Topic > Bonnie and Clyde Mise En Scene - 1228

The first long scene where Bonnie's family and the gang interact with each other outdoors near a hill. The camera zooms in on a close-up of Bonnie's mother looking at Bonnie and Bonnie looking back. This is followed by a long shot of C.W. Moss standing on a hill holding a gun staring into the camera. This shot portrays that Moss will soon be the leader of the gang. Throughout the scene you notice that he is standing on this hill and watching what is happening, which is what C.W. Moss realizes later in the film. Forced by his father, he awaits the death of Bonnie and Clyde. The scene progresses to another long shot of Bonnie interacting with a woman in her family and perhaps her son. Even the swaying of branches around them demonstrates the mess that is to come. Then Bonnie and the rest of the gang, the woman and the child look through a photo album in which they remember the past. These consecutive long shots develop a certain distance between Bonnie and her family that foreshadows that this will be the last and final time Bonnie will see her family. After a few more shots the camera follows Bonnie and Clyde as if they've been caught red-handed. The two raise their hands as they are pointed with a gun. There is irony behind the scene because that is exactly what happens to Bonnie and Clyde when they are finally caught and taken to prison.