Isabella: Borrowers Film Essay
In the film The Borrowers (1997) director Peter Hewitt uses many different shots such as cross cutting, high angles and scanning (etc).
He used lots of cross cutting to show fear in not just the characters, but to give fear to the audience as well.
In an early scene of the film, it has a bird’s eye view shot of Peagreen and Arrietty on the road under the moving truck. This shows fear in the cross cutting between the parents and the children.
It also uses a high angle shot of Mr Ocious P. Potter. This was added in so the audience would feel like Peagreen and Arrietty watching over him. This technique might of been added in to build tension.
In one of very first scenes in the film, the camera scans the wicked face of Mr Ocious P. Potter smirking. This suggests he is someone you wouldn’t trust or believe.
Hewitt uses high angles and low angles to show the way Borrowers way of seeing things. This kind of shot will make the audience feel like the characters.
