Camerawork for Monarch of the Glen

The first scene begins with a dolly shot which shows us men working with manly tools and moves onto an establishing shot where the camera pans to follow Amy, and spots with her on mid-long shot. This is done to show the audience her clothes as they are significant in us realising that she is young. A close up is used to show that she is confused when in the car, as she has been asked to drive and she doesn’t know how. This lack of knowledge results in a crash which is shown to us using an establishing shot, which also shows that the scene has changed.

A mid-long shot shows the clothes of the head teacher which compared to the mid-long shot of Amy, shows he is very old. In this shot he is in the background, behind the car crash, which could be representative of the conflict in the scene. While Amy’s true identity is revealed, we see a shot reverse shot to catch what everyone is saying and see the reactions of the characters to the news.

The camera pans down from the man to Amy’s eye level, and then we seem to stay at her eye level from quite some time. This is done to show how young she is, and how small she feels. It also helps to get the audience to identify with her.

And establishing shot shows the scene has changed to the two men in the old looking room, and while they converse we see a close up shot reverse shot used in their conversation. A wide shot shows the change of scene again and then a montage is used to show the skills the men are using in a condensed version of time.

A tilt reveals the goodbye note and then pans to the next note. The camera pans the room and zooms into the photos which are all done to show she is young. The camera shows the window from the outside to represent that Amy. Medium close up shows that the woman has moved back to the man’s eye level.