The establishing shot of the film Nowhere Boy, is of a grand stone building. We then see young John Lennon running across this historic building showing his disregard to the building. The match shot then changes to John being woken up in his bed by his Aunt Mimi, his maternal figure. In the next scene we see the close relationship between John and his Uncle. In this scene John's Uncle gives him a harmonica, as he does so he looks over his shoulder to see where Aunt Mimi is. This shows how music is a close private thing between John and his Uncle. It also shows how alike John and his Uncle is along with how different John is to Mimi. Mimi is shown to be the strict parent as she yells at John to put his glasses on. The strict ways are also shown by the dark colours she wears. The music as John goes to school is the song 'Wild Child' again to show his disregard for the rules, and his rebellious ways. The song continues into the scene where we see John waiting outside the Headmasters office where the song fades out.
As John and his Uncle set up the radio in Johns room we see the difference between John and his Aunt, as he listens to shows and Mimi prefers classical music and reading. Johns Uncle dies to establish the lose of a friend and his father figure. When John is told his Uncle died he leans on the door frame for support. The two person shot with John and Mimi, Mimi is turned away from John so she seems strong around him and doesn't show her upset emotions. The lighting in this shot is dim to show the gloomy and depressed mood and the late night.
The funeral has a dark atmosphere and slow music to show the sad mood. After the funeral John goes and meets his mum who is the opposite of Aunt Mimi as she wears bright colours and has her hair down in loose curls.
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