In the film, ‘Secondhand Lions,’ the director has used various film techniques to demonstrate how Walter comes to trust others. ‘Secondhand Lions’ is the story of a cynical young boy named Walter, who is abandoned by his neglectful mother to live with her two grouchy Uncles: Hub and Garth. Throughout the film, the director has carefully manipulated a range of techniques to reveal to the audience pivotal changes that show Walter has become trusting - from the use of dialogue, camera angles through to scene composition. At the beginning of the movie, film techniques illustrate that Walter is untrusting; however, as the film progresses, Walter learns to trust others. Therefore, the director has exploited a variety of film techniques to show that Walter progressively develops trust towards others through exposure to the Uncles. …show more content…
At the beginning of the film, Walter is portrayed as a young boy who has learnt not to trust people.
Because of his relationship he has with his mother, Walter has discovered that people are not trustworthy. The first film technique used at the beginning of the film was a high angle establishing shot on the verandah, depicting Walter clinging to the porch bannister in fear. This shows that Walter was initially scared and untrusting in relation to how Walter saw the Uncles were characterised in the beginning of the film, positioning the audience to better understand that Walter was scared, small, alone and untrusting. Another film technique used towards the beginning of the film was dialogue whilst Walter was on the phone to the university. Walter's verbal exchange highlights his Mother’s lie and portrays a level of distrust with the university, which is implied through continual questioning. Therefore, film techniques have been used to show that Walter was untrusting to others in the beginning of the
film. Towards the middle of the film, Walter is represented as someone who is beginning to trust others. Walter’s growing trust in the Uncles is established through the use of film techniques as he is exposed to a true relationship. The first film technique used in the middle of the film to show this is scene composition. The physical distance between the Uncles and Walter with Mae’s relatives embodies the fact that Walter is learning to trust Hub and Garth. In addition, camera angles have been utilised in the middle of the film to show that Walter is growing closer to others. A series of close up shots at the lake while Garth was retelling the stories convey that their bond is growing closer. Therefore, the director has used film techniques to establish that Walter is beginning to trust others; that he is finally learning who to trust. It is in the final section of the film that Walter is revealed as someone who can choose who to trust. The ending sees the return of Mae and the introduction of her boyfriend Stan, who ultimately test Walter’s trust with others. By using lighting in the scene when Stan confronts Walter in the barn, the audience understands that Walter has learnt he knows how to trust. Low-level lighting reveals that Walter is intimidated and doubting the accusations that Stan has made against the uncles, whom which he trusts. Additionally, dialogue use to show that Walter has come to trust the Uncles, as he confronts them when he returns. This is used to show that Walter has changed from an untrusting young boy to someone who can create dialogue freely with the Uncles, echoing that fact that Walter has come to see how others can be trustworthy. At the end of the film, it has become apparent that Walter has the ability to trust others. In conclusion, the director has used a variety of film techniques to establish that Walter is able to trust others. From the use of scene composition that shows Walter was scared and untrusting; through to camera angles to show that Walter was growing closer to the Uncles, and to lighting which echoes that he knows who now to trust, these techniques all show that Walter has come to trust others.
Mama talks to Walter about her fears of the family falling apart. This is the reason she bought the house and she wants him to understand. Walter doesn't understand and gets angry. "What you need me to say you done right for? You the head of this family. You run our lives like you want to. It was your money and you did what you wanted with it. So what you need for me to say it was all right for? So you butchered up a dream of mine - you - who always talking 'bout your children's dreams..." Walter is so obsessive over money that he yells at his mom for not giving him all of it. He doesn't know that what his mom is doing is for the family. He thinks that having money will make the family happy, when in reality the family doesn't need anymore than what they have to be happy.
In the biographical film Mabo the Audience is positioned by the filmmakers to see Eddie Koiki Mabo as a hardworking, tenacious and strong man.
I was raised on the movie The Sandlot. My my dad played baseball through college and my brother has played since he could hold a bat. My mom, sister, and I also played softball when we were little. One could say that we are a “baseball family.” My dad first introduced this movie to me, and I was attracted to it not only because it is a fun film about baseball, but also because it has an entertaining soundtrack. The music fits well with the storyline and makes you feel like you are playing baseball and hanging out with the boys in the sixties. I also was raised listening to this genre of music and more songs from some of these bands. Throughout this paper, I will critique the main songs in The Sandlot that make it popular, as well as give a short biography of each band.
The play has an example of the technique of foreshadowing when Ruth faints. This foreshadows her later announcement of her pregnancy. The unchangeable setting is considered as a motif. Although the actions that affect the family happen outside. Yet the audience never goes out of the Youngers house. Mama goes out to buy a house, Walter goes to drink and Bennie goes for dates. All these actions are not shown, but the characters go out and come back to tell what they did. By keeping the actions in their apartment only, this reinforces the idea that the family is trapped in their small house and their life is not changing. Hansberry also uses the look of the apartment to convey the situation of the family that they are worn out of this life. Especially when Hansberry says that the furniture is placed to cover worn spots in the rug (loos40).
Walter brings to topic his importance to the scenario, and decides to break away from the event and think of his answer towards his wife’s information and response. He later is shown the understanding of his wife by the reaction of his mother, who questions his standing on how his father would have reacted. This brings Walter to think of why he should change and not walk out on times of importance. Walter discovers that his turmoil of drinking and appearance on the topic could end up losing the life of his newly developing child. At the discussion over selling the house owned by the family to Mr. Linder, Walter is shown the original faith that the selfish purpose of the money for himself would be better the property that would benefit the entire family, including his child.
The first reason I believe that Walter is the protagonist is because he isn’t a selfish man. What I mean by this is when he is talking about issues he tends to discuss family issues above his own personal things. Though at times in the play when he is drunk and loses his temper he does start speaking selfishly, I believe that his overall attitude in the play is for his family to move up the world. I believe that Walter’s son Travis is the main reason why he acts so unselfishly. He seems to want the best for this son and doesn’t want his son to feel that there isn’t anything he can’t have or do.
Even in today?s world, children are very susceptible. Walter displays a selfless characteristic which becomes overshadowed by unwise decisions later in the play. In one particular scene, his son Travis asked both parents for money. Walter acts out of pride by giving Travis his last pocket change. This symbolizes Walter's willingness to be a moral father.
Constantine, directed by Francis Lawrence, shows the story of an advanced exorcist who wishes to stop the Devil crossing over from Hell into the real, living world. He wants to accomplish this before his lung cancer takes over and kills him. The obsessive smoker finally finds a way to be forgiven for all his sins and makes his way over to Heaven by helping an LA detective investigate her sister's suicide. Throughout the movie, Lawrence shows the readers some techniques which gives us a strong impression of the main character, John Constantine. There are two clear techniques that Lawrence uses that gives the reader a strong impression of what John is like. One of these is the expert use of costume. The colour that Lawrence uses throughout the film also shows how Constantine acts and the way he thinks. The second visual technique used were the camera angles that are shown throughout the whole film. Lawrence shows viewers which characters have the power and how each character is related.
I chose to view the movie Lion, a movie based on the book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley. This movie is about a five-year-old boy, Saroo, living in a poor, rural area in India. Saroo convinces his older brother Guddu, to let him tag along and find work in a nearby city. Saroo ends up trapped and alone in a decommissioned passenger train that takes him to Calcutta, over 1,000 miles away from his home.
One can infer from this moment that Walter is hav... ... middle of paper ... ... that same rhythm throughout. Whereas in the movie, his fantasies play in active role of pursuing his quest of finding the missing negative for the last Times magazine edition- or he loses his job.
Walter introduces readers to his characters in such a way that it seems like a movie. He allows the characters personalities to grow as the novel progresses and they intersect with other characters. The main characters are Pasqual Tursi, Richard Burton, Debra “Dee” Moray, Alvis Bender, Michael Deane, Shane Wheeler, Claire Silver, and Pat Bender. These eight character’s stories provide the plot line to the book. Some stories are tragic and others hopeful, but all depend on one another at some point during the course of the novel. Walter shows how peoples lives can intersect...
What do you think about when watching a film? Do you focus on the characters' good looks or the dialogue? Or do you go behind the scenes and think about what made the film? Maybe, it's even a combination of all three. No matter what comes to mind first, an important part of any good movie will be what you see. A camera and good director or cinematographer is needed to make that possible. Different directors and cinematographers will use different camera techniques to make you focus on what you see. Camera techniques show emphasis in films, because they make you focus more on situations and people. They are especially important in Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream.
In both the film and the book This Boy’s Life Tobias Wolff is surrounded by bad role models and terrible father figures. Wolff and his mother are constantly looking for the complete family life and find themselves in a series of bad situations on their quest. In the book Toby’s relationship with his mother Rosemary is illustrated in a clear and deeper manner but the movie just didn’t seem to focus on it enough. This paper will evaluate the portrayal of Toby’s relationship with his mother and the men in their lives as told in the memoir and the film.
In addition, this scene is made so that the audience can see that Margaret is cornered and in a closed off part of the room. This shows Margaret as a woman who is vulnerable and how Walter holds power over her making him dominant. This foreshadowing their relationship and she lets him do what he wants to do. Furthermore, the scene continues and Walter’s attention is turned to a rich Italian guy, he leaves Margaret and we can see her in the background, she appears smaller in the camera frame. In the beginning of the scene, Margaret took up bigger shots in the frame, but as he continues talking to her, she begins to appear smaller. This represents her place in their relationship and in her life with him if she continues to be with him. Margaret becomes more and more weak, and Walter becomes more and more dominate. When Walter leaves her to get the attention of the rich Italian guy, it also shows how Walter is as a character and he is money hungry while Margaret is unwilling to speak out and talk back to him. She is too scared to take her life back. The camera dollies into a close up of her side profile to show her expression and feeling of wanting to admit that she’s the artist but she is unable to say anything. This scene in terms of composition has the rule of the thirds because it shows Margaret being in the center with the waiter and the Italian guy on the other two sides. This adds suspense to the scene as
New Boy is a short film that envelops the viewer into a third person character and leads viewers to experience how it feels to be an outsider “The New Boy”, the audience experiences this feeling through the Protagonist 's mind in this case “Joseph.” This short film not only focuses on the idea of bullying but also the idea of being an outsider.The positioning of the title “New Boy” on the left-hand side of the frame indicates that the new boy will be powerless.