... is a great example of Ray using all four elements of mis en scene to relay the story to the audience. The setting chosen by Ray for this scene is of great significance. The Griffith observatory, this in its vastness shows the characters are insignificant in the whole scheme of things. This enormity is also replicated later in the film by the darkness of the bluff where the chicky race takes places. The dialogue spoken also reiterates this sense of insignificance. "The problems of man seem trivial and naïve indeed and man existing alone seems himself an episode of little consequence". This also reverberates due to the fact Jim, Judy and Plato are all 'alone' and must find each other to enable them to exist. "What does he know about man alone" spoken by Plato give you yet another insight into the loneliness and torment felt by the poor kid. The reactions ...

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