The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud

This is a close up shot, this allows the audience to see the emotion on the characters face. It also allows the audience to see the cuts. The fact that both people behind him are blurred and that the background is blurred shows that the character is feeling lonely. This effect allows the audience to better pick up how the character is feeling.

This is a medium-long shot. This allows the audience to see the setting the characters are in, it also allows them to see what they are doing. The shot shows enough detail of the face to be pick up obvious facial expressions. As both characters are doing the same thing, and one doing it very exaggerated, it gives the impression that this scene is a emotional one and that there is a strong connection between the two.

This is a close up shot. This shot allows the audience to see the characters facial expression. The shot also has the background blurred out. This allows the audience see that the character is feeling alone. The way the character is starring at something unseeable, gives the impression that the character is longing for something.