Orphan deconstruction

• With each gun shot that is heard, a jumpcut is used to show another establishing shot of the forest.
• The vertical compositions of each establishing shot of the forest show strength, which the gun shots conform to because at first, we do not know what is being shot at
• The white of the sky and the snow connotes purity and innocence which Jimmy conforms to as he doesn't mean wrong by shooting the targets, and when he hits the bird, he shows guilt. It contrasts with the black/dark brown of the tree connoting the upcoming suffering of the bird.

• Tight framing is used here to show that what he has done to the bird cannot be undone, he cannotundo the actions that he has just done.
• The shot is close up which shows his emotions when he realises that he has done wrong and that he's caused pain to the pigeon which a conventional childs reaction would be.
• Non-diegetic low sound is included when Esther comes into the shot later on, maybe to connote the danger that she brings
• The shot is open which gives it a more natural and simple look also making it unstructured
• He's placed in the middle of the shot which shows his importance.

• In this shot, Esther's stern expression is clearly visible, she doesn't give a child-like reaction to the situation
• The clothing that she is wearing it very mature for a child, more like adult clothing, with it all being quite pristine, dark and neat. It juxtposes his clothing with his jacket hanging loosely on him as a child is expected.
• When Esther says to him that he should "put it out of his misery" it's as thought she sees no sympathy for Jimmy and that she doesn't care about the guilt that he is feeling, she just wants to cause him more pain.
• She its the blame on him when she says that "its your [his] responsibility" as though it his fault and it wasn't an accident
• When Esther says to Jummy "walk away now and it'll starve to death", she quite clearly puts it how it is as an adult would when telling off a child for example, she doesn't care that he's upset.
• She's at the left hand side of the shot which means that she is the first thing that we would look at, that she is the dominant character here.

• After Esther kills the bird, we're shown this loosley framed shot which gives the characters space to move which is shown with the boy running away from what's just happened
• She is standing up hill to where he is, which suggests that she's more powerful than him, that she has power over the way he feels because she's just caused him more upset. 
• There's a high lighting key due to the fact that the snow and sky brighten up the shot, and the density is moderate, as although there's some information to the shot, there's not a lot. They both keep the scene as non-artificial as possible.
• The girls are at a intimate distance to each other, where as the boy is at a social distance showing the audience the relationship between the three characters.