Super Market Scene in Iga

Super Market Scene in IGA

D.P

I have chosen the supermarket scene in IGA as it Charlies first time in the film to be open in public without his mother. Normally the lady of the house would be shopping, although Maggie at this time is in hospital hoping to have as baby. This scene is very confronting as it shows how Charlie acts in a public place and how others react to him misbehaving. Simon, the father, has to take full responsibility of Charlie’s actions. Normally Maggie is the one who controls Charlie when he goes out of control. The scene makes you cringe at times and also puts you in an awkward position.

At the beginning of the scene, the camera is facing the Charlie who is looking at a tin can of tomatoes whilst putting another can on the conveyor belt in front of the tomatoes. Charlie here is acting very happily as he is smiling and enjoying himself. He turns each can and jar making sure the logo faces him. The camera zooms out as the conveyor belt moves forward and you see the rest of the shoppers in the background. Here you can see Simon, who is looking quite nervous, waiting for the checkout lady to finish. Simon also seems to be interested in what Thomas is reading. The camera changes to Thomas’s view of the “Dolly” magazine, which is an Australian woman’s magazine. We can assume that this magazine is for Maggie who is in Hospital at that time. As Thomas reads, the camera changes angle to below the magazine and you can see Thomas reaction to the magazine as he reads. Shortly after the camera changes angle once again to face the checkout lady who sums up the total shopping bill of $128.25. Straight away Simon realises he does not have enough to pay as he only has one hundred dollars. The angle changes to the Thomas again as he smirks and says “I told you”. He knew that there was more than one hundred dollars. Charlie at this moment does not recognize what is going on.

Shortly after, the camera view changes to Charlie. He starts to see the Simon removing items from the bag and the checkout lady removing them from the total bill. Charlie’s facial expression changes dramatically. He