Whiplash by Sara Armstrong

Here we see Fletcher yelling at Andrew while practicing. Fletcher is almost always seen in all black, and he is crouching down to Andrew's level to signify that Andrew is less than Fletcher; a huge color palette in the film in dark browns and blacks.

Done intentionally, Fletcher is almost always seen as a stand-alone figure. He is the villain and is portrayed as such by being shown individually, with a stern look of anger and disapproval, and again wearing all black.

This is seen in the final scene of the film where we can see that Andrew has officially become beyond obsessed with impressing Fletcher and winning him over. He puts his musical prowess above his mental and physical health FOR Flecther.

The drum kit in the front, which Andrew is playing, is out of focus and allows us to direct our attention to Fletcher even though this moment is supposed to be about Andrew, while he is playing his solo, but it somehow becomes about the tension between these two characters versus Andrew's solo.

This film follows the plot of a sports film; we see the student who won't stop practicing, and the montages of practice and practice, all culminating in one final impressive performance

Flecther, as mentioned before, is almost always seen alone, in this scene his hand movements dictate the way in which the camera moves as if he is in charge of everything. The "God" of the film.

We pan the scene with the beat of the drum, we are forced to follow the yelling and be apart of the scene that all of the students in the band are put into.

The cinematography in this film is very carefully considered; despite the fact that these two are in a frame together, it is clear that Flecther has dominance over Andrew's feelings and actions. You can see the look on his face, and he his further back in the space, making him appear smaller.

This scene is the final culmination of the film where Andrew finally decides to disobey Flecther after so much torment and anguish, and verbal and physical abuse. He practiced day and night to the point of physical pain and bleeding, and despite the fact that Fletcher just embarrassed Andrew, he went back out and gave a drum solo that no one could turn away from, in the beginning, Flecther was angry, but he couldn't help but then follow along. You can see the importance of this seeing how it is shot, with the gold colors and the audience being seen here in front of Andrew, it is like we are on stage with him