This movie written and directed by John Hughes follows five pupils at Shermer High School in Shermer. Illinois as they report for Saturday detainment in 1984. While non complete aliens. the five are all from different coteries. there’s John Bender “The Criminal. ” Claire “The Princess. ” Brian “The Brain. ” Andy “The Athlete. ” and Allison “The Basket Case. ” The school’s disciplinary teacher Mr. Vernon gives them all an assignment to compose an essay about “who you think you are” and the misdemeanors they committed to stop up in Saturday detainment. They pass the hours in a assortment of ways: dance. hassling each other. stating narratives. smoking marihuana. and speaking. Gradually they open up to each other and uncover their secrets. for illustration. Allison is a compulsive prevaricator. and Brian and Claire are ashamed of their virginity and Andy got in problem because of his overbearing male parent. They besides discover that they all have strained relationships with their parents and are afraid of doing the same errors as the grownups around them. However. despite these germinating friendly relationships. they realize that one time the detainment is over they will probably return to their several coteries and ne’er talk to each other once more. Clever uses of mis-en-scene can be seen in the framing. scene. and character.

Hughes makes usage of both tight and loose framing. for illustration at the beginning of the film when the five pupils are filtrating into the library for detainment. the camera frame is left big and loose so that we see more than half of the library plus all six characters. Frequently when it is merely one character speaking the camera frame will fasten so that the spectator does non see much besides the chief topic in the screen. This movie is alone in that it does non hold an copiousness of sets/ locations. The most important scene is the library where the five pupils are put for detainment. there are a few adventures where the group leaves the library. but it is merely for a short sum of clip and they ever return. For this movie it is obvious that Hughes was endeavoring to portray a really echt and reliable high school narrative from 1984. as such the sets and props used are really “normal” and realistic with none of the brassy equipment that would be seen in a high school film from 2013.

I would depict this movie as a minimalist movie non merely for the sum of sets but particularly for the character picks. in add-on to the five pupils the figure of other characters can be counted on one manus. Even though their detainment is being carried out on a Saturday they are at a high school. a topographic point ever hustling with people. and yet you ne’er see another pupil or module inside the high school. To me this says Hughes wants your complete attending on those five pupils. as he is generalising a whole stereotype into one individual I think it is good to see merely one character inside that stereotype so as non to see any immaterial exclusions to the regulations. In add-on to the scene. the characters are impeccably styled for the 1980’s and their attitudes absolutely represent the single stereotypes each character embodies. Hughes besides uses filming via visible radiation and camera angles. Throughout this film the characters are systematically filmed utilizing difficult lighting. this type of light removes shadow and darkness. the manager does this because he wants to expose the truth behind the stereotypes and by utilizing this type of illuming he is able to add another degree of exposure. Many camera angles are used in this movie. but there is inordinate usage of broad angle shootings. medium close-ups. and close-ups.

For illustration. when the group is together smoking marijuana a broad shooting is used to capture the different actions of each character while they are smoking. The pupils spend a batch of clip verbally hassling each other and anytime they get into a battle Hughes is able to do it even more realistic with the usage of medium close-ups. The pupils get into a bicker while sitting on the 2nd floor of the library and to demo all five are involved a broad shooting is used foremost. but every bit shortly as John Bender begins speaking the camera zooms onto merely him and when Claire responds to him the camera moves to her alone. In this manner Hughes is miming our reaction to a battle we are witnessing. our eyes tend to concentrate onto the individual speech production and as the following individual responds our eyes go to them. by cutting to the speech production actor’s face it leads to viewer to believe that they are sitting in the thick of this group and watching the battle occur.

Another interesting thing is that when the pupils are in the library the shootings face downward on them. this represents how they are looked down upon by their parents. instructor. and grownups in general. When they are all together the camera is pointed consecutive and every bit at each character. this signifies the newfound equality and similarities they come to recognize exists in all of them no affair the coterie they are from “what we found out is that each one of us is a encephalon. and an jock. and a basket instance. a princess. and a condemnable. ” Last. at the really terminal when Bender throws his weaponries in the air to declare triumph the camera angle is show upward at Bender. typifying his/ their rise above the grownups by being able to put aside their differences and see each character as they truly are.