The movie opens up with a scene of the protagonist watching a pickup basketball game at a local park. As he stares mesmerizingly at the game, the camera pans to the vibrant surrounding while also playing a song about flying away, possibly referring to his future basketball career at an Ivy League school, this setting makes this scene seem very upbeat, happy, and positive.
Three-point lighting is used in this scene, with light coming from the Sun as well as surrounding flash on camera and other peoples phones, while this makes for an uneven distribution of illumination, it only allows for light shadows to be cast behind the character.
Obviously a majority of characters involved in this specific scene are wearing athletic clothing with basketball shoes, as they’re at a local park. However, the protagonist and his friends are dressed as if they just came from school, and other people surrounding them are dressed casually, or as if they were on their way home from work.
The staging in this scene is very diverse. It cuts from views of the city, to camera angles from right in the middle of the ongoing game, to some shots from right behind the protagonist and his friends. Not only helping develop this scene, but add depth into the movie as a whole.
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