I picked this screenshot because, not only do I love the arrangement and what's going on in the shot, but I felt like it was a pretty great representation of this story and these two kids: both serious and silly.
I love this shot. Firstly, it's arranged very beautifully. We've got the boat lining basically the entire shot along the bottom. True to Anderson's style in this film, we see Sam centered in the frame. I really like the giant tree behind him, it creates a really interesting scale in the picture. He's a little guy, 12 years old. And yet he's doing this apparently really grown up thing (sort of) of running off with a woman. So he sailed across the water, he's hiding his boat, and it's just hilarious that we have this huge tree behind him putting him at such a small scale. And I love the flag off to the side. It's arranged at the edge of the frame, "framing" the shot as it were. And I think it works really well because the scouts kind of frame the film, and it's appropriate and cool to have the flag here framing this deed that' he's about to do. I also love the general set up of the shot as far as what's going on and what's used. I think the funnily painted boat is so appropriate and hilarious. Because this kid is doing such a serious thing hiding his tracks, covering his boat, and yet it's still wide open on the side, and it's so kiddy looking it's just hilarious. It's a genius design for the boat, because while this is supposed to be a serious thing, and the kid is taking it seriously, it's just so comedic. And yet rather than take away from what he is doing, it adds to it, because the whole thing is a bit of ridiculous seriousness. Brilliant.
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