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.