I Was Born, But... 

Mise-en-scène

This image is a medium shot of a man that appears to be in his 30's or 40's with dark ragged hair that implies stress. He is looking back and to the left off-camera. The back of his chair takes up the left corner of the frame where we can see his hand gripping the edge of it. The folds of his robe billow over a small circular table in the center of the frame (the man is set slightly off center to the left). Remains of the man's deteriorating cigarette he is holding low to the table are scattered over the center of the table. To the right of the table's surface is a bottle of alcohol and a small secondary container on a small dish. A light is shining on the bottle and most of the man's face. The top of the frame and the bottom left corner are shrouded in darkness. An empty chair can be seen in the background to the bottom right of the frame. The man's mouth is hanging open slightly with his head tilted to the right.

This image serves as a startling contrast to how we've seen the father earlier in a formal business suit and serves to show that his son's outburst certainly has affected him to some degree. As a still image this could be argued to portray the father in a worse way than he actually carries himself in motion. In motion he attempts to give a show of being unaffected by his son's harsh criticism but the alcohol does stay in the shot to remind us that all is not quite well.