Mise En Scene Response

The two boys are walking with their backs turned away from the camera. On each side, telephone poles are apparent with the telephone poles on the right being slightly taller. The top left, top right, and bottom right portions of the shot are close to complete darkness and only the center and bottom left of the shot are visible. 

This scene in the movie was profound to me because of the implications that it held. Remember, this was right after the boys had found out and witnessed their father making a fool out of himself in front of his boss. The boys had always thought their father was the best, he was their role model, and this shot exemplifies the feeling of defeat. The darkness around the shot, for me, signified the loneliness that the boys felt and in a way the boys only had each other in the world; the boys always stuck with each other as was shown by the older brother coming to his brother's aid in the first encounter with the local bullies. The younger brother always followed his older brother too. Interestingly, the brightest point of the shot was the boy's hats. For me, it reminded me that the boys always used their heads in hard situations, getting the errand boy to beat up their bully, skipping out of school to avoid getting beat up, getting themselves invited to the home movie showing by trading the egg. The boy's heads were highlighted, for me, and it shows that they will find a way out of their own misery and loneliness.