filmmaking. Film uses moving photographs to narrate a story, express emotions and convey ideas. The unique aspect of the art of film is that it allows the viewer to become its subject or characters and experience their situations as they are occurring. Gus Van Sant uses this characteristic to his advantage in the 2003 film “Elephant”. Elephant tries to capture the actual and unseen events of the tragic Columbine Massacre in attempts to make sense of a senseless act, while at the same time being true to its
filmmaking. Film uses moving photographs to narrate a story, express emotions and convey ideas. The unique aspect of the art of film is that it allows the viewer to become its subject or characters and experience their situations as they are occurring. Gus Van Sant uses this characteristic to his advantage in the 2003 film “Elephant”. Elephant tries to capture the actual and unseen events of the tragic Columbine Massacre in attempts to make sense of a senseless act, while at the same time being true to its
of superb example for film technique. Gus Van Sant’s directing ability joined with the writing skills of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, who also plays Will’s best buddy, Chuckie, is a vibrant mixture of technical features used to induce sentiment and compassion amongst the viewers of this heart-warming film. Characteristics of the color, angles, shots, camera movement, editing, and distortions are all each particularly noteworthy to the general composition of Van Sant’s Good Will Hunting. To begin,
The Tragedy of Columbine was caused by the social injustices inflicted upon two students; Alex Frost and Eric Deulen. This is the message Gus Van Sant portrays in his movie `Elephant.' These two characters are not part of the `in crowd' and are picked upon in school to the point that they come to school with guns. Present day schools are treating this issue incorrectly by not trying to relinquish the social injustices of high school. Many schools today now completely cut off the school from the
On the opening week, Finding Forrester made 11,112 dollars. This movie is about a teenage boy from the bronx named Jamal who finds enough courage to break into the “window man’s” apartment. The man turns out to be a very well known author named, William Forrester, that ends up encouraging Jamal to go to a private school that offered him a scholarship, because of his academic excellence and basketball talent. In the end, Jamal throughout his learning and growing close with Forrester, gives him the
In contemporary times, interpersonal relationships are the most important part of the human social life. Take the example of the popular culture; films and popular songs are popular among all cultures. With these, the themes of life and enduring families are very common. In fact, these, love and family, are the themes to the greatest films (such as Titanic and Avatar) and the best songs. However, these relationships are often punctuated by conflicts. This paper will show that conflict plays a defining
Finding Forrester is an amazing movie about how an older man and a young adult become friends and mentors to each other. It is a wonderful movie directed by Gus Van Sant and has Sean Connery playing the role of William Forrester, Rob Brown as Jamal Wallace, and F. Murray Abraham as Professor Robert Crawford. Finding Forrester would be classified as a drama. The film starts off with young Jamal Wallace playing basketball with his friends on the basketball court below an apartment building where they
Good Will Hunting, by Gus Van Sant, is a well-respected movie meant to inspire others. It reflects how nature and nurture work together in creating a mature human being. In the film we watch a man with a matured brain go through a struggle between his past and his future. He knows that he is highly intelligent but he chooses not to show it often due to his childhood abuse. While watching the movie, the audience doesn’t realize that there is a lot of science being depicted. The movie goes along with
This genre essentially analyses the protagonist’s journey to self-discovery through the psychological and moral growth from youth to adulthood. Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” (1950’s), and the film, ‘Good Will Hunting’ (1997), directed by Gus Van Sant, extensively explores this notion. Harper Lee’s novel ‘To kill a Mockingbird’ is a young girl, Scout’s self-discovery, in a racially prejudiced society. Set in the 1950’s, it reflects the Alabaman society’s paradigms and conventions, and the
subconscious, it allows the individual to reflect on their progress and development in the light of encounters which challenge and inspire them. Concepts of inner journey can be seen in Matt Cameron’s Contemporary Australian theatre and drama Ruby moon and Gus Van Sant’s Good will hunting. Ruby Moon challenges the conventions, forms and styles of traditional theatre in order to engage and inform the audience with the social and personal concerns of the characters. Good will hunting Good Will Hunting is a poetic
The film, Finding Forrester, characterizes the unlikely relationship formed, between a withdrawn, hermit writer William Forrester, and Jamal Wallace, a basketball star from the Bronx, through their mutual proclivity for the art of writing. The plot of the film revolves around Jamal’s transitions to a highly prestigious private school and the events that led to Forrester becoming a mentor towards Jamal’s writing. Both reclusive in nature, for Jamal his academic endeavors, and Forrester nearly all
Why is caring so important? In the movie “Finding Forrester”, Jamal and his friends wonder why “The Window,” a figure they refer to watches them when they play basketball. Jamal’s friends dare him to sneak into The Window’s apartment. He has to prove to his friends that he did the dare by taking something from the apartment. The next day, Jamal realizes that he does not have his backpack Later on, Jamal’s bag is thrown from the window of the apartment that he broke into. His books were written all
Does anyone really like to be stereotyped? Does anyone want to be looked at and automatically judged just because of the way they look, by their skin color, their hair type, or even the type of clothing they wear? Finding Forrester is a film that in my opinion perpetuates stereotypes. The entire film is based on significantly different racial opinions, opinions of different writing styles and stereotyping of different people in general. Race is a huge issue in the film and many stereotypes are made
An unknown author says “You’re always one decision away from a totally different life”. In Finding Forrester, Jamal and William Forrester are always making decisions that change their life. Jamal is an African American student who is a good author and basketball player, but he is afraid to show his writing skills because he is afraid of what his friends will think. He is definitely not afraid to show off his basketball skills. Him and his friends will be playing basketball on the outside court and
Good Will Hunting The movie Good Will Hunting shows a dramatic relationship between a teacher and student and also relationship's between fellow teachers. The film helps you grow with the characters in order to anticipate and acknowledge the ways in which they interact with one another. It also incorporated the way that egos develop and arise due to relationships and how they can interact with the daily lives of people. The teacher teacher relationship between Dr. Sean Maguire (played by
Transformation becomes something that everyone needs to have happen, and Jamal and Forrester are able to do this in a way that will benefit their lives forever. In Finding Forrester a young man by the name of Jamal, a 16 year old from the Bronx turns out to be an extremely gifted writer and basketball player. He decides to hide his talent in writing from others until a dare comes up where he goes into a mysterious man's house to take something when in reality this became one of the most important
Jamal states: “I was wondering if I could bring you more of my stuff. Or maybe I could write something else.” Forrester responds: “How about 5,000 words on why you should stay out of my house!” (IMDb, 2017) This is the first impression Jamal, a black sixteen year old, has of The Window, an old white man who appears to watch people outside his window. Jamal’s friends dare him to break into The Window’s house by his friends, and in doing so leaves his backpack containing his writings. When he receives
Finding Friendship in the Film Finding Forrester In Finding Forrester a movie that takes place in the Bronx, there are two main characters, William Forrester and Jamal Wallace who find friendship in an unlikely way because of their passion for reading and writing. Though both are very different from each other they are drawn together by similar interests. The characters are different in many ways; Forrester is a male Caucasian in his mid seventies who graduated from Columbia University and
In the film Finding Forrester, set in New York in the last 1900s; the main character Jamal Wallace is an inner-city kid from the Bronx who is a talented basketball player and is a genius at writing. While always a C student, Jamal gets the attention of a prestigious New York prep school scout; when he scores highly on the standardized tests. Jamal becomes friend with Claire and it quickly becomes more; while Jamal is given a heavy load at his new school, both he and the school know that the real
TITLE The people one chooses to rely on will transform who one is. Jamal began to rely on Forrester for advice; Jamal began seeking help from Forrester in regards to writing and eventually in issues that he experiences. Forrester began with soley giving Jamal advice on how to improve his writng. Eventually Forrester and Jamal becam close, once this is the case, Jamal explains his issues to Forrester and listens to the instruction that Forrester offers. Forresters advice has changed the way Jamal