Alignment

Scene	Are we aligned with Pyle?	Construction?
Clip 1	Yes A-Central We are made to feel sympathy for Pyle which creates a bond between the audience and character. As bullying occurs so oftentimes eh majority of people would be able to relate to this. Although the feelings created from this scene would depend on the persons own experiences.	Pyle is shown as the minority, because he is larger than the other soldiers in shot. When the sergeant is shouting at him the majority of light in the scene is on Pyle, suggesting through binary opposition, he is the hero and the sergeant is the villain. By seeing him as a minority and being bullied for these makes the audience feel sympathy for Pyle.
Clip 2	Yes A-Central Watching Pyle continue to be bullied the audience are again aligned with Pyle, this increases as we see it is not just the sergeant but all of the comrades who are now bullying.	The shot of Pyle eating the doughnut in the middle of all the comrades shows that he is now the minority, as he is isolated. The non diabetic soundtrack creates the "army"/"war" genre. Along with this type of music the audience would be used to seeing fit strong men but instead Pyle is shown struggling on the obstacle course. Again creating more sympathy towards him as we hear him struggle as he groans.
Clip 3	Negotiable A-Central This last scene challenges the audiences alignment with Pyle because he becomes violent and sadistic. He kills the sergeant and threatens one of the comrades who has been the nicest to him, which removes sympathy  as he is making himself equal or worse to them. However knowing the bullying has evoked this violent exterior it questions the audiences alignment to him as they may still feel sympathetic towards him. The sympathy continues when he kills himself, however depending on people's different experiences of suicide and bullying there will be negotiable responses.	The opening shot of Pyle shows him in a dark room with an expression that will make the audience question his motives during this scene. The other comrades face is very terrified as he stands there I'm his short pyjamas, as he is not very covered this shows his vulnerability. The bathrooms lay has little lighting coming from the moon, creating a look of a thriller movie.