Digital Visual Collage

ESSAY

In the movie power of one, directed by John Avildsen, the director uses all kind of technique to make this scene interesting like close up, low shot, and long shot.

In the movie Power of one, the director John Avildsen used low-key lighting when Jaapie Botha slaps P.K.

For example, the director, John Avildsen, uses low-key lighting when Jaapie Botha wipes P.K blood with his own hand. It makes this scene more interesting by giving it a sinister feel. The director used this technique to show us  

How Jaapie Botha was inspired by Hitler and tried to follow in his footsteps, or it was to make things look scarier. This was effect by making the scene really have a sinister feel and making it like a ritual.

This reminds me of another technique that John Avildsen used in the same scene when the camera goes close up to Jaapie Botha.

In the scene where the camera zooms up to Jaapie Botha face, the director uses close up to show that he’s angry. For instance, when we see P.K’s face when the chicken dies, his face goes serious. The director used this technique to show how furious Jaapie Botha was and how angry and serious P.K was too. This is affected by performing this unique scene, and it shows people's expression of how they feel.in this same movie scene we see another technique that was used in the power of one where you can see everyone that was bullying P.K. This technique is called long shot.

In the movie Power of one where they bring P.K to Jaapie Botha, the director John Avildsen used long shot to see all the student that tried to kill P.K.For instance, When P.K was an instructor for that music thing we can see all the tribes that were lock up in jail. This was when Geel piet dies. The director uses this to show how many people are involved or just to see what is happening. This makes our audience understand that the director uses this technique to show us how many people are participating.

This comes to the end of my essay about the Power of one. The director uses a lot of techniques but I only choose 3 techniques.