The film Moonlight by Berry Jenkins is considered a “coming-of-age” film with universal themes, but one of the main themes in the film is learning about the struggle to find one’s identity in a hyper-masculine and ultimately homophobic culture. There are two scenes that fit in to this theme. One occurs during the first section of the film, entitled “Little,” and the second occurs in the final section of the film, entitled “Chiron,” although this film follows the same character each section has its own definitive characteristic but both scenes still fully tie into the main theme, albeit in very different ways. The first scene from the section “Little” begins what Juan takes Little to the beach to teach him how to swim. This scene is important …show more content…
Chiron, who is now fully grown, is visiting his old friend and romantic interest from high school. Both are adult now and have lived separate lives with no interaction. In this scene, Chiron and Kevin are eating together in the diner that Kevin works in. The static movement is emphasized by a shot of them sitting on their respective sides of the booth, Chiron on the left and Kevin on the right. Chiron, who’s life has been portrayed for the last hour is still in the position of harmony and rest and although Kevin has played an important role in the film he is situated on the side of adversity and tension. An example of dynamic movement occurs after Kevin has gotten up to help a guest in the dinner. This movement occurs just after the small argument Chiron and Kevin have, when Kevin is making his way back to the table he is moving from left to right, because he is still in the position of tension. This tension can clearly be seen in an important example of camera movement in this scene is after the small argument, and Kevin leaves, the camera zooms in on the door out of the diner and then back to Chiron. This camera movement shows how Chiron considers leaving, thinking it has been too long, and that him and Kevin are too different now, but luckily, he stays, fighting against the small voices of homophobia that have followed him throughout his …show more content…
Another aspect of the lighting is the natural light from the diner covering the other half of the men. Once again, the two men are being separated in a past and present. The diner lighting, which is a harsher tone shows the difficult past of both men, but the blue, romantic, light shows where they are and where they can go. These two men are fighting against what their culture has told them is wrong and they are making their own, unique, place in the
David Kaplan is an American writer that uses magic realism, or the use of everyday settings and objects with an added sense of magic added to them. “Doe Season” is a short story filled with various literary elements. Through this essay we will discuss other vital elements Kaplan uses in his short story such as the setting, plot, point of view, characters, symbolism, and theme.
Lewis Grassic Gibbons Sunset Song contains two characters, Chris and Ewan, whose relationship deteriorates throughout the novel. The writer shows this deterioration through the various techniques that he employs. Choose a novel in which the relationship between two characters deteriorates. Explain the reasons for this and while assessing the part each character plays in the deterioration. Make it clear where your sympathies lie.
In the short story “White Angel” by Michael Cunningham, the author creates a theme of light and dark contrast. The story begins with foreshadowing the rest of the story with a light to dark contrast: “It was the sixties - out radios sang out long all day long. This of course is history. It happened before the city of Cleveland went broke, before it’s river caught fire.” (Cunningham 229). This predicts the happiness of the story and how it slowly falls apart. More specifically, it predicts the loving relationship between Frisco and his brother, Carlton and how it ends dramatically and quickly. Not only does this foreshadow the relationship of Carlton and Frisco, but it also symbolizes the up and down relationship of Carlton and his parents.
Kinesics is the study of body movements and gestures. There are many forms of Kinesics but the most prevalent form portrayed in this movie is Adaptors. Adaptors tend to be signs of either tension or boredom, and are general not positive. Adaptors are excess unmotivated movement, usually in the hands or feet (Beebe, Steven A., Susan J. Beebe, and Mark V. Redmond. "Nonverbal Messages). Adaptors played a significant part in the movie. Fidgeting is how Vivien express to us when she’s nervous. She fidgeting’s throughout the whole. At dinner she started to fidget because she had never been to such a fancy restaurant before, while she was attending a Polo match she started to fidget because she wasn't in familiar surroundings and once again while on the way to the opera. In all of these instances she felt uneasiness about her surroundings. Vivien adaptors helped us understand how she feels about being around new surroundings. Being able to understand Vivien’s adaptors help views better understand the transition she went through in the movie, from hooking on the streets of Hollywood Blvd to shopping in Beverly Hills, attending fancy dinners and attending polo matches. Her adaptors tell us more than t...
...ment in which the story takes place. His ellaborate description of the llano shows you the beauty of Spanish America and helps you to understand the restless culture of the vaqueros who wander across it. Also, Anaya gives you a detailed description of El Puerto. The village in which the Lunas reside. The imagery in this description also helps you to understand the culture of the farmers, the calm and quiet people who plant their crops by the light of the moon and live in peace. Imagery plays and important role in this novel because without it, certain aspects such as the point of views of both the Lunas and the Marez faimy, would never be understood .
The lighting was also very effectively used to show the coming and going of cars on the set. The reflection of lights on the front door of the house were used resemble those of an automobile. Even the final scene had just enough absence of light that the shadows of the characters could be seen sitting around the dinner table and praying by candlelight. At the very end of the performance the candles were extinguished consuming the set in blackness in turn signifying the end of the production.
... Not only does this provide an example of the ambient racism in this story, but it also relates to the previous statement of how the filmmakers exaggerated the sexual energy of black people.
In the novel, To Dance with the White dog, Terry Kay crafts a love story about Sam Peek and his wife Cora, that seems to extend beyond the grave in the form of a white dog. At the same time, the film Moulin Rouge is a fast paced, tensely dramatic, love triangle between Christian, the poor writer, Satine, the courtesan that everyone fancies, and the Duke, who has the money to transform the Moulin Rouge into a theatre with real merit. Both movies center on the main theme of love but take two different stands on that love. While Satine is unable to concentrate solely on a single relationship, Sam Peek is able to focus solely on the love of his life, Cora.
The lighting is used as colour symbolism through Priestley’s decision to imitate the emotions in the act, ‘the lighting should be pink and intimate until the Inspector arrives, and then it should...
Secretly he managed to set up a beautiful date night that evening. He had a white blanket placed on the beach with a basket, wine and flowers. It was a grand gesture after all the bickering of Sally and her grandmother. In that moment all Sally could see was the waves brushing upon the beachfront as if all the color is the world was drain, but for that man standing there in the moonlight. Juan thought what better time than now to add some right to this day.
...urning to him. The light at the end of her dock reassures him that she is till close to him, and his house lights represent his attempt to attract her. His lights are only turned off after their first kiss, when he is comfortable that he has her back, and when he is dead.
The background is covered in dim shadows. It could also be symbolic that they're in a dark place in their life at the moment. The scene has two planes: one focuses on the table and couple and the other focuses on the girl and the background. The heads of the family create a perfect triangle and another triangle is the girl in the middle with the two candles on each side. It creates a triangle within a triangle. The scene is a combination of high key and low key lighting.The high key lighting is primarily focused on surface of the cloth and the candles; it's very bright and the candles bring some light to all three of the character's faces. The characters are then washed with some light shadows on their clothing and the rest of the shadows stick to the background. The colors are generally made up of blue and neutral colors. The walls are blue and the windows are neutral; the man is wearing a blue shirt while the girl is wearing a gray one. The woman is wearing pink and the table is white; it contrasts against them. The colors and dim lighting set the mood to be tense and/or stressful. The left third is the woman, and she seems more
Bright lights are “the ironic equivalent of darkness” in this film, blinding instead of revealing. Examples of this are the opening window shades in Sam 's and Marion 's hotel room, vehicle headlights at night, the neon sign at the Bates Motel, the glaring white of the bathroom tiles where Marion dies, and the cellar 's visible light bulb shining on the dead body of Norman 's mother. Such bright lights naturally describe hazards and viciousness in Hitchcock 's
context of the piece and the society in which the characters are living in. Everything
Police moonlighting is not just a problem in the United States. Moonlighting is severally restricted or prohibited in Australia, England and Japan. It however is fairly common in one form or another in Canada and the USA (Bayley 1996).