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“Stand By Me” is an extraordinary film by Rob, based on one of Stephen King’s novels called “The Body  

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"Stand By Me" is an extraordinary film directed by Rob Reiner, based on one of Stephen King's novels called "The Body." It is about four boys going on an adventure to find the dead body of a boy their age. The film focuses on two of the main characters, how the experience of the body changes their attitude towards life and sets a structure of how they would look upon life. The opening of the film begins with a landscape of the countryside, with a long shot of a jeep. In the sound background play the song "Stand By Me" in a slow tempo. Reiner then uses a close-up shot of a man in the jeep, looking deeply saddened, a few seconds' later Reiner uses another close camera shot for a heading of a newspaper that read, "Attorney Christopher Chambers Fatally Stabbed In Restaurant." The director uses the...

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