Analysis of The Breakfast Club - Hallway scene.

This scene starts with the five characters seeing the principle who they are trying to avoid and they start to run, and that's when the up-beat non-diegetic !music begins to play; the music in this scene not only fits the era of the the film which is the 1980s, it also has an energetic beat which compliments what's happening and how the kids are feeling as they are running through the halls trying to avoid the principle.

      At the end of the scene when Bender is running alone to allow the others to get back to the library unnoticed, he starts to shout a song as he runs through the halls to gain the principle's attention; when he first begin to shout the sound is dietetic as you can see him shouting it but as it goes on and it cuts to the principle trying to catch him it becomes non-diegetic as you can no longer see the source of the sound.

Throughout this scene there's a mixture of mid-shots, long shots, extreme long shots; the long shots show the entire body as they're running to show their body language as they run which tends to be nervous and panicking as if they're going to be caught. The extreme long shots show the length of the corridors they're running through to make it seem like they won't make it without being caught. The mid-shots show the group as a it shows the group as a whole and is the most comfortable shot as it shows their emotions without being too close like a close up would be. The close up on their feet as they rum shows their urgency to get back as it focuses on them moving fast to prevent being noticed.

The camera movement in this scene tends to track backwards so we see them running forwards almost as if towards us to give us the idea of their speed. As well as tracking backwards the camera follows them to make it feel like we're running with them and you can feel their desperation to return. The camera cleverly tilts downwards as the five run down the stairs, again to make it feel like you can feel what they feel and what they do.

This scene has very neutral lighting so it makes it seem like a very normal setting and well known, since it's in an American high school it's a very familiar setting so the neutral lights makes it more familiar and relateable to the viewers.