Mise en Scene The younger wolves are around
Mowgli, trying to play with him and the older wolves
are on the rock that is high up and they are discussing
the law, this is useful to show the power difference
between the younger and older wolves. You can also
see the difference in morals and the behaviour of the
older wolves in comparison to the younger wolves.
Sound The Score becomes faster as
Mowgli is running to show the suspense
that Bagheera is catching up to him, in
the chase sequence, when the branch
breaks, the music stops to show that the
chase is over.
Editing In the opening sequence, there are a
lot of Jump cuts to portray the energy that
Mowgli has. It starts off with a long sequence
shot of the surroundings of the Jungle, then it
cuts to Mowgli running from Bagheera, it is also
very fast paced.
Young
How Age is shown
through the use of
Mise-en-Scene.
Older
Sound For the older characters, the music is
softer and slower to emphasise their age. This is
apparent with Bagheera, this helps to prove that
he is an older character. He also does the voice
over at the beginning, this emphasises that he is
the most knowledgeable in the Jungle.
Cinematography Through the use of
cinematography, you can see that the older
characters like Bagheera and the wolves are the
dominant ones in the Jungle because in the
beginning there is a POV shot from Bagheera
above Mowgli, looking down on him, this shows
that he is weaker and not as fast. There is
another scene after the chase where Bagheera
follows a branch that is higher than the branch
Mowgli takes. This can show the age difference
or the difference in power.
Through the use of the younger characters, the audience
has a different emotional response to them than those of
an older age group. This is because the younger
characters are stereotypically fragile, vunerable and
gullible. However they are also lively and energetic, this
is shown through the fact of the young wolves always
running around and wanting to play with Mowgli.
Mowgli is naturally from In Jungle Book, certain
a younger age group, this characters are based off certain
means he is very stereotypes of their specific age
energetic, cleaver and group. This can be a positive or
creative when it comes negative stereotype or
to his tricks. He is not a representation of that
wolf however raised by character.
them, by the end of the
Age is simply how long someone
film; he out-smarts them
or something has been alive,
and becomes quicker
however the older you get, your
than the rest by using
behaviour and morals change.
the trees to escape
This is shown throughout Jungle
Bagheera.
Book with the young vs old
Younger contrast.
Representation of Age
Age
in Jungle Book
Older Age affects behaviour and
morals of a character, so in this,
The older characters are stereotypically the older
seen as the dominant ones characters are wiser than the
against the younger and younger characters. The older
elderly because the younger characters have to teach the
characters are more younger characters about the
dependent on the adults. jungle and how to survive.
This is apparent in the end
The adults in this film are shown
scene when Shere Khan is
to be more dominant than the
chasing Mowgli; Shere Khan
younger characters because the
is trying to make Mowgli
younger characters are very
scared of him because
dependant however the older
younger audiences would
characters are independent; this
be scared of characters like
is why Bagheera is taking
Shere Khan.
Mowgli home.
Bagheera is portrayed as an older character because
he is very caring and wise; he knows all the myths
and legends of the jungle and teaches Mowgli about
them and how to survive in the Jungle. He can
arguably be seen as independent and dependant
because he is an older character so he needs caring
as well. This is most apparent in the last scene when
they are fighting Shere Khan.
The upper class in Jungle Book seem to be abusive of
their power and use it to either create fear, for their own
greed or for their own personal problems. For example,
jhgghj Mowgli appears to be
Sheer Khan uses his power to create fear, similar to a King Louis in this film
from a lower class
dictatorship;
# this is also evident when he tries to banish seems to be from a
because he is uneducated
Mowgli from the Jungle and eventually try to kill him. higher class and some
however he has a high
King Louis also uses his power for greed because he uses sort of monarchy. His
status is very well known
his servants to kidnap Mowgli so that he can teach him high class is shown
in the Jungle.
about the red flower but Mowgli is clueless. through the fact that
The monkeys are from a he has a lot of food
There doesnt seem to be a The Upper class seem
lower working class and he has servants.
middle class in this film to be greedy with their
because they are used as
except for Bagheera food (King Louis) and
servants and they appear Social ranking based on
because he seems to be a greedy for power
to be scavenging food. personal attributes and
mixture of middle and (Sheer Khan) so they
This is to show that they wealth. This is visible in
upper class in the way he is can own and control
are from poor working certain aspects of
represented throughout the the jungle, that is his
class standards. Jungle Book.
film. purpose overall.

Upper Class Class

Representation of
Representations of
Social Class in Jungle Class can be affected
that Class
Book by your status and
your personal
Lower Class background because
this affects your
Shere Khan in the newer Jungle book
personal attributes.
There is plenty of lower class characters especially, he is seen as a dictator with
in this film that appear to be obedient to a lot of power and responsibility Social Status is the way
Sheer Khans rule over the Jungle, because he claims that he is trying to you are viewed in
except Mowgli, the lower class include keep the Jungle safe by getting rid of society based on your
Mowgli, King Louis servants and the man cub before he gets hold of job role and your
arguably Baloo. the red flower. responsibilities.

With the lower class, these are the ones that are taken Mowgli has a high status The wolves have a high
advantage of, for the use of getting food and because he is a human and status because they
kidnapping Mowgli. For example, in the Jungle Book, he holds the power of the are essentially the
Baloo takes advantage of Mowgli and his tricks to get red flower. He has a high government; this is
him honey and claims thats all that he was using him status because of his shown when they are
for. King Louis also sends his servants to get him origins and background, he discussing laws of the
Mowgli. The lower class, mainly seen in the servants, is a human and was raised jungle. They also have
are seen as scavengers for food, this shows there is a by wolves; he was raised by a high status because
clear gap in terms of wealth. a powerful pack. they are the ones who
brought up Mowgli,
the mancub.