Perks Of Being A Wallflower Film Analysis Essay

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I will be analyzing the movie trailer developed for the movie The Perks of Being a Wallflower. This movie is placed in present time, in the United States of America, in a medium sized city. Charlie, the main character, is an incoming freshman in High school who has no friends and ultimately is an outcast or “wallflower” in the beginning of the movie. We are introduced to his new found friends Sam and Patrick, two upperclassmen that “take Charlie in” and invite him to partake in their fun and carefree lifestyle that has labeled them the “misfit toys” in their world. Charlie struggles to adapt to the social structures of High School and his new friends at first but slowly develops into the individual he never knew he could be. Charlie becomes infatuated with Sam, his beautiful exotic new friend. When his new comrades are threatened , due to their adversity, by the “in” crowd, Charlie finds that he is braver than he had ever anticipated. The point of the story is not to learn how to become accepted, but to learn to accept yourself. This movie was produced by Summit Entertainment Studios; a Lionsgate Company, the same producers of “Juno”. This film is based on the critically acclaimed novel written by Stephen Chbosky. The main character, Charlie, …show more content…

This tactic emanates the romantic feelings Charlie harbors for Sam, and how important she is to the story line. The other main visual effect used to enhance the trailer is the use of “title slides”. These slides are used to reveal things to the audience, for instance, when it begins the first one used says “Charlie never stood out until he found friends that let him in”, you also learn his new friends names through the use of these slides. Slides like these are a very productive advertising tool as the viewer must read the slide and therefore engage themselves mentally and wholly into the

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