NAME ____Diana Cestoni_______________ DATE __3/21/16____________

The Kings Speech Film Clip Scene Analysis

Notes for Analysis: When analyzing film technique, you should consider how the technique enhances the plot or heightens a characters emotions or
brings out a viewers response.
For instance, how does the sound (or lack of) fit what the characters are doing or enhance the time period? Consider the lack of sound when George VI
gives his war speech: the lack of sound reflects the seriousness of the speechs topic (war), and the director wants you to ONLY hear the kings voice, but
WHY does he want you only hear the kings voice? WHAT does that show you about the king? About Lionel?
After you determine WHY the director establishes the shot, determine what it means? WHAT does the director want you to see/feel/experience?
What technique is used? Include ALL
WHAT does the director what you to
WHY does the director establish the
instances that the director uses in the
see/feel/experience? How does the
shot using this technique? How does it
scene AND describe the clip from the
director want you to understand the
reflect/connect/enhance the scene?
scene.
depth of the scene?
In this shot you can see from his
1.
Medium Shot (Lionel speaking
shoulders up, this gives the audience the The director wants you to feel as if you
with Bertie)
feeling that they are right there in the
were part of the movie.
scene.
The purpose of this technique is to allow
This shot allows for the audience to see
2.
Long Shot (Lionel getting tea,
you to see the setting or background of
the entire scene, you can see both
Lionel opens the window)
the scene, allowing you to understand
characters, and the setting.
the scene better.
In this scene the close up shot is very
important, this allows you to see the
In the scene in which Bertie tries to read
facial expressions of the subject. Usually
the book, the director focuses on his
Framing
this leads to feel the same emotions as
face, meaning this was a close up shot,
(shot)
3.
Close-up Shot (Bertie reading the
the character, for example; when Bertie
this makes the audience focus on Bertie,
book aloud)
tries to read the book and he can you
this also allows them to see Berties
can feel the emotion that the character
expression and how he struggles to read
is portraying. This makes you feel
the book.
compassion and some vulnerability
towards him.
This allows the audience to see what the
This allows the audience to also
latest brilliance from America its all
4.
Extreme close up (the needle
experience and obtain knowledge of
about, stablishing the scene with what
touches the record)
what is the purpose of the record player,
Lionel will be using to record Berties
and how Lionel intends to use it.
voice with.
Lighting
1.
Side Lighting (Bertie walks out
This technique creates some sort of
The director wants you to feel the fear
Lionels office)
mood for the movie, it usually hides the and terror that Bertie felt when he left
characters face (only half), giving the
Lionels office that afternoon. Bertie felt

scene more depth and a mysterious

feeling.

2.

1.

Front Lighting (Bertie talks to

Lionel)

Eye Level (Lionel encouraging

Bertie to put the headphones on)

High Angle ( the camera looks

2. down upon Bertie, while sitting on
the couch)

Angle(s)

3.

Low angle ( Lionel stands up)

This technique makes the character look

vulnerable, this enhances the scene for
Bertie explains how long hes been
stammering, this shows the
vulnerability and exposure Bertie feels
in the scene.
This technique allows the audience to be
on equal footing with the characters in
the scene, this is the most common used
technique, for it allows the audience to
feel comfortable with the character.
This technique is used to create a sense
of inferiority, the character is looked
down upon, making them seem fragile
to the audience.
This technique is used to create a sense
of dominance from the character; as
Lionel stands up, Bertie seems small,
causing Lionel to look powerful and big.

sadness and frustration, and the lighting

created a mood of agony, which was
portrayed throughout the scene.
In this scene the director wants you to
feel sad, or upset do to the fact that
Bertie struggles to get his words out and
explain his stammering problem to
Lionel, this causes the audience to feel
bad for him, for hes exposing himself.
The director wants you to feel
comfortable with the characters,
allowing you to make eye contact with
the subject.
This causes for the audience to feel sad
towards Bertie, he looks helpless
This makes the audience feel like Bertie
did when he was sitting on the couch,
this technique makes the audience feel
vulnerable to the character.

4.

Camera
Movement(s
)

1.

Shot-reverse-shot (Lionel talking to

Bertie)

This technique occurs when two or

more characters are having a
conversation, the camera moves form
subject to subject, to show dialogue
between them.

2.

Zoom (Lionel holding the

microphone)

The director uses this technique to allow

the audience from seeing one thing to
seeing the whole scene.

3.
4.

This can be seen when Lionel talks to

Bertie about his stammering and tries to
explain that it is not permanent it can be
fixed. This allows the audience to see
and understand the conversation
between the two.
This allows the audience to focus on one
thing, for example when Lionel was
making tea, the camera zoomed out, and
it zoomed in on Bertie who was sitting
on the couch, making the audience focus
on one thing.

Sound

Diegetic (Bertie and Lionel are having

a conversation)

This are all the sounds that are visible in

the scene, this allows the audience to
see where sound/music/dialogue is
coming from.

The audience can see and understand

what is happening in the scene, and the
conversation that Bertie is having with
Lionel.

The director uses this method so the

audience only focuses on one object,
this allows for everything else to be
blurred, and only focus on the subject.

The director tries to get you to only

focus on a single object, the background
is softly blurred.

1.
Editing

2.
3.

Focus

Soft Focus (Lionel speaking to Bertie)