“NEW BOY” (2003)

- Short film
- Directed by Steph Green
- Darfur

Analysis:
 Non-diegetic music
 “Do they know its Christmas Time” asks one of the young Irish students to the new
African boy
o reference to LIVE AID where U2 and Bob Geldof (Irish singers) performed
 musicians played to raise as much money to rescue African children
from poverty
 “Hey Live Aid!”
o extremely racist, derogatory remarks
o stereotyping by young children
 Shift in colour as scene changes to and fro classroom scene in Ireland and classroom
scene in African village
o High modality colour
 African children use chalk
 Teacher is actually Joseph’s father who is running an illegal
educational school
 INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY
 In the playground, juxtaposition of having milk carton thrown at Joseph and Joseph’s
father being shot after armed rebels discover the illegal conduct
o Gruesomeness of splatter
o Emotional nostalgia

Types of Discovery:
- Intellectual
- Physical
- Cultural
- Emotional