Cinderella Story

This has got to be one of the most amazing chick flicks of all times...

A Cinderella Story (starring Chad Michael Murray and Hilary Duff) is a movie perfect to display the "shots as words" material learnt in week 3.

The 'where' is answered virtually the second the film begins. The movie starts with an establishing shot of 'North Valley', where the main characters live. It utilises a pan shot moving the camera from left to right to give the viewer a greater picture of the setting.

The movie jumps to a close up of 8year old Sam Montgomery (Hilary Duff) in what appears to be a practice cage for baseball (this aspect becomes clearer with the next shot). This close up demonstrates the 'who' aspect in the movie.

The 'what' becomes clearer by following on from the 'who', the shot displays to the audience a young Sam playing baseball with her dad.

As time is a difficult aspect to capture on screen, this shot is not so specific. The only evidence we have of time is a wide shot early on in the beginning showing the sun setting in the distance. Apart from this we as viewers are very unaware of what the actual time is.

The movie flashes to a big close up of Sam showing the eyes and nose demonstrating the 'why' shot. This shot is harder to decipher as the movie begins 7 years earlier and then jumps to the present day once Sam's dad dies.