To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee: Film Analysis

“Theme is an idea, issue or concept that a writer wants to express through a story; a message of meaning that the audience is meant to take away from a movie. Movies may often have more than one theme or interpretation”( Good & Jacobs, 2014). In the movie To Kill a Mockingbird it had more than one theme. The three main themes of this film are racism, bravery, and law. “This film was written because of the concern Harper Lee had for the real life problems going on during that time. To explain to the audience what life was like for poor, the children and women of the South. She wanted us to have a clearer picture of how people do not always treat others as they should. To Kill a Mockingbird therefore, is very much a novel of social comment with a broad range of
Themes are a major key point within a film, they basically allow us to get a better understanding of what the real meaning behind the story is. “The most important theme of To Kill a Mockingbird is the book’s exploration of the moral nature of human beings—that is, whether people are essentially good or essentially evil” (Sparknotes, 2016).
“In the movie To Kill a Mockingbird the mise-en-scène is well represented through lighting. The lighting utilized as a part of To Kill a Mockingbird was a mix of serene lighting in the sensational and repulsive scenes, and low-key lighting within the rest of the film. For the most part the movie uses a soft low-key lighting. This movie is also filmed in black and white so there are a lot of grey tones within it. By the cinematographer and director using this type of lighting they are able to create a sentimental feeling through this movie. You are able to feel respect, prejudice, sadness, happiness, pride, and dignity” (Easant,2014). I believe that the low key lighting allowed the movie to be a little more intense and made you think about what was truly going on while watching this film. I feel like it made it a