Wonder Film Study

Wonder Film Notes : Inside & Out Hurumanu 8

Intro - Close-up, spaceman jumps into the shot, 
          slow-motion shot give us a feeling we are in space. 
       -  intro symbol o the astronaut helmet, covers his face, represents
          the barrier august  (main character) puts between himself & the world. 
      -  Intro music - dreamy, dreadful, Soft, gets energetic and upbeat towards
         end of intro and can hear people talking through radio and intro music
        can draw our attention, tempo and dynamics increases to build energy 
        in the scene. 
   
Scenes:
     - Next is a tracking shot as we move away from the figure. It is now
       a boy in a helmet jumping on the bed. 
    -  Close-Up shows us Auggies "reality" or view-of the world but as we pull
       back we see the real world. 
     - Then we get our first voice over and first narrator which is Auggie, 
        he is introducing us and why he wears his helmet and how he isn't a                 ordinary kid,
    -  Then there is a point of view shot (auggie), nearly two minutes into the 
       movie and still hasn't showed his face, curiosity, and leading to asking               questions. (building suspense as we still haven't seen the boys face)
       we don't know what's wrong but hints it's bad - hospital scene, helmet,
       tags, school conversation, auggie's dialogue in the voice over. 
    - Dad/Nate= "It's like leading a lamb to the slaughter" 
   -  Auggie is something out of this world, Auggie feels not so happy and 
      excited about starting school, and it's going to be his first time attending 
     school. 
   -  Zoom in shot when auggie turns around to see the other students.
  -   Close-up shot on students which describes facial expression and emotions
      of characters.
 -   Over the shoulder shot - student showing auggie class
  -  Julian doesn't seem nice at all, noticed his body language and how he               walked, and how he's not wanting to interact and ask Auggie questions,
     also how he speaks to the Auggie and other students. 
  -  High angle shot opening next scene into the Science lab and Julian 
     starting to blabbering how science is hard.
   - Body Language - Auggie makes himself small and low when the students 
     were arguing, then starts to walk towards them and shoulders back and
     starts to talk. 
 -  Significant moment= Auggie walking into school on his first day
  -  Via (sister) body language is feeling small and left out
 -   Close Up - and eye level shot when Dad and Auggie are talking before
     he enters school, and over the shoulder (dad's shoulder) when auggie 
     is talking to dad. 
-   Point of View - Auggie- looking down while walking into school
 -  Not a lot of music but sound such as chalk on the board and footsteps                (walking)
 -  Auggie's  body language when he has to stand up to introduce himself.
 -  Next symbol that is going to be in throughout the film is Star Wars
    because Auggie is really into Star Wars. - Also because it's space - related, 
    and in Star Wars everyone is different. - a symbol of Auggie wanting people
    to treat him normally - a safe place in the Star Wars universe there are lots
    of weir looking people so no one started at them 
  -  References to characters- Auggie's Star Wars favorite characters. - Boba feit
 -  Seen - Auggie Introduction, Panda-won braid,
-    Structure of the film lead to narrators
-  Quote Summer - "When the give the choice between being right and
    being kind, Choose Kind" 
 -  Long  Distance shot showing mum and what she's doing
 -  High angle shot, showing us that Auggie feels sad and lonely
   - Then Bird's Eye shot showing us a high view of classroom and how 
     no one wants to sit beside Auggie
   - Tracking shot of Auggie in his own world, then in real word
   - Significant: We see auggie lose faith in the idea of friendship -If Jack can 
     be that mean behind his back how can he trust others. Links to the Theme-
     Popularity and acceptance we see this through jack as he says what he 
     knows Julien wants to hear so he doesn't want to become the person
     that gets picked on. 
Jacks Fight Scene :1.06
 - Starts a eye level - mid/medium shot makes us feel a part of the convo!
  - Sounds are diagetic
  -  low angle shot as boys hit ground, this makes the fight seem 
      more dangerous.
  -  moves to a close up of the struggle.
  -  Dutch tilt and low angle makes Jack look more powerful & aggressive.
  -  Music - minor (sad), quiet dynamic - creates focus intense,
      short tempo.
  -  Shot in slow-mo so we see the event more clearly.
  -  In this case Jack made a better decision, such as standing up for Auggie
     and not listening to Julien, even though it got him suspended and nearly lost
     his scholarship, this scene also links in well with the quote Summer read out
     "When being given the choice between being right and being kind,
       Choose Kind". (Jack has also learnt from his mistake) 
   -  Shows the theme of popularity/acceptance.
  *The Nature Reserve Fight Scene* :1.29 - 1.32
     -  During Fight shots used to make Auggie and friends bigger more 
        powerful and the bullies weak and vulnerable. 
    -  Music has fast tempo to build intensity.
    Significant - Auggie has grown as a character, he is now wiling to stand
     up for himself.
 -  Friendship - Auggie finally feels accepted when the other boys - 
     doesn't have to hide behind a mask anymore.

   



1st Narrator: Auggie
2nd Narrator:Via
3rd Narrator:Jack
4th Narrator:Miranda
Last Narrator: Auggie