A critical technique that is utilized effectively in Garth Davis’ Lion, are the dynamic, varying camera movements, shots, and techniques. To truly convey the emotions of the protagonist Saroo to the audience, the cinematographer, Greig Fraser, utilized various shots such as low, handheld shots, extreme long and establishing shots, as well as close ups for emotional sequences. These shots are ordered, with the camera growing higher and more stable throughout the film, as Saroo grows and eventually descends into madness from his identity crisis. With the first half of the film focusing on Saroo being lost as a child, the primary emotions that the director tries to convey are stress, loneliness, and fear. To truly sell the emotions to the audience, …show more content…
With Saroo being taken from his home via train, incredibly long establishing shots are taken to give the audience a higher understanding of the distance Saroo travels and exemplifies the dread of being completely lost and separated from family. To symbolize how separate Saroo is from the people and help around him, the train travels past multiple populated settlements, undisturbed on its constant, unstoppable journey through the night. To emphasize the loneliness and abandonment of Saroo, the shots were taken at midnight in which it appears as if Saroo is completely alone against the harsh darkness. Establishing shots of natural scenes are also commonly used in the film to convey an underlying message or idea to the audience, such as when an establishing shot of his brother's forest house is used to help emphasize the idea of how isolated and separate he is from his family and society. Moreover, the sailing scene that occurs after Saroo has spent a year with his Australian family is another typical example of establishing shots used for symbolism in the film, Saroo and his new family are sailing forwards, despite the troubles that rock the vessel as waves. Consequently, the establishing shots used are some of the most memorable moments and massively …show more content…
As he scrolls along Google Earth, growing ever closer to his town, the camera zeros in on the screen, making every pixel and movement of Saroo on the trackpad incredibly apparent. With tears forming in his eyes, the camera closes in on Patel’s eyes as they follow the screen intently, conveying great emotion in his strong stare, with almost half of the movie, which is supposed to be multiple years of Saroo’s life, building onto this moment. To symbolize how engaged Saroo is to the screen, the reflection of the Google Earth screen is shown in his eyes. These super closeups contrast heavily with the long shots used to convey Saroo’s memories of the areas he is viewing on the screen, with sudden cuts to the scenes in
The camera view makes the audience feel as if they are in the fish's body. Nemo looks around the community he lives in, the reef. In this moment, the audience gets caught up into the movie and feels as if they are a fish looking around the ocean. Throughout the entire film, the director brings bright colors, amazing movements, and real life feelings. One specific example is towards the middle of the movie when Nemo is in the aquarium at the dentist office.
The film has many redemptive moments and looks and feels a little creepy because of some of the songs they sang. Some of the memorable songs such as ‘’I smell children” and ‘’Come out my children’’ reveal the objectionable content of this movie. The movie includes very mild scares, and occasional rude language. The thematic content affects the experience and interpretation because it is similar to a theme and this is very important in a movie. If the theme is not well written then it will cause people to dislike the movie. Formal techniques do forward the thematic content by carrying out a specific task for the
Emotions manifest themselves in people through various ways. Some individuals are very expressive of their emotions while others are highly impassive of their feelings, and most people are in-between these two polarities. The movie Napoleon Dynamite, illustrates the behaviour and emotions of individuals who are extremely impassive. Despite the immense lack of emotions in the film, there are still elements of emotion exemplified, such as psychological responses, subjective feelings, and expressive behaviour.
The character’s demeanour changes the entire atmosphere of the movie due to experiencing serious trauma through bullying in childhood. The
The animation of this film is one of the best at the time with fantastic facial expressions. The concept of the entire film is that a thief’s heart can change for others’
As Jake finds his way from his ordinary world into a new world packed with adventure, the film captures his journey and throughout the film, there are links to the hero’s journey. Essentially, Jake’s new familiar world becomes Pandora as he reaches a point of acceptance from the Na’vi people. Cameron has created a film packed with action and adventure but there are also many emotions between the avatars. Overall, the shots, sound and lighting all played a major role to distinctively indicate the emotions and action within the film and capture ‘The Hero’s
But not only is the film so similar in darkness, the scenes are short, reflecting the shortness of the panels. Unlike a more “normal” movie, the scenes change quite frequently and not only by perspective. The movie is constantly changing both viewpoint and scenes. Although this is common in action movies, it is used more widely in this film unlike in action movies that tend to use this form of filmography during very high tension scenes.
However, emotions are narrowed down to seven primary emotions: happiness, sadness, anger, disgust, fear, contempt, and surprise. All of these emotions are universal and are expressed similarly around the world. Five out of the seven emotions are expressed during the film. We come to know joy (happiness), sadness, anger, disgust, and fear. Each emotion is assigned a color.
When I watching this movie, I notice that I felt less separation from the movie. Initially I could not find a reason for that but, soon after I realize that the camera is not static but it wobbling slightly. In most movie, camera does not move and it creates the frame. In the other hand, this movie’s handheld camera type of camera works imitate the human eyesight feeling and make people feels like to experience the event in a movie as a one of the character. In this perspective, do not explain too much about the detail is emphasizing this experience. Consider these things, I really excited and enjoyed couple of scene which are the running through battle field and engaging to the baby. In the every day world, both scene is pretty rare to experience. For the battle field scene, majority of the people have avoiding to be in there so that is rare. The engaging to the baby experience is quite normal event for most people and of course it is grate experience but, in this movie setting, baby is extremely rare and seeing baby is truly miracle event. To emphasize and provide this miracle event, this camera work is perfect to apply.
indifference to curiosity and interest. As I was watching the film. Instead of getting bored or sleepy from the slow-paced scenes, I found myself wanting to know the message and meaning of the story behind the seemingly simple plot of the story. Because of the film’s simplicity and subtleness. pacing, I became more aware of the symbolisms and deeper meanings.
...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.
Though it is simple to follow, with little in the way of twists, the film is still very enjoyable. What the movie lacks in complexity is made up for in quality, as the story line intrigues the viewer from the start. The creation of the doll in the opening sequence sets the tone for the movie and creates a connection between the viewers and the characters. It holds the viewer’s attention by creating a sense of unease surrounding the different character’s motives and choices, leaving the audience with numerous questions. Though most are answered by the end of the movie, these questions help the viewer remain invested in the plot. The only complaint that the plot of the film may obtain is the pacing of the conclusion, which progresses almost too quickly to be
Every single aspect of the film, from the top-tier cinematography to a great soundtrack emphasizes the emotional vibration of the narrative Although "Waves''is not a special effects-driven movie, a few occurrences are nicely brought into the story's emotionalism. " Waves" is indeed a very unusual film compared to other movies of today concerning the contents and the mood. In a style dominated by formulaic storytelling and shallow characterization, the idea of the story is able to develop very well. The set design, costumes, and makeup within "Waves" brilliantly contribute to the aesthetics and filmic effort made by this film.
In 1996, Taliban’s take control of Afghanistan. This political organization mandate a strictly regulated and extreme Islamic policy. International committees and leaders strongly critique the Taliban regime for their extremist actions and interpretations of religious texts. These times are especially difficult for women who are persecuted and whose rights are constantly violated by the government in place. War goes on as international leaders are trying to set free the handcuffed population of Afghanistan. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini takes place in these times, exposing the characters to the strict regime of Talibans. Hosseini exposes that the patriarchal culture in Afghanistan influences how male-female relationships are experienced. This can be seen through many relationships in the novel such as Mariam and Rasheed’s marriage, Mariam’s relationship with her father and Laila’s marriage with Rasheed.
The movie uses drama and action mixed together. The emotions of the men when one of