The movie starts out with a conflict and carries this theme throughout the film. Dugan reinforces the dominant characters in each of the conflicts by using low and high camera angles. In the opening scenes of the …show more content…
Apart from the script, directors have a lot of creative leeway to reinforce the plot using different filming techniques. In The Benchwarmers, director Dennis Dugan uses high and low camera angles to show the dominant figures in conflicts. He also uses high-key and low-key lighting to help the audience decide the protagonist and the antagonist. Dugan additionally uses an establishing shot during the baseball games to show the emotion on each of the players faces. All of these techniques are used to represent the conflict within the movie. Dugan used camera angles, lighting, and establish shots to reinforce the script and the theme of conflict in The