Finding Visual Techniques - Life is Beautiful

key words/focus:
camera angle (low, high, eye-level), vectors, lighting, composition

(4:20) How are camera angles used when Joshua says 'Thank you' (not in German)? Which angles are used to view each of the characters? What does each of these angle signify?


It's a high angle shot. looking down on Joshua. The waiter is a low shot. It establishes that joshua is being looked down upon, and the waiter is being looked up upon. 
(4:45) What shot distance and angle is used to show Guido's concern for Joshua when the German waiter leaves the room? Describe the composition)


Eye level shot at a medium distance. 
(4:46) How is shot of Guido contrasted to the shot of the German waiter walking away to tell someone what has just happened? Describe the composition and compare it to the previous shot of a concerned Guido.


As the German walks away it is at a medium to long shot, at a low level making him look more powerful, all the objects in the hall are symmetrical straight and orderly. Were as the shot of Guido shows him at an eye-level shot. 

(5:02-05) How is the shot of the German's contrasted to that of Guido teaching the children to say 'Thank You'?


Medium shot, with a high level when looking at Guido, were as there is a slightly low shot looking at the Germans. Guido is also bending down and looking at the children from there level, were the Germans are standing up tall.