Let Me In

Let Me In is a movie about a vampire girl who befriends a young boy and in this movie are several examples of different shots talked about this week. There is one scene, which was a longshot, near the beginning of the movie where the boy is in the courtyard of his apartment complex and he's stabbing and talking like the kids that bully him. The shot was, if I remember it correctly, a long overhead shot to convey sadness, loneliness, an powerlessness. Another shot was a close up with a slight downward angle where the vampire is losing control at the sight of blood. They wanted to show the details in her face while showing how she too is powerless at times. There were also scenes in which the kid was bullied and those were medium shots to show the relationship of the bullies and the boy.