The timing is reflected in the scene where the professor's assistant and Will are alone and the assistant tells Will how lucky he is to have someone believe in him as much as the professor does. As if on cue, the professor walks in just as his assistant finishes talking and gets up to leave. The cinematography in the movie is good. The viewer is immediately given some insight into Will's social status. The viewer …
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…focused on Will and the problem. The background is not well lit. It serves to not distract the viewer from concentrating solely on Will. It focuses on his knowledge of working out a complex problem without any apparent distress to him. It is in this particular scene you notice that Will isn't your average Joe, but an extreme intellectual without the means to further is education until someone, like the professor, offers him the chance.