. The forest is perfect setting for this because it gives Hec and Ricky places to hide and it makes the film more exciting.

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Sound
I chose the car chase scene to focus on for the sound. When Ricky and Hec are pulling out of Psycho Sam’s house in his car we can hear the sound of the wheels turning on the muck and screeching as they try to get out. There is also fast music playing in the background for added affect, this is a non diegetic sound. There are lots of sound affects like the car splashing through the water. When they’re on the wide road more music starts playing. We also hear the sound of the helicopters, guns, sirens and other police cars. When they crash through the wall, we hear the sound of the metal breaking and the car flipping over

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Music:
The music in the film was done my Lukasz Pawel Buda, Samuel Scott and Conrad Wedde. Almost all of the music in the film is written by Moniki but in some scenes particulary the aerial shots of the New Zealand bush the director has chosen some traditional music with instuments that you can hear such as the didgeridoo and the pahu. There is a total of 19 songs used in the film all of which are from the same artist and album. Some of the songs in fact are named after scenes from the film such as “majestical” and “Tupac”.

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Costume
I thought the costumes in the film were very good as they gave us an idea about the characters personality and background by looking at their costume . An exa,ple of a characters costume is Bella’s . Bella’s costume is a fluffy jumper with a cats face on the jumper , this showed that bella was a soft and caring character . Another example is Paula the social worker . Paula’s costume is plain , she wears her hair in a slick bun with a blazer and blouse this shows her stern personality .

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Costume:

The costume was a big part of the film. I the firts scene we have 4 characters. We have Ricky who is wearing a red jacket and a colourful white jumper. I think this show as a lot about Ricky’s personality. I think he wants to see himself as a gangster , as he named his dog after one. Bella is wearing a grey jumper with a cat on it which also show a lot about her personality. It shows that she is quite cuddly and cute and would not harm anyone. We have Andy who is just wearing a police officer outfit which shows nothing about his personality, just about his job. Then we have Paula who is wearing a cheap simple suit and some boots. It shows that she is trying to be professional and I quite intense.

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Hunt For The Wilderpeople

Directed by Taika Waititi

Camera Angles:

I choose the scene where ricky breaks hectares ankle. This scene starts off with a close up shot on a plant to show how it was heavily raining.It is followed by a medium shot that shows hectare and Ricky walking through the trees and leaves. Then there is a close up tracking shot on the dog going into a river, then a wide angle shot showing hectare and Ricky also knee deep in the river. After  a close up on their feet leaving the river a wide angle shot shows Ricky and hectare coming into a small sheltered area they move towards the camera until it becomes a medium shot. As hectare and Ricky get close to the camra there is an over the shoulder close up shot from Ricky’s perspective to show the expression of hectares face when he is asked if he can read. Then a medium shot of ricky follows to show how shocked Ricky is that hectare can’t read then the same over the shoulder close up shot is shown to show hectares face and the camera shows a medium angle of Ricky making fun of hectare. A few seconds later there is an extreme close up shot on hectares eyes as he is very angry and another on his fists as he tightens them to show the audience that he wants to physically hurt ricky. Then there is a short shot of hectare running followed by a close tracking shot of hectares foot getting caught in the rock. And another close up shot angle as hectares face hits the ground then a medium shot of hectare on the ground in pain an over the shoulder shot of Ricky as he reacts to hectare falling ricky tries to help hectare by walking over to him and pulling his foot out with a tracking close up shot on his foot then there is a wide shot of the treees and hectare screaming in pain .

Sounds:

Again I have chosen the scene where Hectare breaks his ankle. The opening few seconds has a sound of heavy rain dripping and then Ricky shouting to hectare because of how rainy it is. There is a song played in the background and throughout the whole scene  called Hunting/Raindrops” features some unusual Asian influences, and a didgeridoo, as well as actual sounds of nature (birds, frogs, insects) combined with cool electric pulses. Combined with rain every time ricky and hectare walk there is a crunching sound on the ground as hectare tightens his fists there is a sound of his knuckles cracking. There is very loud and heavy sound of footsteps and then immediately the sound of hectares foot breaking there is a loud crack and a big thud when hectare falls and a clatter sound when his gun hits the ground. Hectares groans in pain a lot then there is another big crack when Ricky pulls his foot out of the rock it cuts to the sound of hectare screaming and loud birds chirping.

Costume:

The costume in Hunt for the Wilderpeople is done very wisely. The costume director is Kristen Seth. The clothes were chosen specifically for each characters personality. Ricky’s character aspires to be a gang member when he is older. He is a “bad egg” which is reflected in his clothes. He wears a red jumper with gang signs on it and a money sign jumper under with some jeans and big white chunky runners. This reflects his personality as he tries to dress cool and in fashion.

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Sound

The Rickey Baker Birthday Song:

The Ricky Baker Birthday song shows the personality that Bella has. Bella has a happy, bubbly, funny personality. The song is funny, catchy and has meaning behind it. The song goes, “Ricky Baker, Happy birthday, Once rejected now accepted, By me and Hector”.  The words in the song imply that Ricky has been excepted in Bella and Hectors little family. I think the song is really sweet.

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Lighting: The lighting in the movie was mainly natural to show how isolated the woods are. When Hec and Ricky were running from Paula and the policeman it got darker which made it look more intense.
The camera was almost shot on one camera.

Setting: I think the setting was a really good place to film. It was very pretty and had a big forest around the house. I think it suited the film because they were walking around forest and running up hills which made it more exciting.

Costume: I think the costumes were really good in the movie because I could tell who they were and what there personalities were like from there costumes.
Bella wore a cat jumper which showed that she was kind and loving and her hair was messy. I also liked Ricky’s costume because it had gangster signs  on it  which was very much his personality.

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Costume:
I think that the costume reflected the personality of the person.
Bella wears a fluffy jumper with a cat face on it which shows that she is a bubbly and caring person. Hector wears dark ,scruffy ,uncomfortable looking clothes which shows that he is not a welcoming and open kind of person. Paula’s outfit is the opposite of Bella’s. She doesn’t look like a caring kind of person . She looks very strict with her cheap suit, slick back hair and her dour expression.

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Broken Ankle Scene:

Camera Angle:

I chose the scene where Hector breaks his ankle. The scene starts off with a middle shot while Ricky and Hector are walking through the forest. There is a close up shot on a leaf with heavy rain falling onto it. This shows the weather conditions that they had to go through. A wide shot is used while the two dogs, Ricky and Hector walk through the river. The water in the river is up to their knees. Ricky starts making fun of Hector for not being able to read. There is a very close up shot on Hector’s eyes followed by a very close up shot on Hector’s fist. This makes it look like Hector is so angry with Ricky that he wants to punch him. Hector makes a run in Ricky’s direction but Ricky runs way. Hector gets his foot stuck in between two rocks and shouts in pain. A close up shot is used to show his ankle breaking. Another wide angle shot is used to show the sun shining through the trees in the forest.

Sound Effects:

The scene starts off with the sound of rain dropping onto the leaves. When Ricky and Hector are walking through the river we can hear the sound of the water running and the birds chirping when they are walking through the forest. Hector gets angry at Ricky when he makes fun of him for not being able to read. Hector clenches his fist and his knuckles crack. When Hector breaks his ankle you can hear the bone breaking followed by Hector shouting in pain. The sound of his gun and his body hitting the ground made a loud bang

Costume:

The costumes in the hunt for the wilder people were picked out specifically to show the personality of the characters. Ricky wore jackets with gang logos on them. This showed his personality. He was a trouble maker and wanted be in a gang. Bella’s costume showed that she had a soft and kind person. She was wearing a grey fluffy jumper with a cat on it. Her hair was messy and not done. Paula the social worker had a business suit on. Her hair was slicked back in a low bun, she had dark lipstick on and her eyebrows were filled in, this made her look more serious

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Setting:

I think setting is a big part of the film. Without the setting the use, the story would not make any sense. I was filmed in Waitakere Ranges in New Zealand. The setting is in a jungle or ‘the bush’ ,which is what they called it in the film. The setting really show that they are out in a real jungle. I also think the house at the start was a nice setting. It was quite a simple house but I think it worked better good for this film. I was quite a cosy house, with a shed outside. You can tell that the house was out in the middle of nowhere. I think the setting in this film was very good.

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The birthday scene
Camera angles:at the start of the scene it starts off with a close up of Ricky’s  cake in a birds eye view, it then moves to a medium shot to show Ricky Bella and Hector all sitting around the table with Bella playing the keyboard and singing happy birthday to Ricky. The camera moves to Hector at a medium shot and his facial expressions show that he was very annoyed and grumpy and most likely didn’t want to be sitting there at the table. The camera moves to Ricky  and shows him singing along with Bella. At the end the camera is at Ricky and it shows him blowing out the candles on the cake at a medium shot.

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Costum:
I chose costum because i tought their costums really fit the caracters personality. For example Bella wears a fluffy cat jumper and has mesy hair. Which I think reflects her personality because she is really nice and welcoming to Ricky and she hugs him.
Ricky wears gangster clothes and hoodies with a zip going all the way up the hood in the front.
Hector is wearing old looking grey, black and blue clothes and is usually dirty from hunting or from being in the woods. I think the dull colours shows his personality especially from the start because he didn’t want Ricky around and didn’t speak much

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Costume
‘The drop off’
This the one of the opening scenes so I think the director used the costumes as a bit of an insight into each of thd characters.
Paula (the social worker) is dressed in a simple black suit with a plain white shirt and sensible black shoes. This outfit shoes she is strict and stern, her hair swept back into a tight low bun and shes is wearing mimimal makeup if any so this shows she isnt really into her apperance.
Bella is dressed completely differently she is wearing jeans, a baby pink shirt and a grey jumper with a cat face on it, this outfit really shows Bellas personality it shows that she is warm, cuddly and optimistic.
Ricky is the only character who wears a lot of colour, he is dressed in street clothes this helps to show hes a bit of ganster. Ricky us wearing a bomber jacket with loads of patches and gany symbols on it. He is also wearing white high tops which gives us the idea he didn’t really know where he was going, because white shoes arent the best for the mountains.

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Sound
When Ricky and Hec escape the authorities chasing them Ricky asks Hec  “What do we do now?” and Hec replies “We run!” Hector and Ricky run down the hill to a song called Sinnerman which is a fast beating song or sound. Sinnerman makes us think of people being chased (as Hector and Ricky are). Ricky and Hector stop running after what seems to be about 5 seconds as Hector can’t run because of his ankle and Ricky is out of breath. Sinnerman stops playing as they stop running. They continue on their escape but only walking this time.

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Costume
The scene I chose is the scene when Hec and Ricky are caught by the three huntsmen in the small house. Ricky is wearing his same oversized white and red jumper with the eye sign on the back. His clothes are very dirty and dusty because he has been on the run through the ‘bush’ for months and is intended to show that he has been through a lot. Hec is wearing a dirty dark blue jacket with a dirty white jumper underneath. They’re both wearing boots and jeans. When the huntsmen walk in, you can tell that they’re huntsmen because they’re wearing army printed clothes and tattered old jeans and different colored t-shirt. One of the men is wearing a hat with leaves and feathers sticking out. They all carry guns and big hiking bags

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Soundtrack
The soundtrack of Hunt For The Wilderpeople is really interesting, all the music is original. The music was written and produced by Moniker and features the collaborative efforts of Luke Buda, Sam Scott and Conrad Wedde.
The piece I particularly enjoyed was the opening song “Makutekahu” this piece plays over the establishing shot. It has a really nice , kind of, foreign feel.

Establishing shot
The camera angles in Hunt For The Wilderpeople are really cleverly used.
Establishing shots are shots that establishes the context for a scene.
The opening for Hunt For The Wilderpeople starts as the camera moves over mountains as we zoom in we get a better look of where the movie is going to be set.

Costume
In the introductory scene we meet Bella, Ricky, Paula and Andy.
Andy is in his police officer uniform.
Bella’s outfit is very easy-going with a cute jumper with a cat on it, jeans, boots and wild hair.
Paula’s outfit is almost the opposite of Bella’s wearing a suit and having her hair gelled back.
Riki wear bright colourful clothes with gang signs on them showing that he fancies himself as a gang member.

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In this series we look at scenes and moments where a film or TV show has revealed a great deal of character information in a short amount of screen time. In this instalment, we focus on Ricky Baker (Julian Dennison) from the coming of age film HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE.

Taika Waititi (WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS) directed the film and also adapted the script from a book by Barry Crump.

After breaking records at the New Zealand box office and impressing at Sundance, he's now directing Marvel's upcoming THOR: RAGNAROK.

Who is Ricky Baker?

When Bella (Rima Te Wiata) adopts troubled foster child Ricky Baker (Julian Dennison), her husband Hector (Sam Neil), a classic gruff rugged outdoors man, is less than enthusiastic.

Ricky is a Tupac-loving kid from the city who struggles to adapt to life on a remote farm, despite Bella's best efforts.

Through a difficult set of circumstances, he and Hec end up on the run from the authorities into the bush.

How is Ricky Baker's character revealed by the action and dialogue?

Over the main titles, there are glimpses of Ricky Baker travelling in a police car through the countryside. For now, we only see details: half his face, his shoes stepping out when they arrive, the back of his jacket.

Ricky turns around and Bella excitedly runs out of a rural house to greet Paula (Rachel House), the child welfare woman accompanying him.

Bella hugs Ricky, but he doesn't react. He checks his phone and wanders off while the adults talk, Paula explaining his background as a foster child turned delinquent:

Apparently he's a real bad egg. We're talking disobedience. Stealing. Spitting. Running away. Throwing rocks. Kicking stuff. Loitering. And graffiti.

Ricky emerges from the other side of the house and immediately gets back into the police car.

Paula tells him that no-one else wants him and that he knows what the alternative is. Bella is more positive and insists, "We'll make it work."

Ricky Baker emerges from the car but still pays little attention to the adults deciding his fate.

He notices Hector returning home with a pig on his back. Paula tells Bella to keep his rifle away from Ricky.

The police car leaves Ricky Baker in his new home.

What do we learn about Ricky Baker in these scenes?

As soon as Ricky steps out of the car, there's an immediate visual clash between his urban clothes and the countryside around him.

His disinterested attitude also reflects this conflict. He checks his phone rather than paying attention to his surroundings.

A montage of Ricky's various crimes, again connecting to him to an urban environment, accompanies Paula's description of his troubled past.

There isn't a need for specific backstory to explain how the adoption came to take place. Even without Paula's dialogue, it's clear from this (and the lack of phone signal) that isolating him this way is a punishment itself, a last resort.

It's not even just renegades, but just underdogs and people that live on the margins, the ones who are just shoved off to the side. They're the big heroes to me. I love people who fight against the system.

- Taika Waititi

This exchange also establishes the comic tone. In this world, Paula describes Ricky as a troublemaker, the worst of the worst.

At the same time, the montage shows that his crimes are not actually that extreme. The juxtaposition reveals something about Ricky and Paula.
Ricky is not completely anti-social. He's still redeemable.

Rather, Paula has exaggerated his crimes because she wants an excuse to give up on him.

It's not simply Ricky being an orphan that has led to his current detached, uncaring state, but the dispassionate foster system.

Even the well-intentioned Bella cracks jokes about Ricky's weight, layering in an additional motivation for Ricky to act out, a barrier that prevents from connecting to other people.

At a crucial moment in this scene, the perspective switches. The characters who are talking are now off-screen and the film instead focuses on Ricky.

Ricky notices Hector coming up the hill, pig on his back and carrying a rifle, before the others do. This choice draws the audience into Ricky's point of view and his curiosity.

Who is this mysterious, gruff outdoors man who barely reacts to his wife adopting a child?

Although it might seem unlikely in this moment, this proves to be the key relationship of the film.

Why is this an example of brilliantly succinct screenwriting?

HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE begins as a fish-out-of-water story, but soon becomes a buddy comedy. Both genres thrive on clear lines of contrast, be they drawn between a protagonist and their environment or between two main characters.

This scene very efficiently introduces both dynamics. Ricky and Hec are polar opposites, creating great potential for dramatic and comedic tension.

Just as Ricky is closely identified with the city, Hec is associated with the countryside.

The way Ricky's introductory scene is structured also allows the adults in the audience to be gradually brought into his perspective, to return to the feeling of the world seeming so much bigger than them.

Rather than simply being depressing however, that his life is out of his own control, it's also a starting point for wonder as Ricky explores the new people and places around him.

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GENIUS CHARACTER REVEALS: Ricky Baker - Industrial Scripts®

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In this series we look at scenes and moments where a film or TV show has revealed a great deal of character information in a short amount of screen time. In this instalment, we focus on Ricky Baker (Julian Dennison) from the coming of age film HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE.

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Score:

The scene begins with Bella playing the piano except not all the chords are timed or played perfectly. This makes the scene feel more realistic. Bella soon starts singing and it is clear that she is not a singer but she tries her best to make Ricky feel happy. The song used in this clip is an original song made for Ricky. The song is quite repetitive and as Bella starts singing Ricky’s name, Ricky decided to join in. Hec stays silent for the performance. The lyrics are funny but can also be quite sad if you were to read into them, for example Bella sings, ‘Once rejected, now accepted by me.’ This shows that Bella is telling him that he was rejected before but she loves him and is willing to take him in.

Props:
The use of props in this scene is very clever. You can see that Ricky has been given a birthday cake from Bella with the letter ‘R’ piped on to it. There is also thirteen candles on the cake to show that he is now a teenager. There is also a matchbox left next to the cake which were, most likely, used to light the candles and a knife to cut the cake. Bella is also playing a small keyboard which fits nicely on the table.

Costume:
Bella is wearing a light coloured, cotton cardigan over an old maroon T-shirt. We can tell that she doesn’t care what anyone thinks of her or how she looks. It also seems like she’s wearing pyjamas. Hector is wearing a dark grey jumper which reflects on his mood throughout the film. He also has his arms crossed which shows that he’s a closed person. Ricky is wearing an old, yellow jersey. Ricky wears clothes that reflect his personality. Ricky thinks that he is a gangster. He wears clothes that he thinks make him look tougher and cooler.

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The scene I have chosen is when Ricky and Hector are on the top of a mountain and planning out what they are going to do from here, Are they going to keep on running? Or give them selves up now? All throughout this scene the director uses a  medium shot and the “180-degree rule” or other known as “the line angle”. This means that once the action occurs on screen, an imaginary line is established that the camera may not cross.

This camera angle switches from left to right throughout the scene as the two characters (Ricky and Hector) switch dialogue. Another camera trick that the director used was “the rule of thirds”. When the positioning of the camera shows the characters head placed some what off centre and slightly to the edge. This camera angle can be used to show the setting and the character.

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Sound:
When Ricky and hector were in the forest there were a lot of sounds.
There were birds chirping, twigs breaking underneath their feet, rain falling onto the leaves of the trees and the river flowing.
I think that the sound was a big part of the movie because the scenes seem more realistic

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Camera angles

I chose the car chase scene as there are a lot of good camera angles.

When they get into the car at the beginning there are a few close up angles of Ricky changing the gear and the wheels turning in the mud. There is a long shot where it shows the car driving out of the bushes. A dolly shot is used to show the car and the army tanks and police cars driving towards each other. There is a  low angle shot of when the men are running to their tanks. It quickly changes to a wide angle to show the cars crashing into each other. From here the angle is always changing. It uses an aerial view to show the cars swerving out of the way. It ends with a close up shot of the car laying sideways after crashing into the fence

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Sounds :
The sound effects in the film were really effective. When it was a sad scene sad music came and if there was a scary scene scary music came. The sound effects really set the mood and were a big part of the movie. I thought the sound effects in the scene were Bella killed the pig were really dramatic and added a lot to the scene.

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Setting:
I chose setting as it plays a big role in the film. Hunt for the wilderpeople was filmed in two locations the Central Plateau and the Waitakere Ranges. I have visited the Waitakere Ranges and I think it’s a really good place to chose as the setting for this movie. The setting establishes the situation and mood. It helps to understand the personalities of the characters. The setting tells us the season, year, climate, time and cultural surroundings.

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Costume
I think the costume chosen for the movie was very good because it shows Ricky’s personality very well and it also shows that he came from the city and isn’t used to being in the country side. He wears a lot of big jumpers with zips that zip up his hood and hats.
Paula the social worker wears lots of tight police outfits and always has her hair slick back in a ponytail.
Heck wore lose plaid shirts always in dark colours and cargo trousers. This shows that he was working on the farm quite a bit and doing physical work.

Setting
Most of the scenes are set out in the New Zealand bush (forest). When Heck breaks his ankle he lays down against a tree bark while Ricky searches down by a river for food.
During Bella’s funeral it is set inside a small church with wooden benches on two sides. The church is full of natural daylight.
Ricky’s birthday party was set around a dark wooden table. The room was very dark with only the light from the birthday candles and a small lamp in the corner.

Sounds
While Heck and Ricky are in the New Zealand bush / forest we hear lots of different sounds like birds chirping from the trees, the river flowing and the sticks breaking underneath their feet as they walk.

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Costume:
I think the costume in this film reflected the character’s personality in the opening scene. For example Bella was wearing a cat jumper, and had un brushed hair, Bella was a very free and caring character and I think this costume shows that. Another example is the social worker, Paula she wears a suit and her hair slicked back in a bun. This outfit shows that she is very strict, which she was. Ricky was wearing a hoody and a jacket with gang slogans, this shows he wanted to be part of a gang.

Setting:
I think the setting in this film fits perfectly. The house was in the middle of nowhere with trees everywhere, surrounding the house. There was a small narrow road leading up to it with no other houses but theirs. When Ricky got lost in the forest you could see how big the forest really was, with trees everywhere you couldn’t see the house at all. There was mountains with lakes and trees surrounding him but he couldn’t find home.

Sounds:
The sound effects in this film were very good because they all sounded very real and fit into the film. For example when Bella was killing the pig and the pig moaned, this was people making te noise but it sounded like a pig.

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Setting:

In the scene that I chose for camera angles the setting is in an Australian bush.

In the background there is a forest with lots of trees and a lot of hills. When hector appears he is walking up a hill. The scenery is very green. You can’t see any houses only Bella and hectors which indicates that they are very isolated in the countryside.

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Sound:

I chose the birthday scene because it uses a lot of sound. At the start Ricky, Bella and Hank are sitting at a table with a birthday cake on it. Bella then starts to sing a birthday song that she made up for Ricky because it was his birthday. We hear the sound of Bella singing and playing her keyboard. Near the end Ricky joins in singing the song. At the end of the song Rickey claps. After Rickey blows out his candles. From the smoke from the candles Hank starts to cough. He does not seem fond of Ricky.

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Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) Soundtrack - Complete List of Songs | WhatSong

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All 34 songs from the Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions. Listen to and download the music, ost, score, list of songs and trailers.

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Costume :I thought the costume in the movie was really good. Ricky wore gangster like clothing, which really suited his characters personality. I loved Bella’s costume. She wore a jumper with a cat face on it and her hair down and wild which showed her warm and kind characteristics. Paula wore formal clothes. She wore a suit with a blazer and her hair really slicked tightly back with a bit of makeup on too which showed her strict personality.

Lighting :The lighting in the movie was mostly bright but when they were running in the forest it became dark as all the trees covered the sky and blocked out the sunlight. I thought this made it more spooky like the social worker and police could jump out of nowhere at any moment. It was almost always a sunny day so the lighting was good. Almost the entire movie was shot on one single camera.

setting : I think it was based in a perfect spot for the film. It was scenic and had a long winding road leading to the house to show it’s in the middle of nowhere. The forest was a good spot to film because they were running up hills , around bends and over rivers which made it more adventurous and real. It was set in Central Plateau and the Waitakere Ranges.

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Hunt for the Wilderpeople – Happy Birthday Song Scene
Director: Taika Waititi

Camera angles:

The scene begins with a close up shot of Ricky’s birthday cake in a birds eye view. It then zooms out to a medium shot showing Ricky, Bella and Hec sitting at the dinner table. The camera then flicks to Hec who looks almost disgusted at the song. Hec’s expression does not change throughout this scene, this is also a medium shot. More medium shots can be seen throughout the clip, flicking between Ricky, Hec and Bella who is singing Ricky’s birthday song and playing a keyboard. Ricky later joins in with her. No wide shots can be seen In this clip.

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Camera Angles - Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Scene - Ricky has dinner with them
I chose the scene on the first day where ricky has dinner with them.

Its starts off with a mid-shot of Ricky. It shows him in a frame (symetrical) this is created from the different props around/behind him for example the fire place behind him creats a frame from the audiences perspective. There is then a mid-shot of Bella and Hector at the other end of the table. Hector and Ricky have a conversation and the director uses the 180 degree rule. It goes back and forth during the conversation and then goes to a wider shot of hector and bella. It shows the perspective that ricky has. There is also an over the shoulder shot when bella gives ricky some tea, to show a conversation is happening. It shows a wide shot of them at the table a ricky gets up to leave as he wants to go to bed.

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I chose the scene where Ricky arrives at the house and first sees hector

First it is at a wide shot of the policeman,Paula,Ricky and Bella then goes to a close up of Ricky’s face looking in hectors direction then the camera shows hector of a medium shot and the camera starts panning up hector to show his gun and the animal on his back and it then goes back to a close up of Ricky’s face looking at hector then a close shot of hector looking back at Ricky and then back to Ricky which he then looks away.

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I chose the broken ankle scene because I think it’s an important scene. It has lots of different camera angles. At the start it is raining and Rickey and Hank are walking through the jungle. It shows a close up shot  of their feet. I also showed a wide shot  of them walking , some from a high angle and some from a low angle. Then Ricky finds out that Hank can’t read and he is making fun of him, the use a medium shot of Ricky and Hank . When Hank starts to get angry at Ricky  they show a extreme close up shot  of Hanks eyes and the his fist. Suddenly Hank runs towards Ricky and get he’s foot caught in a branch and breaks his ankle. They use great sound effects of Hanks ankle breaking.They use a close up shot  of Hanks face because he is in pain. Then they use a shot over Hanks shoulder of Ricky asking if he is ok. After they use a low wide angle of Ricky helping Hank get his foot out of the branch.

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Camera angles
Scene:car chase

At the start of scene we see an old man taking pictures, the director used a close up image of just the mans head and soldiers but also the land behind him which helps to infinies that they are out the bush and into barren land. As the man turns around the camera angle changes to a long shot and side on view. This where the Ricky and hecs car jumps across the road and leaves the man shocked. Very quickly the scene changes to wide angle shot of the police and army cars racing towards the camera. From here the the camera angle is unsteady and always changing, the director uses a aerial view to show all the different vehicles together but he also zooms in and does close up singular shots of invidual cars. He uses a wide shot but at low angle to show the police chasing Ricky and Hec. He uses a Dutch angle to show that the cars are swerving and she shots a bit of the scene through the wind screen of a helicopter. As the scene is coming to a end you see and wide angle shot of the line of army tanks, this is an interesting shot because it looks like you are one of the cars in the chase.

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Camera Angles
The scene I chose was the funeral scene for Bella in the Hunt for the Wilderpeople. I will be focusing on wide, medium and extreme close up shots.

At first there is a wide angle shot showing Ricky and Hec sitting in the small church with only five others, then it moves to a medium angle showing only the priest. Then another wide angle of only Ricky and Hector. Ricky is sitting with his arms crossed looking sad and cross. It then goes back to a wide shot of all the people attending the funeral. This repeats itself for a while with the priest talking and going back to the audience. The next angle comes from behind as if it was looking over the people’s shoulders in a wide shot. When Hector starts to leave it goes from a medium then wide shot. There are no close ups in this scene because it wasn’t as emotional as it should have been since Ricky only met Bella and there weren’t many people there.

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‘Famous’ clip

I chose this scene because it shows how Hector’s walls are slowly coming down, and he isn’t as afraid to show his emotions around Ricky.

The scene starts with a wide shot, showing Ricky trying to get a connection on his phone, while Hector tries to read a newspaper clipping. When Hector calls Ricky over, it switches to a medium shot. This shows Hector moving backwards to let Ricky read it for him. This shot is also called a two shot, because there are two people in it. The camera is eye level with Hector.
The camera then zooms in on the word ‘manhunt’, showing how far it’s gotten out of hand. It then zooms in on the photos, showing us Hector’s face, then Ricky’s. Hector’s picture looks more like a prison headshot, while Ricky’s is more relaxed.
It then switches to a wide shot, showing Hector sitting down on a bench while Ricky continues to read. The camera shifts to a medium shot showing Ricky’s expression while trying to read the word ‘Caucasian’. It then switches to the other side, over Ricky’s shoulder, showing Hector’s expression when he tells him he can’t be Caucasian, because he’s white. This shot also uses the rule of thirds, where Ricky’s face is in one of the nine places where the lines meet. (If you divide the shot into sixths)
The next shot zooms slowly in on Hector’s face, showing how he looks more and more worried about the clipping, but also his disapproval at the line “fear for (his) mental health following the death of his wife”.
The next four shots switch from a medium shot from Hector’s POV, focusing on Ricky, to a medium shot in front of Hector, showing his reactions to what Ricky is saying. This creates the feel of a conversation, like the two of them are talking to each other.

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Camera angles:
Scene where Hector hurts his ankle:

In the scene where Hector hurts his ankle it starts with a close up shot of a leaf on a tree being rained on. Ricky and Hector then come into view and there’s a wide shot of them as they walk through the forest. There continues to be a few wide shots of them as they keep walking. I think all the wide shots of them shows they’re doing a lot of walking and makes it seem like they have come very far. The weather also changes during these wide shots which gives perspective to the scene and makes it look like they’ve been walking for ages. There’s a very interesting shot in the first minute of the scene where Ricky and Hector are arguing. In the shot Hector is quite close to the camera and Ricky is further back. You can see both of their faces and their facial expressions but they cannot see each other. After that shot Hector then turns around, the shot is in the prospective and point of view of Ricky. You can see Ricky’s shoulder is the close up shot of Hector which shows that they are having a conversation and so the audience knows exactly who the character is taking to. A few seconds later there is a very close up shot of Hector. This shot is very clever because it really shows how he’s feeling. His facial expression is angry and this shot is very good at showing it. The close up shot of his face is followed by a very close up shot of his fist. All of these shots of Hector really expresses the way he’s feeling, he’s being annoyed by Ricky and is getting angrier and angrier until…. He runs to try hurt Ricky but then gets his ankle caught and badly hurts it. The camera angles really add to the suspense of the scene. As Hector falls there’s a lot of close up shots of the body parts that he hurts.

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Camera angles in hunt for the wilderpeople

( broken ankle scene )

Wide shot

In this scene it showed a wide camera angle showing Ricky and Heck walking in the forest . I think the director chose a wide shot as he wanted to show the surrounding enviornment Ricky and Heck were facing on their journey back home .

Close up

Close ups were also included , for example when there was a close up on heck’s ankle to show that he had broken it . This particular close up emphasises how damaged Heck’s ankle is .

Over the shoulder shot

After Heck breaks his ankle it shows a over the shoulder shot of Ricky .I think this is used to show Ricky’s reaction of Heck being injured .

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The costumes in The Hunt for the Wilderpeople really show us who the characters are and how they express themselves.

When we first meet our characters in the opening scene we are told the type of person Ricky is by his social services officer Paula. She says he is a very troubled boy who steals, breaks things, attacks people and burns things. When Ricky gets out of the Police Car we see him in a leopard print cap and a diamond & dollar sign white hoodie with a red baseball team jacket over it. He wears high-topped white shoes and loose black tracksuit bottoms. His opening or first costume gives us the impression that he thinks that he is cool and is ‘gangster looking’.

Later in the movie when Hector and Ricky are on the run in The Bush, Ricky swaps his high-topped white shoes for some hiking or walking boots he finds in a cabin in The Bush. This shows us how Ricky has changed or developed while living with Bella and Hector.

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I chose the opening scene as I thought it was really effective. It started with a high angle shot of the Waitakere Ranges in NewZealand. The high angle shot allowed us to get a sense of the isolated, rural area where Bella and Hector were living. The next shot was a low angle shot it showed the police car driving towards the camera on a remote road. The point of view shot was used next showing Ricky’s point of view in the police car. The shot showed that there was a lot of tension in the car and introduced us to the policeman and social worker. Then there was a close up shot showing Ricky’s clothes , the clothes implied that he was a gangster.

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I chose Rickys birthday party scene.There is a close-up shot on the cake which has a R on it to show that it is Rickys birthday. There is then a wide camera angle shot showing the whole family at the table. They then do a close up shot on each of their faces to show how they are feeling for example hector didn’t look interested, Ricky was happy and singing along to Bella who was singing a birthday song for Ricky.

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I chose Bella’s funeral scene
The scene starts with an establishing shot showing coffin and how few people are in attendance at the funeral.
As the priest starts talking we get a close shot of him.
When the priest starts talking about a maze we cut to a mid shot of Ricky and Hec.
Mid shot of priest (centre of screen)
Wide shot of the church.
Close up of Hec (centre of screen)  to show his distaste for what is going on.
Wide shot of the alter.
Cut back to mid shot of Ricky and Hec.
Close up of Hec as his annoyance grows.
Wide shot of  alter as Hec walks towards the camera.

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I chose the opening scene because I think there was lots of good camera angles that improved the scene. At the very start of the scene there was an extreme wide angle that shows the huge forests and mountains which the house was surrounded by.

I also liked when the characters were in the car on the way to the house there was an extreme close up of the policeman’s badge, Rickys unusual symbols on his jumper and paulas clip board which allowed us to establish who they were in a very simple way.

There was another wide shot when they arrived at the house. I liked it because I was able to see everybody’s body language together, example the police officer was leaning on the car not paying attention

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Opening scene

I find the opening scene in ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople’ interesting as I feel it grabs your attention.
In this scene the director uses an aerial shot to show the New Zealand forests and the camera gradually gets closer and closer until it comes down to ground level.
I like the use of the aerial shot here as it starts by showing you the whole area of forestry and then the camera starts to zoom in, I feel this grabs your attention as you want to know where the camera will end up and what the next scene will be.
This aerial shot is then turned into a close up of the police car that Ricky Baker is in the back of , waiting to be dropped off at his new home.

Dialogue

In the scene where Ricky Baker gets dropped off at Hec and Bella’s house we can immediately tell he doesn’t care and doesn’t want to be there. Bella comes out of the house and gives him a big hug but Ricky just stands still and doesn’t say anything. Ricky goes around to inspect the house while Paula tells Bella all the bad things Rickey has done. Ricky stays silent while Bella introduces him to his new family. By Ricky giving Bella the silent treatment it shows that he really doesn’t care and I think it also shows how used to being put into different families as he acts like  it’s nothing new for him.

Costumes

I think all the characters in ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople’ costumes display their personalities. For example Bella wears a jumper with a picture of a cat , I think this shows how she is really happy and and she has a bubbly personality. Ricky Baker wears a jumper and a bomber jacket with gang slogans this gave us an idea of what his past was like while Bella , the social worker, states all the bad things he has done. Ricky always wears his hood up which shows that he wants to be cool and a gangster. Bella wears really formal clothes to make her look like a proper businesswoman. Bella also has her hair slicked back which makes her look like she’s really strict.

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I chose Ricky’s birthday party scene. Ricky, Heck and Bella sat around a table with a birthday cake placed in front of Ricky. There was a close up to start the scene of the birthday cake. Bella began to play a birthday song on a small keyboard. There was a wide shot angle of everyone sitting around the table together. As Bella began to sing there was a medium shot on Heck then Bella and then Ricky. Heck does not look like he’s enjoying himself but Bella and Ricky look as if they’re having a great time singing along to Ricky Bakers birthday song.

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I chose Bella’s funeral as my scene. The camera angles in this scene are done very well.

At the start of this scene we see a wide shot of the church. There are not many people at the funeral and the wide shot really emphasises that there aren’t.
There is also an example of an Over-The-Shoulder Shot. The camera is just behind the ‘shoulder’ of Bella’s coffin focusing on Hector and Ricky’s faces and upper body’s.
There are also many examples of close up shots. The camera is focused on the priest  (who is played by director Taika Waititi) when he is talking in the Point Of View (POV Shot) of Hector (Sam Neill) or Ricky (Julian Dennison) looking up at him. The priest is looking down over the people in the pews is also another example of a POV shot.

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I chose Ricky’s birthday party as my scene. The scene started off with a close shot of the cake followed by Bella singing Ricky’s birthday song on the keyboard. Then a wide shot of Bella, Hec and Ricky listening to the music. This turned into a medium shot of Hec, then Ricky and Bella continuing the song. Ricky is shown at a medium shot joining in, while we see hec looking bored, Ricky blows out the candles on the cake and the scene is over. This scene shows the importance of music in a movie.

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I chose Zags’s death as my scene . The pig was attacking Zag , their dog. It was a centered wide angle.It changed to a medium range angle when the pig was running towards Hec. Hec had fallen and was stuck on the ground. Ricky got the gun and was going to shoot the pig. The camera angle got closer as the pig got closer. Right before he reached Hec , Ricky shot the pig. Zag was hurt badly and they did a close up angle to show his cuts. Hec unfortunately had to shoot Zag because he was in too much pain. They did a close up angle of Ricky’s face to show his emotions.

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Aerial shots
Costume
Non diegetic sound

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Costume
Music
180-degree rule

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Direct sound
Costume
Elliptical editing

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Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Directed by Taika Waititi)
Close up shot/Wide shot
Costumes
Sound

Wide shot and Close up shot : I think the opening scene of the movie is important. The opening scene is a wide shot of the forest and a mix of wide and close ups when we meet the couple .I think this in an important scene because it shows us where the movie is set so we know . It is also where the couple lives so we know the Ricky is going to the basically the middle of no where.When the police car pulls up outside the house and when Ricky is getting out of the car there is a close up on him. It shows us what kind of style Ricky is . A few moments later Ricky gets back in the police car , there is another close up on him and from the close up we can tell that Ricky does not want to be there and wants to leave .

Costumes: I think the outfits the actors wear in the movie describe their characters personality. The social worker Paula  is wearing a tacky business outfit which I think describes her because she is a serious character and her outfit makes her look serious. Ricky’s costume describes him because his costume is just a hoodie a tracksuit bottoms which is laid back and that’s Ricky’s character laid back and a bit  careless . But Ricky’s costume is very colourful and everyone else’s is very plain .

Sound: When the social worker Paula dropped off Ricky she told Bella his backround and how he would get up to a lot of trouble . But Ricky didn’t say anything at all he just stood there , when most kids would introduce themselves. The social worker did all the talking. After Bella heard Ricky’s backround she didn’t mind that he was troublesome and she said “we can change that” and hugged him with open arms . Bella was very cheerful and talkative to Ricky but the first time he spoke to Bella was later that night .

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Ariel shot
Direct sound
Extreme close-up

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The scene I chose is when Ricky sees the police in the distance while they are at Psycho Sam’s house
Camera angles: At the start of the scene, there is a close up of Ricky drawing a picture outside psycho Sam’s house. He looks up and there is a wide POV shot of the bush at eye level. The shot switches to different sides of Ricky’s vision twice before you can see police in black uniforms with shotguns slowly creeping towards him. The camera turns back to a medium shot of Ricky and you can see the fear on his face. Ricky runs off, dropping his drawing and there s a close up of it as it falls to the ground
The second scene I chose is the opening scene
Setting: at the start of the scene there is a really wide shot of the scenery. The whole movie is set in the New Zealand bush it is all greenery and there aren’t many houses. It is really big with mountains and trees. It was shot in locations such as the Central Plateau and the Waitakere
Costumes: in this scene you can see the character’s costumes as they get out of the police car. Ricky is wearing gangster clothes é.g. a cap, white sneakers, a hoodie. Paula is wearing very formal clothes. She is wearing a suit with a white shirt. Her hair is slicked back. Bella is wearing a big fluffy jumper and her hair is wild and crazy. Hec is wearing hunting clothes and a big hat. He has at tangled beard. Costume designer Kristin Seth got the costumes from hunting shops and from his partner’s wardrobe

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Chiaroscuro, Aerial shot, Wide shot,Medium shot, Direct sound

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Wide shot
Close-up shot
Elliptical Editing

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Aerial shot
Direct sound

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Aerial shot
Crane shot
Chiaroscuro

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Direct sound
Non diegetic sound
Parallel action

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Isabel Murphy

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Aerial shot , chiaroscuro , 180 - degree rule

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