Billy Elliot Into the World

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Billy Elliot is a story of a boy who was born to dance in a Place where people with stereotypical thoughts will always judge him. Even then Billy overcomes those stereotypes and continues to struggle to accomplish what he wants through his Talent and determination. In the scene A Chance to Dance, while his brother is arguing with Mrs. Wilkinson, Billy sees his family from a Point-Of-Vision shot and he is shown standing alone in a close-up shot revealing his Facial Expression which has doubt and fear and that he is not a part of his family’s world. Billy runs out and then starts to hit and kick the walls, the walls symbolize obstacles that Billy must overcome to achieve what he hopes for he then enter a toilet and he starts to dance Billy then kicks the door open representing transition into the world, Billy’s dancing is a Metaphor to free him from the restraints of his family, he then proceeds to dance on the roofs dancing gives him the fuel to escape from the stereotypical world he is in, a long-shot of clear sunny sky with Billy dancing and an ocean back view which symbolizes opportunity and freedom, walls on both sides of the frame representing more barriers that he must overcome, he then stops dancing at a fence and starts hitting it the fence symbolizes another barrier then the weather changes to cold and depressing, throughout this scene the song (A Town Called Malice) is played. In the Royal Ballet Audition scene Long-shot from above of Billy and Jackie as they Enter the Academy shows that above is the world Billy hopes to enter and Below is the world he is in then, a long-shot follows Billy into the world as he goes up the stairs to the changing rooms, a long-shot of Billy in the Changing room showing cage like fences Billy is on one side and the other ballet dancers are on the other. In the audition several close-up shots of Billy show that he was

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