The Breakfast Club Movement Review

           The Breakfast Club has a little bit of movement throughout the movie. One of the first examples of movement is when we see each character getting dropped off for detention in the beginning. We first see the character, then their parents, and back to the character again these types of shots are considered close ups.

            Throughout the movie, we see different types of camera angles too. For example, a panning shot is when Bender, Claire, Allison, Andrew, and Brian are running down the hallway. This type of shot can also be considered a dolly shot too, so the cinematographer can keep up with the characters as they are running. An example of a long shot is when Bender, Claire, Allison, Andrew, and Brian are sitting on the library floor we see the characters and the background too. The movie didn’t have any crane, aerial, or serial shots.

            In The Breakfast Club, there isn’t any animations or flashbacks throughout the movie. During certain parts of the movie the camera is moving. An example of this is when the characters are in the library sitting at their desks when they start talking the camera moves from one character to another as each of them speak, this allows us to see their emotions as well. The Breakfast Club is really deemphasized with longer shots and close ups, which is what we see throughout most of the movie.

            Most of the shots in the film are naturalized since they are acting, but also stylized because they are being told what to do and say. The movie is both literal and symbolic, but more symbolic because the movie has meaning, peer pressure, as well as the struggles of being a teenager in society. The camera’s movement throughout the movie is smooth, not choppy. Especially during the panning scenes. An example of a freeze frame is as they are running down the hall everyone but Allison is in focus and not blurred except for Allison since it’s an action shot. Overall, I feel that the movement in this movie works well.