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The film scene I have selected is the final scene of the classic 1998 film: American History X. In this scene we first see Danny followed by a camera into the bathroom in a wide shot, showing both setting an indication the vibrant and almost ‘at peace’ look on Danny’s face. This scene is shot at first in a school hallway, where everyone is minding their business and going about their day; definitely constructing a happy, outgoing emotion in the viewer. However; once Danny steps foot into the bathroom the lighting darkens as well as the mood. You feel the tension as a viewer especially because Danny got into a previous altercation in the same bathroom earlier in the film. As the scene progresses the moment is cut into a tracking shot of Derek casually walking down the street, who once is shown to have a sneaky suspicion that something is off, just after dropping off his brother an extreme close up is drawn to Derek’s face. The scene strikingly ends in a series of extreme close-ups once you see that the other kid in the bathroom is the rival gang member Danny’s previous altercation was with. You see the impeccable camera work as the faces go back and forth in the frame until, BOOM! The gun is fired and Danny is dead. After this shot, Derek is shown beaming down the sidewalks in the glaring California sun, he gets to the school in a slow-motioned film rate and sees his brother, shot beaten and in a vulnerable state. His brother is dead and you can tell my his face his face, Derek’s soul is dead as well.

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