I read this novel when I was junior in high school and was curious as to what the movie would look like. I vaguely remember a lot of violence, children running around on an island by themselves, and a savage feeling to the community they created. Again the landscape plays a major role in this movie as the school boys are on a deserted tropical island, with huge rolling green hills and crystal blue waters. The movie starts with a scene in which the pilot is slowly sinking through the water before the group of plane-wrecked boys dive down to bring him to the surface. The development of characters happens as we watch the boys interact with each other, and proves to e the driving force behind the plot and concept of the film.
As the boys become more savage and begin to learn to live off the land, we see them move into the territory of animalistic instincts. One of the most dynamic scenes is when they come upon a tree standing solitary in the middle of a field on a cliff. The tree catches on fire and the scene dramatically switches to a silhouette of the charred stump against an orange sunset sky. I think this is the point where the movie takes a turn to the darker side.
There are not many ellipsis of time throughout this movie because we watch as the children slowly progress into a more savage state. Key light used throughout this film is solely natural; whether it is the sunlight bright in the middle of the day, or the dim glow of a fire that illuminates only the subjects in the foreground so that nothing in the background can be seen. Medium shots seem to be used mostly throughout the movie because the development of characters is the most important part, and the interactions between the boys are usually framed so that the viewer feels like they are in the middle of the conversation.
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