The Selfish Giant - Analysis

Crew:
Director - Clio Barnard
Producer - Tracy O'Riodan
Writer - Clio Barnard
Cinematography - Mike Elay
Editor - Nick Fenton 
Composer - Harry Escott 

Cast:
Arbor - Conner Chapman 
Swifty - Shawn Thomas 
Kitten - Sean Gilder 
Mary - Lorraine Ashbourne 

The Selfish Giant is a 2013 film Directed by Clio Barnard. Its genre is Drama and Social Realism. The narrative of the story is about two young teenage friends named Arbor and Swifty, who turn to a scarpyard for jobs to try and support their family. Kitten, the man that runs the scrapyard, uses them to his advantage. By putting them into danger and taking their money. He makes them go and retrieve cables from a power station which is where the film reaches its climax. 

Arbor and Swifty are two complety different characters. Arbor is very agressive and restless while Swifty is gentle and slow. Even though the boys different, they are the best of friends which would make the audiences automatically like them because th boys do not care about the differences.

The cinematography used lots of establishing shots in this film. Which keeps the audience remembering where it is set and is closer to home than they think.
The shots show fields with horses on them, which is peaceful. It can represent Swifty and his love for them.
The cinematography could also show juxtaposition. For example, Arbor was going through the street with the horse and cart and also showing up to the school with it.

Another example could be Arbor and Swifty being the only children working at the scrapyard. The audience thinks it is wrong for them to be there but ultimately know it is realistic and happening in the modern day.

Power:
Kitten feels like he has power over the boys and can tell them what to do because they are chuldren. This would make the audience want to help the children because they dont really know what they are doing.

Trust:
The kids do not know Kitten that well but still trust him because he owns the scrapyard. This will frustrate the audience because they know it will not end well for them. 

Friendship:
The boys friendship is very strong, even though they have arguements, they still end up being the best of friends. When Swifty dies, Arbir is heartbroken. The audience will feel sympathy for him because they knew how good friends they were.

Exploitation:
Kitten uses the children to his advantage. He makes them go and do illegal deeds for his benefit, with them not knowing.