The Ellington Kid - Spectatorship

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 In ‘The Ellington Kid’, we are situated with certain characters through the positioning of the camera. This happens so that different emotions and feelings are created towards those certain characters. For example, with Nathan and Beefy, the two characters having the conversation, we are situated right in their conservation, with an eyeline match, being on the other side of the room, and there visibly being space at their table. When it comes to spectating the Ellington Kid himself, we are situated with the boys behind him, we are the threatening presence following him, and this feeling thus creates sympathy for the threatened kid and emotionally aligns us with him. This alignment with the gang also just makes us, as the audience, feel much more predatory in general, creating a discomfort in the actions of our viewership, and so the gang as well. Lastly, the kebab shop workers – most of the shots they are involved with are POV shots from their position, which again separates the boys from us, and paints them as invaders, unwanted etc. Essentially, the camera position in ‘The Ellington Kid’ functions to situate us with some characters and separate us from others.

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