The film, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, is an artistic and inspiring movie that I thoroughly enjoyed for its stunning visuals and superb acting. However, there are aspects of the movie that deepened my appreciation for the movie even more that I had no idea about until I started reading reviews. Both of the facts that I learned come from Kelly Vance of the website “East Bay Express”. The first is that the actress who played Marie, Olatz López Garmendia, is actually the wife of the director of the film. This fact is not deeply profound nor outstanding, but it adds another layer of depth to viewing the movie. Garmendia plays the character of Marie beautifully and I can now understand why there were so many shots of her as almost a piece …show more content…
This choice would not actually be that surprising to me. Johnny Depp would definitely be able to play the rambunctious and flirty Jean-Do as he was before the stroke. However, I do not think Johnny Depp would have given the same dramatic performance that Mathieu Amalric was able to give. Amalric played the confident, pre-stroke Jean-Do in such a way as to make him believable and complex. He had many layers of development and his performance led me to want to see more of Jean-Do’s life before his accident. One scene that stood out in this regard was when Jean-Do was shaving his dad and you could see the anguish and legitimate concern on Jean-Do’s face when his dad said he should not have left his wife and kids for another mistress. Johnny Depp, although a fantastic actor, probably could not have been as complex in this role as Amalric was. The movie deserved a true Frenchman to make the performance more believable in this context. The director must have realized Johnny Depp might not be the best for this particular role and that makes me appreciate this film …show more content…
There are also unique visuals and camera tricks. The first was a scene where Jean-Do is narrating about his life and how “it feels like a string of near misses” while a beautiful shot of an iceberg collapsing is shown on the screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2DV9PUx15s). Not only did this shot look amazing, but it was a perfect metaphor for the state of Jean-Do. He is feeling like his whole world is crashing down on him just like the iceberg. What makes this sequence even more beautiful is the fact that at the end of the movie, the iceberg shot plays in reverse to show how Jean-Do was able to build himself back up and find new meaning for his life.
The second scene that is rather unique is when the doctor sews Jean-Do’s eye lid shut (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_OJuYjvKrM). During this scene, the audience is seeing exactly what Jean-Do is seeing, so you can see the eyelids being drawn together across the camera. This is an awesome camera trick and really makes the audience feel the fear of not being able to move while a doctor sews your eye shut. The director did not have to put so much detail into actually showing the eyelid and eyelashes, but it is
After evaluating the 2081 movie, it is apparent the film elements and techniques are important when defining the mood. The four main techniques used throughout the film were lighting, music, sound, and dialogue.
character that Johnny Depp portrays in the movie is a very logical man who does not
One of the issues that was raised is the idea of the relationship between femininty, technology and sexuality. The relationship between all of these qualities converse in one character, Maria. The real Maria has many roles thoughout the movie, including one who cares for the workers children, a preacher of peace for the workers, and one who loves Freder. The machi...
Diving Bell and the Butterfly 1. What is the difference between a. and a. How do stroke survivors, or anyone with chronic illness, and health providers remain hopeful and “realistic”? What values are involved in their hope? Stroke survivors, or anyone with chronic illness, and health providers remain hopeful and “realistic” by counting on each other. The patients, while being realistic about the outcome of their disease, stay hopeful that each of their health care providers will give them the appropriate care and will make sure that they can live with their disease in the best way possible.
In one particular scene, director was truly a great one, featuring special focus on his dad life and the Colorado River. It was so cool to highlights of the movie by one of his favorite poem written by his dad when he was born, the Important Place. Also, this film was a good length, not excessively long but long enough to tell the story. This is really important today there were no such unwanted scene in the film, which literary the most closely and accurately delivered. In my opinion, this film is forced to possess the characters of a great aspect, and turns to make for quite the adventurous. There was no special character encounter rather than his dad, learned something from the secret Colorado River. Another great aspect of the film was the special footage that were introduce in this film was an enjoyable aspect to be a good documentary film, and that’s how this film is different from the rest.
The casting of both Leonardo DiCaprio and fresh-faced Claire Danes influence how the film is viewed. Baz Luhrmann is smart in using young, attractive characters to make the adaptation more appealing to a more adolescent
...successful collaboration of sound, colour, camera positioning and lighting are instrumental in portraying these themes. The techniques used heighten the suspense, drama and mood of each scene and enhance the film in order to convey to the spectator the intended messages.
The strange attitude and the lack of emotion in Meursault is what make the story interesting. Meursault is a different character than what is expected of a protagonist.
In Breathless, Michel is portrayed as a dastardly yet sympathetic character whose fat death seems tragic and fitting all at the same time. The way the film is edited makes it so the audience feels some sympathy for him. He morality is unclear and slightly confusing, but that makes him cool. The way the camera focuses on him, the way he acts, the way he handles his cigarettes, the way he casually walks through life void of rules, and the fact that his actions are almost always accompanied by smooth jazz on the soundtrack, help elevate him. Michel Poiccard might not have much substance, but he has a lot of style.
In many scenes, the camera is positioned to reveal Bauby’s first person prospective. A confronting scene where this filming technique is present is when Bauby has his eye sewn shut. As the doctor begins sewing Bauby’s eye, the audience can see, through an extreme close up, the needle and thread, pulling the flesh closed. While this scene is extremely confronting, its purpose is to unsettle the audience, displaying the feelings of horror Bauby is experiencing. Through movements that are out of focus, consisting of unusual framing, we also learn just how little vision Bauby has in different environments, allowing the audience to get a stronger understanding of how much Bauby struggles in his daily endeavours. Beginning the film, a low camera angle is used from Bauby’s perspective, with various doctors looking down on him. This low camera angle portrays to the audience the little power Bauby has at this point in the film along with the overwhelming feelings that he is experiencing. As the film proceeds, we notice that the camera angles become frequently more level with Bauby and other characters are shot to an equal scale from a third person perspective, allowing the audience to understand Bauby is of equal significance to those around him. This is evident when Bauby is sitting with his publishing assistant, with a level camera angle which illustrates to the audience Bauby ha accepted his conditions. As the scene proceeds,
Some of the films strengths were the amazing computer generated images which was so obvious yet so life like, such as the rollercoaster crash at the start. Also the music they used while Wendy and Kevin was waiting at the drive through. His car radio turned itself on and started playing ‘Turn Around, Look at Me’ by The Vogues at that point doing a shot where you can see the car and the road behind with a lorry rolling down a hill with no one in it.
This movie has many well-known actors, besides Paltrow and Damon, including Marion Cotillard, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law and Kate Winslet Who play Dr. Leonora Orantes, Dr. Ellis Cheever, Alan Krumwiede, and Dr. Erin Mears, respectively. There are many scenes where these actors show their wonderful acting such as when Cheever sees the janitor and offers to help his little boy who has ADHD. He shows that he really is a good man on more than one occasion such as when he really does go and help the little boy by giving up his own cure. He is also shown to be a nice and caring man when he calls Dr. Orantes and ask how SHE is doing, not how her work is going but how she herself is holding up. Orantes shows that she is a good woman when her dying act is trying to give a man her jacket because he is cold. Mears is shown to be a kind heart when she runs back to tell the village that their “cure” was a placebo. Of all of the main cast, the only one that doesn’t seem to have a kind heart is Krumwiede. He is shown to be a manipulated and deceiving man when he decides to risk the life of his fans by lying to them to try and gain money and
A perfect movie character is one that the audience can form a complex, personal relationship with in the short time that a movie is viewed, displaying the art of acting and drama perfectly. When the thought of lovable movie characters is brought up, Johnny Depp will almost always be apart of the discussion. With his quirky, lively attitude which blends perfectly into roles that should not have soul, Johnny Depp is truly a one-of-a-kind actor. With a spectrum of characters Depp has played, ranging from Edward Scissorhands in the movie Edward Scissorhands (1990), to playing his role in 21 Jump Street (1987), up until the recent Pirates of the Caribbean (2003), he is involved in roles that “only the likes of Depp can pull off” (“Johnny Depp”, 1). Although coming from rebellious teenage years and many “ups and downs of his personal life” (“Johnny Depp Biography”, 2), the actor has become one of the great faces of the movie scene of his generation.
Every second growing closer and closer to the destruction captivates your attention showing you what minor details created a ripple effect and sinking the ship. From the heart warming goodbyes when they set sail to the icy agonizing waters at the end. The movie really went into detail about the disaster and wanted people to know that it really happened and how devastating it is.
Due to the film’s quality and interest it became an award winning film. The film had excellent sound effects such as the battle scenes. The image quality was also outstanding; it used many different angles to depict the actor to make you feel involved in the scenes. In the action scenes the most common viewpoint used was a close up shot which allows the audience to see and feel the intensity of the scene. The second viewpoint mostly used was a tracking shot due to the actors c...