Kick Ass: Analysing one frame

The Freeze Frame I will be analysing. I have seen the film but I will only be going off the information shown in this freeze frame.

In this frozen image you can see the main protagonist of the film, Dave Lizewski AKA Kick Ass. He's inspecting his new suit in the middle of his bedroom.

Kick Ass is centered in frame so that you focus on him, but they've made sure to keep the bedroom in sight in the background just to remind you that Dave isn't even an adult yet, and while the scene may seem cool, he really is just a teenager dressing up and dancing around. 

The lighting shows that it's daytime, as the room is well lit up without any artificial light and in the top right you can see out of the window that it is daytime. With the daylight nothing in Dave's room is hidden.

The camera is also very close up to Dave, making it very clear that he is the focal point of the scene. The camera isn't canted or anything but you could argue that this shot is POV from the mirror, as Dave is standing directly in front of it.

The framing clearly shows Dave dressing up and the fact he's still in his room, and it implies that "Kick-Ass" isn't really that much of a superhero, as he's currently just standing in his room in front of a mirror, but you could argue the shot makes him look very heroic.

If the shot was set up differently, say from the behind him, the shot would lose all it's effect. Dave wouldn't look heroic, it wouldn't be clear he's showing off in-front of the mirror and you couldn't even be sure it's Dave in the costume.

From this shot I can tell the scene is taking place during the daytime and more than likely in Dave's own room. Apart from that, there isn't much else being suggested from the background.

Attention is clearly drawn to Dave as he's not only standing directly in front of the camera, but also he's standing in a way that makes it looks like he's ready to fight at a moments notice. There is nothing in the background to pull your attention away so all attention is given to David.

From the way Dave is dressed, I can tell the Dave is a superhero or some kind of vigilante, or possibly that he's a bit mentally unstable. It really is up to interpretation, but I do believe most people would see this and think of him as a superhero.

I don't believe you can answer the question "How is the frame pivotal to the Narrative?" without using knowledge from the film already, so I am just going to explain why the following shot is crucial to the film.

This shot above shows the moment where Dave truly becomes Kick-Ass. The shot primarily focuses on Dave because it's all about the start of  Dave growing into the character he becomes by the end of the film. The fact it takes place in his bedroom is intentional as it still shows while he may be changing into a hero, at heart he's still a teenager.

I know I went over the 200 word count, I cut down some of my work but I couldn't cut it down anymore!