Throughout the film, camera angles, framing and positioning are all used to portray the three characters and how they each have there own identity. After the three boys split in the narrative, they are brought back together when Vinz is waiting for them at the station. Said, in this shot is shown by the use of positioning and framing, to be the person who brings the three back together after the situations throughout the narrative cause them to split. The impact of this for me, is that the three characters are each representing a factor of the French Motto 'Liberté, égalité, fraternité. In the beginning sequence of this film, Vinz is shown to be the dominant figure of the group through positioning and framing. As the narrative develops, the positioning alters to show the different representations of the characters.
In this shot the use of mise en scene also carries deeper meanings. Above the three boys, there is a large clock. Throughout the film, time is a key motive in the sense that it is only a matter of time before something happens again i.e violence. Usually after a change in location or time, there is a straight cut to a digital clock on the screen showing the time, accompanied with the sound of a ticking clock. The impact from this is that the social issue at hand in France, is a re-occuring issue. It may disappear for brief parts throughout the film but it always resurfaces. This circular motion of re-occuring issues is similar to the way that the media circulates these problems through newspapers, TV etc. Time, a key motive of the film, also works in a circular motion, and is never ending. Personally I think that this circular motion represents the fact that these urban issues are never ending and shall keep resurfacing.
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