Camera Movement

Beginning:

This scene begins with a close up shot of Sara blowing out candles. Then the camera zooms out into an establishing shot of Sara and the girls surrounding her birthday cake. The camera pans right when Lavina makes a remark to Sara. When Sara comments to Lavina the camera is in medium shot. When the doorbell rings, the camera pans right, settling on Miss Minchin.







Middle: In this section of the scene Miss Minchin opens the door after the doorbell rings. Before Miss Minchin is in view opening the door, the camera zooms in on the door. Mr. Barrow the man at the door enters the house. There is a straight cut back to the birthday party where a child and Amelia, Miss Minchin’s sister, are seen in a two-shot playing the piano. The rest of the girls at the party are dancing to the piano music; then there is a long shot of Sara standing away from the girls by a door to the hallway wavy at Becky, the house servant girl.
There is a horizontal pan from Sara’s position in the room to the shot where Miss Minchin and Mr. Barrow stand observing the birthday party. Before Mr. Barrow and Miss Minchin enter the office room to speaking privately, there is a point of view shot of Mr. Barrow looking straight ahead-viewers cannot see what Mr. Barrow looks at.

End: At this point in the scene, Sara and the girls are running around the heart-shaped table in the room (playing a game) when Miss Minchin comes in the room and tells the girls that the birthday party is over. A low angle shot of Miss Minchin is taken while she tells Sara to remain in the room. There is a close up shot of Sara’s face when she Miss Minchin states she has something to tell Sara. There is a three person shot when Miss Minchin tells Amelia to find Sara “a simple black dress”.

There is a long shot of Sara and Miss Minchin as they walk into her office room. The long shot continues as Sara stands waiting to hear bad news. When Miss Minchin tells Sara her father has died there is a close up side angle shot of Miss Minchin’s face. After Miss Minchin tells Sara she is sorry, there is a long shot of Sara and Miss Minchin sitting at her desk. When Miss Minchin Sara she is penniless there is a close up of Miss Minchin’s face. There is a series of close shots where Sara imagines one of the black balloon that bursting. After Miss