Captain Fantastic: Final Scene

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 THE FINAL SCENE


Cinematography
  • Close-ups and mid shots of the children in the house. Shows a new conventional lifestyle for children creates a circular narrative of daily routine although their lifestyle has changed. 
  • Establishing shot of the cottage - still at one with nature but with a compromise and different routine.
  • Alignment with Ben - he's in the centre of the frame
  • Ben looks out the window - he's reminiscing, he also sighs ( Ben has abandoned something he believed in for a while ) 
  • Bo and the wife missing, this scene is bittersweet

Mise-en-scene
  • Bright colourful house - reinforcing their beliefs.
  • Sitting at a dinner table - they used to eat in the wilderness on the floor.
  • Resourcefulness
  • Rellian has taken Bo's place - he has matured
  • He is being their dad rather than their teacher as he no longer questions their learning.
  •  Bus symbolic of their escape, however in this scene the bus is parked with the wheels taken off, therefore suggesting that they aren't going anywhere
Editing
  • Montage editing used to mirror the opening (cyclical narrative)
Sound
  • Happy positive but also calm music - their life has changed, same music as the initial montage to represent how they changed.
  • Silence as they eat their breakfast and learn. Ben appreciating his children similar to the campfire scene. 
Ideology
  • Capitalist society. 
  • Family unit
Spectatorship
  • Alignment with Ben and family as they now have a good dynamic 


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