The Soloist Deconstruction (part 3)

The Soloist Deconstruction (part 3)

Point 3: LAMP - Schizophrenia/ Orchestra

Camera Angles
A two shot is used as Mr Lopez and the carer within the LAMP community discuss where Nathaniel spent the night in fear that he may have been killed. As the carer reveals that Nathaniel spent the night in the shelter, an over the shoulder shot is used to show Nathaniel eating his breakfast. An aerial shot is used to film Nathaniel to show his glee and happiness as he lies on his bed holding a bust of Beethoven in his hand whilst humming one of his compositions to himself. Again, an aerial shot is used when Nathaniel lies on his bed in denial on his "schizophrenic mind".

Editing
Cross cutting is used when Nathaniel hears the voices inside his head, the use of cross cutting achieves the disorientating feeling that Nathaniel experiences and gets it across to the audience. The chronology also gets a little off track showing that Nathan
iel is incapable of separating reality from his thoughts and imagination. A tracking shot is used as Nathaniel's sister approaches him at the LAMP community showing the foreign state of their relationship after years of no communication and her lack of knowledge about Nathaniel's condition.

Sound
The sound is mainly non diegetic as they were voice overs and were most likely to have been edited in during the editing process to create the impression of Nathaniel's thoughts taking over. The framing around around Nathaniel gets tighter as the camera zooms in and in combination with the sound, " You're of no consequence", "you're filthy", " "locked off from life",  " my voice is all there is" we see the intensity of his schizophrenia rise when he's asked to perform an action independently. This triggers his flashback to his earliest memory of schizophrenia where the phrase "They're all looking at you" is repeated with an echo added into it creating an ambient sound and feel.

Mise En Scene
The framing around Nathaniel becomes tighter as it becomes apparent to him that he is alone on stage and therefore bad thoughts begin to consume him, making the tight framing relevant as it's almost as he's gradually being trapped within the shot. The lighting within the scene also reiterates the idea of Nathaniel being trapped, as everyone else is blacked out and the spot light is on him, making him the dominant of the scene and the center of attention. As Nathaniel has his flashback the use of colours highlights the schizophrenic factor and his perspective of the situation he was in at the time. With the colours in mind, canted framing was also used adding a disorientating feel for viewers.