![]() ![]() As Kevin hits Chiron over and over, eventually begging him not to get up again, Chiron is never shot from a high angle or shown to be imposed by Kevin, always rising above to be equal with him, even above him towards the end, shown from a low angle. Finally, in the last part of the scene we see the actual fight between the two boys, and once again camera angles are used in a symbolic way. The way the scene is shot, with a circling motion, also positions Azu as a type of predatory creature, like a shark, moving around his prey, to make the audience see him as a clear danger. This camera technique, the one take, shows Azu’s place in the school, as he is free to bully and attack other uninterrupted, never stopped, allowed to flow freely through the school doing whatever he wants. After this shot, the director employs an unbroken sweeping take of the bully (Azu), circling Kevin while harassing other students. This is supported by the lack of space between Chiron and the camera, as it demonstrates he keeps to himself, and, like the camera, is unwilling to open up or acknowledge the others around him. The use of focus on just him shows how disconnected he is with the rest of the people at the school, and how, for him, they all fade into the background. This aims to reveal a key aspect of his character. This is shown by the first frame of the scene, with Chiron being shot extremely close, and as the only object in focus for the first 6 seconds, as he walks around the school. Firstly, through the use of camera techniques, director Barry Jenkins reveals many things about the characters in his film. The use of camera angles and techniques, sound mixing and finally acting all culminate to reveal to the audience the important details about all the characters in the film. In this scene multiple production elements are used to reveal things about all the characters, in particular, the two main teenagers, Kevin and Chiron. However, a school bully instructs Kevin to beat-up Chiron, possibly assuming something is going on between them, and this is the altercation we see. In this middle, high school period, he begins a secret relationship with another Boy, Kevin. Barry Jenkins’s 2016 drama Moonlight depicts a young African-American boy, Chiron, struggling with his sexuality through three stages in his life, early childhood, his teenage period and finally in his adult life, showing how he develops as a person.
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