Boy In the Striped Pajamas(scene seven)

 NEW BOOK!

Summary:
In this New Story there is a boy named Bruno who together with his family, has to move because of his fathers new,more important job.  Bruno is eight years old, his sister Geraldine is twelve, and they both live with their father, mother, and a lady who seems to work for them. You see, for my first post on his story, I am going to al about the film, and what I got out of the first section of the movie.

Bruno's father is part of the military, and at this time it is World War II. Because he got a promotion his family has to leave their home and go to where his father needs to work. The film gives us readers a clue about how the characters feel without actually telling us. For example, when Bruno's grandparents and parents are at the celebration of the father's promotion there is a medium shot used in order to show how the characters interact with each other. Then immediately, the frame changes into an Over the Shoulder shot when the grandmother begins to sarcastically ask her son questions about how he feels about his job, and if it still makes him feel special when he dresses up in the uniform as he used to feel when he was younger. While these two have their conversation one can see the tension between the grandmother and her son. At the same time it is like foreshadowing that there may exist some sort of conflict between the families because of the fathers job.

Throughout the frill, the parents try their best to keep Bruno from realizing what the father actually does. They tell him that it is an important job that will benefit him when he grows up; that it is for his future. The film lets the audience know that the fathers job is being omitted whenever the parents speaks of his job. When Bruno questions his father about the strange farmers he sees from his new bedroom window, there is both a close up and reaction shot used. One can see the father from his shoulders up looking down, as though he is wondering what to say to his son. That is because those strange farmers are actually jewish people in concentration camps...not a farm.

The dinner table's Over the Shoulder shot

Quote:
Father: "  So children what are you doing today?"
Bruno: "Same as yesterday"
Father: "And what was that?"
Bruno: "Same as the day before"

Reaction: I liked this part of the movie, because the family is sitting down at the table, eating while one of the jewish people, or as Bruno calls the farmers is not too far away peeling potatoes. The father tries to start a conversation with his children, as though everything is normal, knowing very well he is thinking more about the war than of the way his family is having to live. Bruno is not enjoy this new house at all, he is bored, and clueless of what is actually going on. For that reason, I think his answers showed this reality perfectly.