Hurt Locker Analysis

1. Opening Remarks

 The Hurt Locker is a film that takes a new turn in the movie industry.  This movie vividly expresses the chaos of war that still goes on today. The army bomb squad must come together in times of need when everyone around them in the city can be a potential enemy and bombs can be lying anywhere and everywhere. I believe that this movie try to reveal the unrecognized heros in the military that go through various jobs where there is only two outcomes; life or death. This movie is very thrilling and it definitely gets your heart racing in a matter of minutes.

2. Context

A. Place the film
i. Directors work
This film was directed by Kathryn Bigelow and the screenplay was written by Mark Boal. This film won an academy award in 2009 for american war films.
ii. Time when made (historical, socio-cultural)
This film was made during the Iraq War, which is a big historical event. The war and life in Iraq is the main idea for the film.
iii. Relations to other films
The film can relate to a lot of war films that currently exist. This film can also relate to any other film which characters who have a struggle with their living style and obsession.
iv. Thematic Threads
The overall theme for this film is that in life we only cherish/enjoy few things. When we do find that one thing we can't get over, we become attached to it and it becomes an obsession. It becomes apart of our daily life.

3. Setting, Acting, Costume

A. Visual Style
This film is very vivid. We see a lot of details and it makes us feel like we are right there on the battlefield with the actors. I think that the details captured in the film is very realistic.
B. Iconogrphy
The symbolic representation of the guns, bombs, tanks, and etc give us a sense of danger which helps captures the feelings of a war film. The enemies (bombers) also create the vision of danger in life. The soldiers create a hero like figure where they are the center of the film. The people in the city of Iraq are a source of needing help because the soldiers need to help them become safe.
C. Actors
The actors in this film were very good. They portrayed their roles as a soldier. The characters were all male. as the movie progressed we learned a lot about the characters. We started to see the emotional aspects that war does to a soldier when away from home for so long. We also see the emotional contacts that are constantly being ripped away because of the war. The characters can be characterized as brave, loyal, helpful, and emotional.
D. Production Design
The film was filmed a couple miles out of Iraq in a city called Jordan. Being able to film in the area of where the event is actually being taken place helps bring a realistic sense to the film. The props and costumes couldn't have gotten any better. They looked real and it looked like we were actually on a battlefield with the soldiers.

4. Cinematography and Lighting

A. Style- realistic/formalistic
The style of this film is realistic because the focus of it is on a current event that still goes on today in our society. The attempt of this film was to focus on a bomb squad and there everyday struggles. I believe that the people that put their lives in line for us don't get enough recognition for what they go through to keep us safe. I think that this movie tried to bring a real issue to the screen to show us the life and death situations that our soldiers go through without resistance.
B. Angles, Framing, Lens choice
The angles and framing in this film help bring the dramatic tension to the screen. A lot of close ups are used to help show us the stress and emotions that the soldiers struggle/deal with on a daily basis on the battlegrounds. The close ups were used extra during dramatic/tense scenes while information from the characters were being revealed. The lens choice was amazing on the directors choice because it had to stand the heat and dust that they were filming in. The lens had to withstand a great amount of heat through out the days they filmed.
C. Camera and Actor blocking
The director in this film uses establishing shots to distinguish the scene and then cuts to waist shots and close ups for dialogue and information. The director uses a variety of shots depending on the mood of the scene.
D. Dominant imagery/icons/color
I believe that part of the film was meant to show us how corrupt some people are. I think that the bombs resemble those corrupted people in our world. The icon of the film is the soldiers and their hard work that they put in to keep our country safe. They are the heros of the film. There isn't much bright colors when you think about this film. The colors that are continuous throughout the film are orange/red and green/cache. The orange/red resemble flames and blood which connects to danger and violent like the war. And the green/cache resembles the soldiers uniforms and how they are brave and protect our country from harm.
E. Camera Distance/ Proxemics, territorial design, open vs. closed forms
A lot of the camera distances was based on the tension in the scene. There wasn't a lot of long shots unless the director was showing us the bigger picture to a problem. Mainly there was close ups used to reveal tension and stress through the characters emotions. The camera is close to the action so we can see the details that we normally wouldn't pick out with our own eyes. The film has a lot of areas that are new throughout the film that the director uses establishing shots to distinguish where they are at. There is a lot of area that the director needs to reveal through out the film. The film is made of open forms compared to using closed forms.
F. Light Design- Key and Contrast
The sun is mainly used as the light source for most of the film since they are shooting on location outside. The only times that they had to deal with additional light is when in doors and at night. In one shot there is a explosion which causes fires that spread. This shot is at night so the fire's flames are used as a light source. That is probably one of the only contrast lights. There isn't much low key light because it is shot mostly during the day.

5. Editing

 A. Style
The style of the directors edit is quick short cuts during intense war scenes. There wasn't any flaws in the editing process because the finished product of the film was smooth and the flow kept going. I believe that the director wanted to keep the reality of the film more then adding special effects to create bigger war scenes. The reality of it all kept the flow.
B. Manipulations of time and speed
From what i can recall the only time where time and the speed of the movie in manipulated is in the beginning of the movie at the first bombing. During that scene there is a shot of the initial explosion, a car, and the sand coming off the ground from the explosion. Those 3 shots are captured in slow motion and are shown about 2-3 different times throughout that explosion sequence. In this scene time is re-winded a couple times where we see the explosion happen over and over again and where we see one of the bomb squad members being thrown in the air and hitting the ground at his death.
C. Length of cuts and pacing
The length of cuts depended on the scene. In action/war like scenes the cuts were fast. The pacing of each shot in those scenes were short and dramatic. In scenes where the director wanted us to feel the sadness that an actor was feeling the cuts were longer and the pacing of shots were held longer. This help us grasp the emotional connections that the soldiers dealt with a number of times.
D. Narrative techniques such as flashbacks/forwards, parallel action.
Through out the move neither flashbacks or forwards are used. This is because the flow os the film is kept in order to keep the audiences attention. But from what I can recall in the end of the film, one of the soldiers talks to his son and his obsession for war and then we encounter a flash forward to the near future where he is back in Iraq in the bomb squad outfit.
E. Montage or Visual Metaphor
I believe that some of this movie is a visual metaphor. Sometime in the beginning of the movie we see a limping cat which can resemble many things. One thing that comes to my mind that it can resemble is how vulnerable and in danger the city of Iraq has been in. It also shows us how our world is broken and we are trying to piece it back together one piece at a time.

6. Score

 A. Style
There isn't much music in the film besides the ending. But when there was music it was up beat and resembled a feeling of awareness and danger is around. Some of the sound had an erie feeling to it.
B. Repeated Motifs
Some repeated motifs through out this film are gun fire, bombs going off, and the frustration we hear through the soldiers voice.
C. Foley or FX
The sounds of the gun fire and bombs are most likely recreated at a different time because I don't think that the characters would actually be firing a gun or actually blowing a bomb up.
D. Synchronous/ Nonsynchronous
The film's sound is very synchronous. We know what a gun fired sounds like and etc. When we see an object we have a realization to what the sound is going to sound like. During a lot of the scenes there is a various amount of sounds that are going on at the same time. We can depict each of those sounds and understand where each of those sounds are coming from.

7. Script

 A. Narrative Structure/Style
The character dialogue flows through out the film and is continuous. There is no narration over the dialogue from the characters. If there was narration, I believe that it would ruin the feel for the film.
B. Character Driven vs. Plot Driven
I believe that this film is character driven. This is because the characters emotions and actions are what lead them to the next day. There actions are the only things that are moving them forward or holding them back from doing what they have to do. Even though what happens in the film is created and controlled by the director, the director has witnessed the war and written down events so the events in the film are similar to what goes on in actual Iraq.
C. Nature of Dialogue
The dialogue in the film flows and it sounds very well. I can picture that in an actual battlefield they would be saying the same things that are said in the film. It is informal with swear words, but I believe that this helps create the stress they go through.
D. Use of humor, subtext or irony
I believe that the use of some humor in this film made it more realistic. These men deal with life and death situations every moment of their day and they have to have some laughs while they could be living the last minutes of their lives. I believe that the title "Hurt Locker" has a deeper meaning to it. Everyone sees a different meaning in it. What meaning does it have to you? The meaning it has to me is that every day they live out there in Iraq, fighting not only for our lives but theirs, they struggle through the option of living and dying even though they don't have a choice at times. There life is a hurt locker out there on the battlefield.
E. Thematic message/Archetypes/Myth
I think that a thematic message to this film is that this men want to serve their country and prove people right, but in the end they don't necessarily know what they are getting themselves into. They are dealing with their lives on the line every second of the day.

8. Genre

 A. Features determining genre/How film meets genre
The features that determine this movie as a war film/action are the battles fought every day, the bombs, guns, and people killed. It can also de labeled under a drama genre because these soldiers deal with the loss of friends while at war and the hardship of not seeing family members for a long time. Also because they deal with drama on the battle grounds. This movie can be labeled with all different kinds of genres.

9. Closing Remarks

 The Hurt Locker is a powerful film that attracts a lot of people's attention because it is an issue that still exist today. I liked this film because we all known about the war and the movie itself attracted my attention from the start. The reality of this film is very detailed. This film remind me though of how corrupted our world is and how there is evil still out there in the world. We try to make our world a better place for everyone but there is ignorant/selfish people out there who don't see the good in mankind. I recommend this film because we need to understand how for our safety other put their lives on the line.

Maria & Jennifer's Documentary on Firefighters and the Night of the San Bruno Pipeline Explosion

By Maria Luevano and Jennifer Lewis

Purpose:
To give people a view into the daily life of a firestation and show the responses of firefighters in the area to the San Bruno fire as well as its effects.

Contacts:
San Bruno firefighters (specific station?)

Interview Questions:
what was your inspiration to become a fire fighter?
what was your first reaction upon seeing the fire?
what goes through your head when you hear the alarm going off?
most memorable moment on the job? good and bad
how does it feel to have such a huge responsibility on the job every day?
how does it feel to live in the station for long periods of time?
what were the biggest challenges you faced during the san bruno fire?
how was the fire unique, if at all?

General Flow:
beginning: with a day in the life of the firefighters and their everyday activities. We introduce our topic of firefighters and introduce a fire station(s). Shots of a fire station and firefighters at work will be displayed to reach out to the audience about what they will be viewing. B-roll will debrief what it is like daily for a firefighter on duty.
middle: Next what it is like to be in these fires and their personal experiences on the job will be discussed through brief interviews with fire fighters themselves. Also footage from the San Bruno fire will be taken into consideration.
ending: Finally with their responses and reactions as a unit and personally to the san bruno fire and its lasting effects. The firefighters will give us their insights on what this fire meant to them and how they delt with the effects of it.

Shot List:
-CU of fire hydrate an pan over to reveal a LS of a fire station
-LS of firemen
-CU of interviewers(firemen)
-CU of fire fighting materials
-LS,WS,MCU(b-roll) of fire fighters in action with their different jobs
-MS of fire truck
-MWS/CU of badges
-POV of a job that a fire fighter would be doing in a fire station

Intro: 
Firefighters all around the world save many lives everyday. Sometimes we don't really get to see what the life is like for a firefighter on a daily basis. Rescue operations are what they are trained for. Recently fire fighters from all around came to our city of San Bruno and cleared out a gas fire. Firefighters do the best they can do for their community. As we all look up to them as heroes, they don't think of themselves  with a title of being a "hero". They are just doing their job they state. We are going to take a deeper look into the life of a firefighter on a daily basis and what their thoughts are on their personal experiences with the San Bruno fire.


Closer: 
In the end, not everything may be what it use to be, but firefighters stop the disaster from introducing us to a living hell. On a daily basis, how many firefighters risk their lives for our safety each and everyday? Do we know what it's like to be put in a life or death situation? We don't those numbers and answers! These men and woman put their lives on the line for ours. More recognition for the work these firefighters put in for our lives needs to be granted. We need to show our support for them and how we appreciate what they do to keep us and our communities safe!

Short Documentary Film Review

In the "True Life" documentary about post-traumatic stress disorder is really sad. It is about three men who have post-traumatic stress disorder after coming home from the war and realizing that they have to return to the civilian life. Once the doctors told them they had post-traumatic stress disorder the army wouldn't take them back. They had a life long run that they needed to occupy with a job. All three men explain what it was like on the battlefield and how different and difficult it is to return to a normal life style. The first guy talks about how his life that he wants to fix and go into treatment keeps being postponed due to his DUI. The second guy talks about how not only was he in Iraq but his mom was as well. He explains how it was a little easier to have someone there that understand what he went through and someone who he can go and talk to. He also expresses how suicidal he was at one point and that he never wants to go back to that "dark hole" again. The third guy talks about how he can't sleep and get over the fact that he witnessed an innocent father and his son being killed in Iraq. He allows us to see how at the moment yes it was a war but now he can never give those life's back that weren't deserved to be taken away. I believe that the message of this documentary is to inform us about what post-traumatic stress disorder is and what it can do to you mentally, emotionally, and physically.

The camera work in this documentary is done pretty well but there are some shots that could of been improved. Some shots were shaky as well. In some of the shots the cinematographer does a good job of using foreground, mid-ground, and background in various shots. The cinematographer also does a good job at close-ups to reveal the pain that these men have been going through. There was a couple dollying and panning shots that was a good effect too add to the documentary. In this picture to the right, earlier in the shot, the camera was dollying though a neighborhood focusing on wrecked houses and etc. and then panned over a little to reveal this guy sitting on the truck that was driving through the neighborhood. I felt that it was a good idea to reveal the place and character. There was also a various amount of long shots and waist shots used throughout the documentary. The use of B-roll in this documentary was an important role in order for us to capture the experience and feelings that these men were going through.






The cutting and timing between shots was smooth and surreal. There were no cuts that were disturbing to the documentary. Most of the cuts were straight on cuts and no special effects to the cuts. I believe that if the special effects were added to this documentary, then the whole feeling to the situation being expressed at the beginning would have been lost. I also believe that getting to the point in the documentary helped a lot out. The sound design in this film was not a heavy affect that was needed in this documentary. Music was constant throughout and connected with the flow of what was being showed and said to the audience. If on of the men was talking about something depressing the music would decrease to a slow tempo to match the mood.

At the end of this documentary, I thought that it well deserved a round of applause because these men served our country and fought for our and their lives. Also because they go through something that we can't always relate to on a daily basis. They have to get there life back to normal while we already have a normal life. The things they saw and heard at war can never compare to what we see on TV. It's a totally different world when seeing it happen right in front of you with your own eyes.

Baraka Film Review

As we watched the movie Baraka, my first impression was amazed but also confused at the same time. In the beginning I wanted to know why they were showing us these unique places and the meaning behind everything. But at the same time I was astonished by the locations they picked because it opened up your eyes to a new world. I never thought what other countries would look like exactly. They are very unique and are "jaw-dropping". I thought that the different locations and cultures was a good comparison to our own culture and city that we live in. You really get to see the other side of the world in a matter of minutes!  This movie just doesn't focus on one region in the world, but it focuses on a lot of different places that shape our world. The cinematography in this movie is absolutely beautiful. There was a lot of slow motion, panning, and speeding up of clips. Most of the shots are held long enough for us to depict the beauty of the scene and the beauty of nature. I believe that the music choice helps give us a range of emotions from the range of the musics high beats to low beats throughout the movie. Overall I believe that the movie tells us about the beauty of life no matter where you may be located.

1. I believe that the movie is titled "breathe" because I think that the directors are trying to tell us that life is beautiful and we need to breathe. A lot of people in this world tend to rush through things and pass by opportunities. I also believe that the movie is titled "breathe" because were breathing in new insights of places we may or have never seen before.

2. I think that the planetary perspective of the film does express a critique of the modern world. The movie shows us different locations, people and animals around the world. I believe that the movie tries to contrast the different types of living style throughout the different cultures and landscapes in the world.
3. The message I received from the film "Baraka" is that our life has been corrupted by technology and sometimes we dwell too much around the fancy machinery we have instead of just sitting outside and enjoying the nature that we have around us. I also feel that the movie "Baraka" tells us that we need to respect the nature aspect of our world and not lean on technology so much.
4. I believe that the absence of voice and text doesn't really affect the film at all. I believe this because it allows us to take in what we see and not have to listen/read and watch at the same time. I believe that this technique is used with a purpose and that purpose is to let us see the world without any distractions.

5. The images I saw that  applied to culture was the performance of Kecak at the temple Tampaksiring, Bali, Indonesia. This related to nature because it is part of their natural culture in Indonesia and they believe in it. Also because their natural culture is what they practice and they think it is beautiful. The images I saw that applied to the city was the Shibuya Station, Tokyo, Japan. This contrasts to nature because it shows us how busy our cities are and how unnatural it is compared to nature in general. It also shows how corrupted our lives are becoming from the natural world.

6. Some possible interpretations of the monk on the street following the images of the cigarette factory and the city streets is that the monk represents pure nature and what it use to be like while the cigarette factory and the streets resemble the impacted world that has been corrupted by the new findings in technology. Technology has made humans forget the real beauty of nature in this world and how pure it use to be.

7. The kind of social statement that the film "Baraka" makes with the people on the refuse heap and the images of the poor is to show the differences in life styles. Some people are good financially while others  are fighting for a better life. The images show the differences between what people have and the other side which is what people don't have.
8. The music that stood out to me was the music that related to what was being shown in the film. When something calm and beautiful was being shown there would be soothing music. And when something exciting or interesting was being shown then the music would get louder and the beat would get faster.
9. I believe we watched "Baraka" to show us what the world holds for us. I believe that this movie is to show us that our world is made up of many different things but the one thing we have in common is our nature. I also think that this movie helps expose us to the beauty and reality of our world that we live in each and every day. The only way that this vision could arise without seeing this film would to go and actually see these locations physically. This film definitely makes me want to travel because I want to see what else is out there in our world to discover. I also want to see the different sides of culture and living styles compared to what we have here in America.

IB Short Film Critique: Two of a Kind

The film that we made was a comedy love story. In each of our final idea for our story, each one of us pitched in ideas from our different stories that we had come up with. We decided to incorporate a twin scenario that conflicted with a girl’s interest in one of them. Our working plan was that we were going to make our story/short film as realistic as possible. We want to show our audience that there is reality hidden in the fantasy of films. We also wanted to incorporate the comedy to the love story. The audience that we were making the film for was basically a range in ages. We were just hoping to reach out to all ages and show them some type of reality. I thought the story line was a good idea because I heard my friend telling me a story about her friend who accidently kissed her boyfriends twin brother. I just thought that that was funny and realistic. I also felt that this story line had a lot of reality to it. Everyone in our group contributed to the making of this film equally. We all had separate jobs to do that combined created the bigger picture. We all got along and when we had a filming issue we figured out a way to resolve it in an orderly manner.

      In this making of our short film, two of my responsibilities were co-director and editor. Some problems and challenges that occurred during my responsibilities as a co-director was making sure our actors and production team could all get together at the same time. Also another problem was trying to find a time when we could film at the store for our store scene. We were all so busy that it was hard to find time where we could all be there. Our solution was to make sure that there were at least two of us there available for shooting. Another challenge that occurred during the responsibility of editing was audio. Some of the scenes the actors talked too softly. Our solution for this problem was to either re-shoot the scene very quickly or just raise the volume above the normal level. A problem that arose on the film as a whole was the weather change. One day when we were filming it was very sunny with bright lighting that we had to deal with. On the other hand, when we came back to the same location to finish filming that scene it was overcast and raining outside. The difference between he two days was the natural lighting. Our solution to this problem was to just re-shoot the whole scene so that the footage would match up and look the same. If we didn’t do so, it would confuse the audience because of the different weather/time changes.

GENRE CONNECTIONS: The connections of our genre go towards the move “Amiele”. Our genre was a romantic comedy. The movie “Amiele” had a romantic comedy genre to it. In that movie, there were many moments where the romance took place with a little humor put to it to make it more interesting and keep the audience intact with the movie. Our story is about a lonely girl who finds a guy who she likes. During the time when she runs in to him she acts mean to him on accident. She has no intent of her brutal actions on purpose. At the end of the story, she finds out that the guy she likes had a twin brother and that it was his twin brother that she was mean to. So the whole direction of our story is to make it as realistic as possible while adding the human humor to it. The humor we add to it is something that could happen in reality and look funny from the outside looking in. Our main influence for our story was the movie “Amiele” and the mistakes that all humans make. We try to show that nobody is perfect and that we all make mistakes and some mistakes aren’t what we plan.

ACTING/CHARACTER: Our actors were better then some of the actors I have had in the past. We wanted our actors to be as realistic as possible and be normal teens. The normal teens we were looking for were teens that understood the flaws that humans make because in this short film, the main girl character has flaws that are shown through her words and actions. The successful part of our actors was the emotions that they brought to the camera. Some of the scenes took a couple of shots and re-takes in order for them to capture the emotion that was needed for that scene. Overall they knew exactly what we were looking for. They didn’t mess around and they brought their full attention and dedication to making the short film a success. What our actors can improve on is making sure they are on time. On our first day of filming, they were about 30-45 minutes late. Those 30-45 minutes that they were late we could of have been shooting instead of waiting around for them. When filming/shooting time is really precious and you can’t waste any time or else it will eat you up. A solution that can be done in order to avoid this problem in the future is in force to our actors that they need to arrive at the time announced so we can start on time and not interfere with anyone’s plans for the day later on.

EDIT/CONCEPTS: In the editing process, I believe that a lot of the shots clash together very well. There are a couple shots that may be held for too long. In the future, a solution that can be done to avoid this problem is to know the timing of the shots and how long it takes the audience to feel the emotions. We don’t want to make the audience feel like the scenes are being dragged on forever. We want the scenes to get to the point to satisfy our viewers.

SOUND FX/SCORE: The concepts behind our sound effects to bring the emotions that the characters are feeling to the audience. We want our audience to feel exactly the same way that the characters in the story feel. That is part of what brings the reality to the film and the audience. Another concept behind one of the sounds effects that we used to bring more humor to the action and to bring the audience into the characters mind and what she/he is thinking. I feel like some of the music I used could have been better. The deadline was coming up for the film and I just went through music and tried to pick the best ones possible. I think that the ending scene and music is very well put together. I think that the actions and emotions going on in the scene match the music’s emotions.

CINEMATOGRAPHY: I feel like our cinematography could have been better. There were some shots where the detail in the shot could have been improved. But then there were some shots where the detail and look of the shots looked very professional. Making the shots seem more professional helps bring the story together because if the shots are unclear then the audience will be distracted from the main idea. How shots are set up helps bring emotion to the screen. I believe that some of our shots came out very successful and professional looking because of the detail we put into it. On the other hand, there are a couple shots that need improvement because they don’t look as detailed. To avoid these problems in the future, I feel that when considering shots we should take the time to make sure there is nothing in the shot that would distract the audience. We also want everything in our shots to make sense and relate to the movie. Random objects and/or people in shots can throw off the mood in the scenes.

PRODUCTION DESIGNS: The locations that we used for this film was a house, a street, a park, and a store. These locations can be found everywhere and are real. The reality of these locations was good. We found these locations to be normal and nothing was to distracting about them. We had easy access to these locations at any time which made it easier on us. The successful part about the locations that we picked were that they weren't in a place where a teenager can't see themselves being in. Another good part about the locations that we picked was some of the detail that we found in how our shots were created. One thing that I found that we can improve on and to avoid problems with it in the future was too make sure that our locations are constant. We need to make sure that if we need to re-shoot a scene, that it is in the same location so that in the edit it looks normal rather then all weird. 

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS FOR THE FILM AS A WHOLE: Through out this whole film, I have learned news ways to look at films and new ways to make them. In the past 2 weeks working on this film, there have been bumps in the road that have caused us to take a new direction on some of our ideas. The main ideas for this film as a whole came from the 3 of our ideas. We all chipped in little ideas from our main ideas to create one big idea for the short film. (Total word count: 1,384)

Short Film Treatment

A girl is in class with nothing to do but stare out a window. She has been single and lonely most of her life. All she see's outside is bits of her school. As she turns her head to look at the clock she see's a guy in the corner of her eye. She takes a quick look again and realizes that he is cute. The bell rings and she races out the door to look for him in the hallway, but he is not there.

During her period off she, falls asleep on a green table in the lunch court to a dream of her and her mystery guy sitting and having a picnic. She is woken up by her friend who flicks her ear. She walks home in discomfort that she may never see this guy again.

The next morning she wakes up with the sun shining in her face. She is determined to find this mystery guy who has taken her heart to another world. She dresses up all cute and puts on her make-up. During brunch, she see's a guy from a distance who looks like her mystery man. She walks up behind him and taps him on the shoulder... It turns out to be someone not so cute. She away through the crowd of people still searching.

During lunch, she goes to buy food and starving through the beginning half of her day. As she is waiting in line someone cuts her in line. She turns him around and starts to give him a piece of her mind. She suddenly slaps her hand over her mouth and realizes that it was the guy she saw through the window the other day during class. She starts to blush and feels really guilty about yelling at him. He gives her a disgusting look and walks away.

At the end of the day, she walks into a hall way and leans against a wall and slides down it in sadness. She realizes that she liked him and obviously probably blew it for him and her. She puts her head down through her crossed arms in disbelief to what she just did. She hears the door open to the left of her and looks up to see that it was the guy from the lunch line. He looks at her and she explains to him her sorrow. He looks confused and she questions it. She looks to her right from the corner of her eye as a man walks past the hallway. She then realizes that this guy has a twin brother. She feels twice as embarrassed and puts her head down. He then squats down and says his admiration for her and asks her out on a date. She rises her head up with the biggest smile ever and he kisses her on the cheek. They walk out of the hallway together happily ever after.

Amelie Textual Analysis

In this first scene of "Amelie" the camera position, angle, time of day, and coloring really caught my eye.   In this scene, the x axis shot with the car driving by reveals a neighborhood that is calm because there seems to not be a lot of action going on in the foreground or background. The yellow tint could be both color corrected or from the sunset. The yellow tint in the shot shows me a mellow mood. It's not too bright and not too dark but to the point where it's relaxing and satisfying. I believe that these stylistic devices function in the movie as a way of revealing the type of atmosphere that the characters are going to be dealing with throughout the film. I feel that the director's intent and effect on the whole movie using color correction and different camera angles was to make the movie more interesting and let you be more involved with the characters life instead of just sitting and starring at the screen. I feel that this director wanted to pull each and everyone of his viewers into the characters shoes by giving us specific details of what the characters like and dislike. 

In this scene, I feel that the lighting and density of the scene is strong. The lighting once again has a yellow/orange tint to it. The color correction that is added makes for a more adulthood type scene. It just makes the scene more proper and old styled. The density of the scene is shown through the foreground and the table setting. I feel that the table with the wine glasses sets for a romantic setting. Knowing that this is a foreign film from Paris is already a plus because we know that they are very romantic. I believe that this stylistic device functions in the movie as once again setting the mood and telling us where we are by locations. I feel that the director's intent and effect on the whole movie is to set the scene and mood was a way of introducing us where we are and certain locations that we may run into again. Also, each location in the beginning is shown for a purpose so behind ever location there is a meaning to it and possibly showing themes or the movie by the locations that he picks to show in the beginning.

In this scene the camera angle is unique and how they set up this shot. During this shot we( the camera) are looking up at the characters and object.  This shot is used to allow us to see both the characters emotions while also seeing the actors functions. Throughout the film there is a various amounts of stylistic and unique camera angles that allow us to see more then normal. I believe that this stylistic device functions in the movie as a way to show us the unknown world that we sometimes can't see from certain perspectives. Even though in this scene there isn't much commotion going on, we still can reveal the different emotions from the mom and daughter at the same time without any disturbing cuts. I also feel that the directors intent and effect on the whole movie by using different camera angles is to show more to the story then simple LS, CU, ELS, and WS that we normally see in movies. Also this technique gives us a sense of foreground and background.

In this scene, the realistic dream in the little girl is shown to us. We see things that only she can see and no one else. She is bringing us into her imaginary world that she uses to comfort herself since her dad won't even touch her. In this shot I like the camera angle because it shows us what she is looking at, not from her point of view but from our own eyes with her in the shot. It's our own perspective. I believe that this stylistic device functions in the movie as a way to keep us involved with the character and how she feels. Obviously she is happy because she is seeing a bunny in the clouds. Staying in touch with the characters feelings helps us understand the movie a lot more. I feel that the directors intent and effect on the whole movie by using imagination to keep a smile on your face is used to show that life can be hard and sometimes you need to take yourself into your own reality where you feel most comfortable.