I decided to analyse this film as it is similar to our film in that it is a film about brothers in which one of the brothers has to overcome a problem.
As the film begins you first see a black background in which then cuts straight into a blurred shot of what looks to be a street light and then pans to the right pulling into focus a close up of a steel fence with Simon with his face pressed to it. You then get a match on action of a medium close of boys playing basketball and then a medium shot of three girls drinking alcohol out of bottles. It then moves back to the male with his head against the fence and he puts his face towards the floor. This initially leads you to believe that Simon is feeling lonely or by himself, and wishes to be part of the group on the basketball court, this leads you to sympathize with the male.
It then cuts back to a black background with the title 'Bro' in the bottom left hand corner of the screen.
After the title screen, it cuts to a close up of steam coming out of a kettle in a kitchen and then to the close up of a kettle in the space of three to four seconds, in which it then pans to a medium close up of Simon and his brother in what looks like there sat at a table. This allows the audience to decide whether or not the two boys are the main characters in the film.
The next shots are close ups are of Simon's brother Mark making himself a cup of tea, and he fills up the cup too much with the milk so that it overflows, but just before, Simon had some dialogue saying "Just a little bit", which makes you believe that Mark is not got a fully functional mind or that he has some sort of defect, and then after Simon says "Mark, just a little bit" and sighs loudly and his mum says shes working late again, which leads you to think that Simon is the key person responsible for looking after or making sure that Mark is okay.
Further indication that Simon has to look after Mark as later on in that scene you have a medium close ups and close ups of Simon helping Mark get dry after his bath.
In the film, there is an early indication that Simon is embarrased of Mark, as while he is drying Mark, Simon steps out onto the balcony. There is then long shot of a girl that walks round a corner, in which then cuts to Mark in a towel coming out of the door in which Simon quickly rushes Mark back in. This may also indicate that Simon also fancies the girl that walks past.
Throughout the film there is evidence that Simon is embarrased or wishes that Mark isn't his brother, as he is always trying to hide his brother in public.
Towards the end of the film, once Simon is happy with seeing the girl that simon eventually feels confortable with his brothers problem, and eventually faces reality that Mark looks up to Simon.
This is relevant to our film that the film is about two brothers that one has to overcome a problem to share a bond with the other.
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