Score – 7/10

Memorable Scene – The fight scene was my most memorable scene. This was when Kevin gets told by the bully’s to fight Chiron, and despite Chiron’s and Kevin’s friendship, he still continues to beat him multiple times. This scene made me, as an audience member, feel empathy for Chiron and vexed from the bully’s.

Overall i would give this film a 7/10, The camerawork, acting and pacing were all good, and the story was great, the writing allows the viewer to sympathize with the characters, the most memorable scene for me was when Chiron was swimming with Juan, as the camerawork was unique

Overall I would give the movie a 6/10. The pacing, camerawork and acting were good quality. However I thought the story and message it was trying to give was un engaging. The story’s third section was hard to follow and I didn’t really understand it. The best scene of the movie was when Shyrone hits the bully with a chair. I thought it was significant as it is when Shyrone changes and we can see that later on when he becomes more strong and we see that through other characters reactions.

I would give this film an 8/10.

One scene that I really enjoyed was when Chiron was telling Juan about his negative relationship with his mother. This is because this is a very open, revealing, and intimate scene. This is supposed to make the audience awkward as they talk about topics of homophobia, as when Chiron asks Juan if he’s the homophobic slur, the scene had a deafening silence with a lot of impact. It becomes clear that Chiron’s mother is nothing like the family that Juan and Samantha are to him right now. It creates a lot of emotion, and doesn’t need elaborate effects or camera shots, but just the raw emotion that the characters bring to the scene.

7/10

Memorable Scene:

The most memorable scene for me was the fight scene between Kevin and Chiron, and then eventually the bully. Having Kevin peer pressured into hurting Chiron, someone who he was intimate with, creates a conflict of emotions due to its context. Kevin telling him to “stay down” creates an ambiguous meaning to him trying to help him but also push him away. Sharing Chiron’s anger against the bully, seeing him take his revenge feels karmic for me as it shows Chiron having a release of his emotions.

Score: 8/10

Memorable Scene: When Kevin fought Chiron outside of the school. This was memorable because it shows us a different side to Kevin, in which he is willing to hurt someone close to him because he was told to do so. Chiron’s facial expressions throughout these scenes are memorable as it could be perceived as both sadness and pain but also acceptance that him and Kevin cannot be together despite their love for each other.

scoring: 8/10

In my opinion, the scene starting at 28:57 was the most memorable scene as it is completely silent, yet so much is said. It starts with a medium long shot depicting Little, then cuts to another one of Littles mother. This then cuts to Little once again, however in a medium shot, cutting back to his mother. His mother screams ‘Don’t look at me!’ but we do not hear this.

This stands out as this is the only non-audible scene in the movie, but there is also a repeated sequence of shot distances shown. This directs our focus on two different subjects/characters, which correlate to each other as they exchange communication. Pink light is also representative of his mothers hatred and danger towards Little. Overall i find these points make this scene deep and emotional.

In my opinion I would give the film a 5/10. I found it interesting to see shyrones upbringing and how his rough home environment and mentor influenced him giving a good perspective of what it would be like to grow up in that kind of area. Though the story was more grounded in real life, it made up for it with the interesting camera work and use of vibrant colours to strengthen scenes.

This image is a medium close up. It is used to show Chiron’s facial expression and body language to show his emotion during the scene. The framing reminds us of Chiron’s identity being a shy school boy – shown by his backpack.

This image is a close up. It is used to show the emotions of Juan in the scene. As a viewer, this shot makes me understand Juan’s feelings more as we see his true emotions.

This image is a medium long shot. Its used to emphasise both Chiron and his surroundings and so we, as the audience can see his emotions while we see what’s going on in the background. This creates emotion in the scene and in this one specifically gives a sombre effect.