1. Frankie
Directed by Darren Thorton

2. Film begins with close-up two shot camera angles of Frankie and a baby lying in bed. The close up shot
helps the audience to recognise the happiness on both of their faces. Camera angle converts to a birds-eye
view angle in wide shot to demonstrate his entire room.
There’s a mid-shot as he is walking, this is done by using a hand held camera. The camera movement gives
it an uneven appearance to the scene.
As he talks about his family. There is a wide shot of his two sisters and mother sitting in the living room. As
he talks about them, there’s a close up shot of each of them. The expressions on their faces are very
emotionless as if they were not bothered with much, but the youngest child’s was different as she has
special needs.
As he is getting tormented by the gang whilst they shout his name, he turns around instantly were the
camera zooms towards him
Whilst he sits in the middle of the field upon a trolley looking down to the pram. Panning movements bring
us to the realisation of the standard of his environment.
There’s a powerful scene where we see Frankie lying in bed whilst his father is doing the same. This scene
resembles the beginning of the film. It shows his emotions that he still misses his dad even though he had
left his mother.
A mid-shot of Frankie is seen as he looks at the gang smiling. He then walks away, camera cuts to a long
shot of him walking away, the lens of the cameras focus point is to the distant Frankie whilst the blurred
vision is of the baby doll in the pram.
However, the final scene shows a low angle mid shot of him kissing the doll on the head. This tells us that
he still wants to be a part of his child’s life.

3. Calming non-diegetic starts the film off with narrative voice in the
background. This all sets the mood.
As he is walking outside, there is diegetic noise such as the wind
blowing and other sounds normally heard outside. However,
these noises are somewhat muffled due to the fact that Frankie is
talking during this time.
During the hospital scene, we gear diegetic chattering and
beeping sounds in the background as he is having a conversation
with the nurse.
Soft and gentle music starts to play as he looks towards the gang
somewhere around the ending. It is very uplifting as he
abandons the doll to go with the gang, as if it were the right
choice.
A majority of the film is of narrative contents whilst we see
Frankie telling the story pushing the pram almost throughout.

4. A small baby is seen lying on their side in the first scene gazing as if
she were looking at something captivating. Shot/Reverse shot is then
used to show the young boy lying looking at her back. He stares
lovingly at the baby then turns to his back to look up were it cuts to a
better view of him lying on the bed alone. Scene then cuts to the
opening title which is of white font against a black background.
There a cut shots in between him in the hospital and narrating what is
going on.
Eye line match is used when Suzanne is in the car with her father, as
she looks to the side we then see in the following shot she is looking
back a Frankie.
Towards the end as he in walking away, it is in slow motion as we see
him leaving his buggy. This was to emphasis the fact that he is
abandoning his responsibilities as he gets persuaded by the group to
join them. This helps to show that he is in face easily influenced.

5. Film starts with a bright light shining upon a baby; it then cuts instantly to a young boy lying
next to her. The brightness implies serenity and calmness. We can tell from this exact scene
that they’re both lying on a bed. As he turns to look up, we see a whole view of his room which
is incredibly messy, a typical room often associated with an adolescent. However, there is a
pram to the side of the bed which leaves the audience asking the question: Is it his little sisters
toy or is he a young dad?
As the title ends, we see him pushing the pram in a low class area- the bushes are unkempt
and he is wearing clothes usually seen on lower class people.
Next scene shows him inside a hospital, appears to be talking to a nurse. During this time, he
picks up a baby doll that was in the pram; it appears that he is looking after it as if it were his
own as it starts to cry he picks it up.
We see a scene were Leanne’s child is sitting with her dad; the lighting is rather dark and
gloomy. He is playing on a video game whilst smoking a cigarette not paying attention to his
child, this gives the impression that they are from a poor background with no involvement in
the child’s upbringing.
As he visits the girl he has gotten pregnant, the environment has changed as it looks more
clean and adaptable. This is a great contrast to his area.
Scene changes to a low key, unnatural lighting. This is the section where he talks about his
father leaving. The lighting was used as it is referring to the past.