"New Boy" is a narratively and visually engaging short film about an elementary school-aged boy who has moved from somewhere in Africa to the British Isles (Scotland or Ireland). The new boy, Joseph, is automatically an outsider due to the color of his skin compared to the rest of the class, making him the center of attention. Joseph however does not like the attention, and the camera draws focus toward that by using a shallow depth of field, allowing him to feel and look distant from everyone else. The camera also shows juxtaposition between the past (Africa) and present (British Isles) by using different color schemes and exposures. The Africa flashback are very vivid and full of all shades of color; the exposure is high from natural light, so everyone seems to have a halo or outline, especially the teacher. In contrast, the British Isles seems rather drab with white walls, grey uniforms, and pale faces; the lighting seems to be more controlled inside, and even outside, it is overcast, making everything appear gloomy. After Joseph has made friends with his "enemies" in the hallway, the depth of field is widened (so he is connected to the others), and there is more warmth in the light used (brightening the drab feeling). The audio is impeccable in the short film. There are several moments where the teacher walks out of the room and speaks, and the audio allows for the distance to be heard. The whispers and giggles from children are also captured very well. From video to audio, the "New Boy" is a very well-composed short film. The narrative question left is from Joseph's past and how he arrived in the British Isles.
New Boy is a short film about a kid who has moved from Africa to presumably the UK. The kid is picked on immediately and also deals with culture shock in relation to teacher-student relationships and respect. The feeling of culture shock stemmed from the contrast produced by a scoring of calming music that played over each one of his flashbacks and the editing of those flashbacks coupled with the unwelcome feeling the classroom gave to the new boy. The calming music eventually played over the "fight" with the other kid when he pulled the instigators finger and held it. This was especially powerful because this finger was the pointer, or the trigger finger, and the viewer found out just before that scene that his father was most likely killed by armed men and that's the reason he had to move.
I liked this film a lot because of the messages it gets across. The cinematography was good, but sound played a key part in telling the narrative. The whispers of the other kids and scoring created a tense/edgy mood in the first part of the movie, but somehow it shifted into a more playful, kid-like tone when the fight reached it's anti-climactic end. That is what made this piece moving to me. At the end of the day, no matter the color of our skin, we are all human. Discrimination is easier to overcome as a kid than after years and years of prejudice as an adult.
Steph Green's short film "New Boy" tells the story of Joseph, a young boy from Africa, and his transition to school in Ireland. Green captures the essence of an elementary school classroom very well. Rowdy children chaff against the rule of the teacher and children constantly tease, heckle, and whisper to each other. It all feels incredibly authentic. While the director clearly wanted to tell a larger story about culture differences, he still managed to tell a very genuine story about childhood. I loved how the boys all became friends at the end of the film, brought together by a brief moment of levity. That’s how I remember childhood friendships working. Moments of joy and unity could build long and amazing friendships, and seeing Joseph finally making friends and assimilating into this new society was very satisfying. My favorite technical aspect of the film was its editing. Green did an excellent job cutting between the two classrooms. He used color (very muted grey tones versus bright colors and deep blacks), music (musical themes that characterize each setting), and visual cues (cutting from writing with pencil in Ireland to writing with chalk on a board in Africa). My favorite edit in the film is when Joseph recalls the death of his father. We don’t see the horrific action, but we hear the booming gun shot and liquid splatters against the wall (not blood, but milk) and a disorienting ringing that ebbs though the scene. This powerful scene and the ones that follow emphasize the deep cultural divide between these children. Joseph’s tormentor constantly says “your dead” and his friends seem to enjoy a good fight, while Joseph knows the true cost of violence and the meaning of death far more than these school boys would ever know. In addition, I really like some of the choices made in terms of composition. The low depth of field was prevalent throughout, allowing Green to externalize the loneliness of his subject (Joseph) by bringing him (and only him) into focus. In addition, Green was able to create many “dirty” frames where many objects in the foreground were pleasantly out of focus, and that really added breadth to this world. There were also was a great shot in the play ground where Joseph leans against the wall and has very little look space, which makes him feel “hemmed in” by his loneliness and isolation. However, there were several moments where I felt that the audio was just a bit off. There were times were whispers and dialogue were just too ridiculously loud or where bits of music seemed to repeat themselves a bit too much (the theme in the African school room just needed to have a consist musical theme, not the same melody all the time). However, other than those minor concerns, this film was superb. I really enjoyed it on a narrative and technical level!
The short film New Boy, written and directed by Steph Green, is a powerful narrative piece which peers into forging friendships for the first time. This is done with a subject that juxtaposes the Irish school environment and immediately causes conflict, setting things in motion for the story to come.
The subject is Joseph, a student that has moved to Ireland from Africa. He does this after his father is killed by militants as the audience learns from flashbacks that contrast the new learning environment Joseph is now in. Throughout the film Joseph is met with conflicts from being a new and different student, and the film and audio choices reflect this conflict.
The shallow depth of field isolates Joseph from the class until he is pictured at the end in the same focus plane with his new friends. The audio helps maintain continuity in the series of flashbacks which would otherwise seem more separated.
"New Boy" is a well done short narrative about childhood and adjusting to new situations. The variety of shots that composed the short made it engaging and aesthetically pleasing. The juxtaposition of the shots of the present of him in his new school and the flashbacks to him in his old school back in Africa are visually compelling. The flashbacks are more vivid in color and have more life in them, while his current school in very plain and drab and he doesn't feel like he fits in. I especially appreciated the scene, as heartbreaking as it was, where his father is led outside by the militants and then the balloon filled with what I presume is milk was thrown at Joseph. Those shots cut together was beautifully done and did a great job at subtly saying what happened without being too explicit, and the flashback with the present fit together well. I appreciated the cinematography of this short because it was not over the top and fit the mood of what was happening but was still well done. I also thought it represented childhood very well because kids can be brats, but I'm glad that Joseph made friends in the end.
"New Boy" by Steph Green was a very powerful short film. The film depicted the classic story of the new kid in school. It was pretty hard to watch the majority of it because it was so sad but when I saw the ending I found the film to be more enjoyable. I really liked how the film would show Joseph in his new school, and then transition back to the school he used to attend. It really portrayed the whole idea of him fantasizing his passed school where it looked like his dad was the teacher. I guess the only thing that I did not enjoy was the story with Joseph and the little girl. Through out the whole film, this girl had Joseph's back and went out of her way to make him feel safe and comfortable and by the end of it, Joseph made friends with his enemy because they both found making fun of her humorous. I found that a little odd. However, it was a very accurate depiction of an elementary school classroom getting a new student in my opinion. My favorite part of the short film was definitely the opening scene. I really liked the first camera angle with the depth of field shot where it showed the teacher's hand on Joseph's neck and with all of the students in the background being blurred out. Overall, I found the film very unique and very much enjoyed it.
The short film “New Boy”, directed by Steph Green, is an emotionally striking piece which uses a variety of both audio and video elements to tell a compact story that also has a lot of depth. What stands out immediately is the contrasting visual style of the flashbacks as compared to the scenes which represent the ‘present day’. In particular, the use of different lighting styles, with a more vibrant style for the African school and a more subdued scheme for the European school, does a great job of highlighting the juxtaposition of the moods of those two places. Another element which I thought really helped with the telling of the story was the use of depth of field. The way in which having a shallow depth of field for Joseph visualized his disconnect from the other students in his new school was really powerful, especially when the director shows the contrast during the flashbacks and at the end when Joseph begins to be embraced by his peers. The last thing that really stood out to me about this short film was the audio. Oftentimes, I have seen shows and films build worlds using vast imagery or copious amounts of expository dialogue; “New Boy” does something different. The visual imagery of the film is basic, and while there is a decent amount of spoken dialogue, it doesn’t give the audience much information about the surrounding world. Instead, it is the audio which is used to create the impression of a world beyond the walls of the set. Each sound, from that of children laughing to the hum of a truck’s engine, gives the audience some small insight, and helps push “New Boy” forward.
The short film "New Boy", directed by Steph Green, is a nice look into the life of a young student who just got relocated to a new school somewhere in Europe. The depth of focus shows how claustrophobic the classroom setting really is. With every medium shot in the classroom they show the bully in the background, as if to show that their relationship is going to be the centerfold of this short film. The flashback to the past shows that Joseph has been through some stuff in his time on Earth. I liked that the milk explosion is a reference to his father being possibly shot when he was in school in what seems to be Africa. The fact that they bond at the end over the girl and the teachers exchange with a laugh gives this nice short story the ending it needs. The way Joseph says "no" shows how gentle he probably is. He is just scared in his new environment and on the defensive, making everything a little more on edge. The music in the background really makes the scene changes a little less abrupt. It almost takes you out of the scene, which makes the flashback of the rebels taking Joseph's father and the milk carton explosion a bit more surprising.
"New Boy" is a simple short narrative directed by Steph Green that unfolds quickly as it moves along. The story of this short film is based around children and how they act around each other, especially when they are the new kids in school. Almost every kid who has moved during school understands the struggle of having to make new friends in new surroundings. In "New Boy", Steph Green takes that a step forward by having the new kid in class be from a completely different country. Because of the school's location in Ireland, Joseph's transition from Africa is an even larger hurdle to conquer. And even then, Green takes that one step even further and reveals that Joseph's teacher/father was shot and killed in Africa (which was possibly the reason for him being in Ireland). This short film is effective in its use of dialogue and even its non-dialogue. It is easy to pick up on who the key characters are in the story: the mean bully, the emphatic girl, and the strict teacher. All of these characters have distinct characteristics that are hinted at heavily in their actions and their dialogue. But the most interesting character is Joseph, the titular character. Green is able to portray the hard time that Joseph is going through based external factors, like his flashback, his reaction to the bully, and his short amount of dialogue he shares in the end with his new classmates. His silence amplifies the significance of when he first speaks in the class setting. My favorite aspect of this short film was the fact that despite the simple nature of the narrative itself, there was a lot of weight to what was happening in the actual story, and that is even palpable when you watch it. As I mentioned before, Green effectively utilizes Joseph's silence to incite a specific emotion in the audience as his world around him unfolds in uncomfortable ways, causing him to push boundaries. However, like most conflicts during childhood, the schoolkids are able to look past Joseph's "new boy" status when they are represented with a funny situation for everyone: the teacher's pet rebelling against the teacher.
The "New Boy" is a narrative film and directed by Steph Green. This film has used the same style story telling as the movie "The social network do." The major scene is happened when the new kid attend school in new Ireland and the second scene is happened when the kid studied in his hometown. Although those two scenes match together and showed a story of the new kid. We can see the background of the new kid. He suffered many problems once he study in the new school. Some children tried to mess up with him and bullied him. However, the new kid has finally adapt the new environment and it seems he has made some friends. My favorite part of the film is we usually can see some extremely close shots of the new kid. Thats make us easy to understand what the new kid felt when he study in a new school. You can see the emotion changes throw the new kids face. Children may think little different than adult do. Once they have the same ideas, they will talk to each other more often. This film has showed an life of elementary school which makes us thought provoking
"New Boy" by Steph Green was an amazingly developed film with all of the components needed to tell a story. The sound audio components mixed with the shots were though the most powerful parts of the film. The way the music carried the story throughout the film and helped transition each scene was amazing. With that being said the way the different audio tracks were mixed was very cool. The audio tacks such as: music, dialogue, and ambient noise were all mixed in a way that allowed a person to picture the surroundings and get a full feel of what is going on. Then the most effective camera angle that was used in the film was the close up shot. The close up shot was used for all of the bullying scenes and for when the boys become friends at the end. It was a great shot because it invited you into the boys friend circle and you could really see what was going on. The one other shot that really makes the audience feel what the children felt was the low angle shots of the teacher looking at the students. You felt how powerful the teacher was compared to how vulnerable the children were. Overall, the film was great, but the cinematography and audio mixing together made a story become alive and captivating.
I can see why New Boy won best narrative short and got nominated for an Oscar. It was an amazing short film that was more than "just about kids being kids," as one of the comments stated below the video. It was a heart touching story about a new student adjusting to a new culture and school. Steph Green illustrates the story well by using the sense of sound to display flashbacks. When Joseph hears a loud "banging" sound, Joseph is reminded of the gunshots that were hired at his father. For instance, when the children slam there hands onto the desk, Joseph is startled by the sound. Another moment is when the boys threw a carton of milk at his face. The use of words are used to demonstrate parallelism. The word "dead" reminds Joseph of his father's death. Yet the word "now" used by the teacher symbolizes the time the boys are united by making fun of the teacher. During the first part of the short film I felt angered that the kids were not accepting of Joseph. It reminded me of myself going into a new school. However, towards the end of the film it shows that anyone can come together through laughter no matter what your background is.
"New Boy" is a narratively and visually engaging short film about an elementary school-aged boy who has moved from somewhere in Africa to the British Isles (Scotland or Ireland).
ReplyDeleteThe new boy, Joseph, is automatically an outsider due to the color of his skin compared to the rest of the class, making him the center of attention. Joseph however does not like the attention, and the camera draws focus toward that by using a shallow depth of field, allowing him to feel and look distant from everyone else.
The camera also shows juxtaposition between the past (Africa) and present (British Isles) by using different color schemes and exposures. The Africa flashback are very vivid and full of all shades of color; the exposure is high from natural light, so everyone seems to have a halo or outline, especially the teacher. In contrast, the British Isles seems rather drab with white walls, grey uniforms, and pale faces; the lighting seems to be more controlled inside, and even outside, it is overcast, making everything appear gloomy.
After Joseph has made friends with his "enemies" in the hallway, the depth of field is widened (so he is connected to the others), and there is more warmth in the light used (brightening the drab feeling).
The audio is impeccable in the short film. There are several moments where the teacher walks out of the room and speaks, and the audio allows for the distance to be heard. The whispers and giggles from children are also captured very well.
From video to audio, the "New Boy" is a very well-composed short film. The narrative question left is from Joseph's past and how he arrived in the British Isles.
New Boy is a short film about a kid who has moved from Africa to presumably the UK. The kid is picked on immediately and also deals with culture shock in relation to teacher-student relationships and respect. The feeling of culture shock stemmed from the contrast produced by a scoring of calming music that played over each one of his flashbacks and the editing of those flashbacks coupled with the unwelcome feeling the classroom gave to the new boy. The calming music eventually played over the "fight" with the other kid when he pulled the instigators finger and held it. This was especially powerful because this finger was the pointer, or the trigger finger, and the viewer found out just before that scene that his father was most likely killed by armed men and that's the reason he had to move.
ReplyDeleteI liked this film a lot because of the messages it gets across. The cinematography was good, but sound played a key part in telling the narrative. The whispers of the other kids and scoring created a tense/edgy mood in the first part of the movie, but somehow it shifted into a more playful, kid-like tone when the fight reached it's anti-climactic end. That is what made this piece moving to me. At the end of the day, no matter the color of our skin, we are all human. Discrimination is easier to overcome as a kid than after years and years of prejudice as an adult.
Steph Green's short film "New Boy" tells the story of Joseph, a young boy from Africa, and his transition to school in Ireland. Green captures the essence of an elementary school classroom very well. Rowdy children chaff against the rule of the teacher and children constantly tease, heckle, and whisper to each other. It all feels incredibly authentic. While the director clearly wanted to tell a larger story about culture differences, he still managed to tell a very genuine story about childhood. I loved how the boys all became friends at the end of the film, brought together by a brief moment of levity. That’s how I remember childhood friendships working. Moments of joy and unity could build long and amazing friendships, and seeing Joseph finally making friends and assimilating into this new society was very satisfying. My favorite technical aspect of the film was its editing. Green did an excellent job cutting between the two classrooms. He used color (very muted grey tones versus bright colors and deep blacks), music (musical themes that characterize each setting), and visual cues (cutting from writing with pencil in Ireland to writing with chalk on a board in Africa). My favorite edit in the film is when Joseph recalls the death of his father. We don’t see the horrific action, but we hear the booming gun shot and liquid splatters against the wall (not blood, but milk) and a disorienting ringing that ebbs though the scene. This powerful scene and the ones that follow emphasize the deep cultural divide between these children. Joseph’s tormentor constantly says “your dead” and his friends seem to enjoy a good fight, while Joseph knows the true cost of violence and the meaning of death far more than these school boys would ever know. In addition, I really like some of the choices made in terms of composition. The low depth of field was prevalent throughout, allowing Green to externalize the loneliness of his subject (Joseph) by bringing him (and only him) into focus. In addition, Green was able to create many “dirty” frames where many objects in the foreground were pleasantly out of focus, and that really added breadth to this world. There were also was a great shot in the play ground where Joseph leans against the wall and has very little look space, which makes him feel “hemmed in” by his loneliness and isolation. However, there were several moments where I felt that the audio was just a bit off. There were times were whispers and dialogue were just too ridiculously loud or where bits of music seemed to repeat themselves a bit too much (the theme in the African school room just needed to have a consist musical theme, not the same melody all the time). However, other than those minor concerns, this film was superb. I really enjoyed it on a narrative and technical level!
ReplyDeleteThe short film New Boy, written and directed by Steph Green, is a powerful narrative piece which peers into forging friendships for the first time. This is done with a subject that juxtaposes the Irish school environment and immediately causes conflict, setting things in motion for the story to come.
ReplyDeleteThe subject is Joseph, a student that has moved to Ireland from Africa. He does this after his father is killed by militants as the audience learns from flashbacks that contrast the new learning environment Joseph is now in. Throughout the film Joseph is met with conflicts from being a new and different student, and the film and audio choices reflect this conflict.
The shallow depth of field isolates Joseph from the class until he is pictured at the end in the same focus plane with his new friends. The audio helps maintain continuity in the series of flashbacks which would otherwise seem more separated.
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ReplyDelete"New Boy" is a well done short narrative about childhood and adjusting to new situations. The variety of shots that composed the short made it engaging and aesthetically pleasing. The juxtaposition of the shots of the present of him in his new school and the flashbacks to him in his old school back in Africa are visually compelling. The flashbacks are more vivid in color and have more life in them, while his current school in very plain and drab and he doesn't feel like he fits in. I especially appreciated the scene, as heartbreaking as it was, where his father is led outside by the militants and then the balloon filled with what I presume is milk was thrown at Joseph. Those shots cut together was beautifully done and did a great job at subtly saying what happened without being too explicit, and the flashback with the present fit together well. I appreciated the cinematography of this short because it was not over the top and fit the mood of what was happening but was still well done. I also thought it represented childhood very well because kids can be brats, but I'm glad that Joseph made friends in the end.
ReplyDelete"New Boy" by Steph Green was a very powerful short film. The film depicted the classic story of the new kid in school. It was pretty hard to watch the majority of it because it was so sad but when I saw the ending I found the film to be more enjoyable. I really liked how the film would show Joseph in his new school, and then transition back to the school he used to attend. It really portrayed the whole idea of him fantasizing his passed school where it looked like his dad was the teacher. I guess the only thing that I did not enjoy was the story with Joseph and the little girl. Through out the whole film, this girl had Joseph's back and went out of her way to make him feel safe and comfortable and by the end of it, Joseph made friends with his enemy because they both found making fun of her humorous. I found that a little odd. However, it was a very accurate depiction of an elementary school classroom getting a new student in my opinion. My favorite part of the short film was definitely the opening scene. I really liked the first camera angle with the depth of field shot where it showed the teacher's hand on Joseph's neck and with all of the students in the background being blurred out. Overall, I found the film very unique and very much enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteThe short film “New Boy”, directed by Steph Green, is an emotionally striking piece which uses a variety of both audio and video elements to tell a compact story that also has a lot of depth. What stands out immediately is the contrasting visual style of the flashbacks as compared to the scenes which represent the ‘present day’. In particular, the use of different lighting styles, with a more vibrant style for the African school and a more subdued scheme for the European school, does a great job of highlighting the juxtaposition of the moods of those two places.
ReplyDeleteAnother element which I thought really helped with the telling of the story was the use of depth of field. The way in which having a shallow depth of field for Joseph visualized his disconnect from the other students in his new school was really powerful, especially when the director shows the contrast during the flashbacks and at the end when Joseph begins to be embraced by his peers.
The last thing that really stood out to me about this short film was the audio. Oftentimes, I have seen shows and films build worlds using vast imagery or copious amounts of expository dialogue; “New Boy” does something different. The visual imagery of the film is basic, and while there is a decent amount of spoken dialogue, it doesn’t give the audience much information about the surrounding world. Instead, it is the audio which is used to create the impression of a world beyond the walls of the set. Each sound, from that of children laughing to the hum of a truck’s engine, gives the audience some small insight, and helps push “New Boy” forward.
The short film "New Boy", directed by Steph Green, is a nice look into the life of a young student who just got relocated to a new school somewhere in Europe. The depth of focus shows how claustrophobic the classroom setting really is. With every medium shot in the classroom they show the bully in the background, as if to show that their relationship is going to be the centerfold of this short film. The flashback to the past shows that Joseph has been through some stuff in his time on Earth. I liked that the milk explosion is a reference to his father being possibly shot when he was in school in what seems to be Africa. The fact that they bond at the end over the girl and the teachers exchange with a laugh gives this nice short story the ending it needs. The way Joseph says "no" shows how gentle he probably is. He is just scared in his new environment and on the defensive, making everything a little more on edge. The music in the background really makes the scene changes a little less abrupt. It almost takes you out of the scene, which makes the flashback of the rebels taking Joseph's father and the milk carton explosion a bit more surprising.
ReplyDelete"New Boy" is a simple short narrative directed by Steph Green that unfolds quickly as it moves along. The story of this short film is based around children and how they act around each other, especially when they are the new kids in school. Almost every kid who has moved during school understands the struggle of having to make new friends in new surroundings. In "New Boy", Steph Green takes that a step forward by having the new kid in class be from a completely different country. Because of the school's location in Ireland, Joseph's transition from Africa is an even larger hurdle to conquer. And even then, Green takes that one step even further and reveals that Joseph's teacher/father was shot and killed in Africa (which was possibly the reason for him being in Ireland).
ReplyDeleteThis short film is effective in its use of dialogue and even its non-dialogue. It is easy to pick up on who the key characters are in the story: the mean bully, the emphatic girl, and the strict teacher. All of these characters have distinct characteristics that are hinted at heavily in their actions and their dialogue. But the most interesting character is Joseph, the titular character. Green is able to portray the hard time that Joseph is going through based external factors, like his flashback, his reaction to the bully, and his short amount of dialogue he shares in the end with his new classmates. His silence amplifies the significance of when he first speaks in the class setting.
My favorite aspect of this short film was the fact that despite the simple nature of the narrative itself, there was a lot of weight to what was happening in the actual story, and that is even palpable when you watch it. As I mentioned before, Green effectively utilizes Joseph's silence to incite a specific emotion in the audience as his world around him unfolds in uncomfortable ways, causing him to push boundaries. However, like most conflicts during childhood, the schoolkids are able to look past Joseph's "new boy" status when they are represented with a funny situation for everyone: the teacher's pet rebelling against the teacher.
The "New Boy" is a narrative film and directed by Steph Green. This film has used the same style story telling as the movie "The social network do." The major scene is happened when the new kid attend school in new Ireland and the second scene is happened when the kid studied in his hometown. Although those two scenes match together and showed a story of the new kid. We can see the background of the new kid. He suffered many problems once he study in the new school. Some children tried to mess up with him and bullied him. However, the new kid has finally adapt the new environment and it seems he has made some friends. My favorite part of the film is we usually can see some extremely close shots of the new kid. Thats make us easy to understand what the new kid felt when he study in a new school. You can see the emotion changes throw the new kids face. Children may think little different than adult do. Once they have the same ideas, they will talk to each other more often. This film has showed an life of elementary school which makes us thought provoking
ReplyDelete"New Boy" by Steph Green was an amazingly developed film with all of the components needed to tell a story. The sound audio components mixed with the shots were though the most powerful parts of the film. The way the music carried the story throughout the film and helped transition each scene was amazing. With that being said the way the different audio tracks were mixed was very cool. The audio tacks such as: music, dialogue, and ambient noise were all mixed in a way that allowed a person to picture the surroundings and get a full feel of what is going on. Then the most effective camera angle that was used in the film was the close up shot. The close up shot was used for all of the bullying scenes and for when the boys become friends at the end. It was a great shot because it invited you into the boys friend circle and you could really see what was going on. The one other shot that really makes the audience feel what the children felt was the low angle shots of the teacher looking at the students. You felt how powerful the teacher was compared to how vulnerable the children were. Overall, the film was great, but the cinematography and audio mixing together made a story become alive and captivating.
ReplyDeleteI can see why New Boy won best narrative short and got nominated for an Oscar. It was an amazing short film that was more than "just about kids being kids," as one of the comments stated below the video. It was a heart touching story about a new student adjusting to a new culture and school. Steph Green illustrates the story well by using the sense of sound to display flashbacks. When Joseph hears a loud "banging" sound, Joseph is reminded of the gunshots that were hired at his father. For instance, when the children slam there hands onto the desk, Joseph is startled by the sound. Another moment is when the boys threw a carton of milk at his face. The use of words are used to demonstrate parallelism. The word "dead" reminds Joseph of his father's death. Yet the word "now" used by the teacher symbolizes the time the boys are united by making fun of the teacher. During the first part of the short film I felt angered that the kids were not accepting of Joseph. It reminded me of myself going into a new school. However, towards the end of the film it shows that anyone can come together through laughter no matter what your background is.
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