Moon rise kingdom Moonrise kingdom is in adventure, comedy, drama genres. It is directed by Wes Anderson and was released in 2012. The film is about a pair of young lovers flee their town in new England, which then causes a local search party to pan out to find them. I believe that the themes for the film are young love, dysfunction and escapism. Young love is seen through the main characters Sam and Suzy. Dysfunction is portrayed in Sam’s and Suzy’s families. For example Suzy’s parents love for each other is dying and Sam’s foster parents don’t want him back. Escapism is illustrated in the beach seen. When Sam and Suzy set up their own little paradise on the abandoned beach.

 I’m going to be analyzing the cinematography in the scene where Suzy meet for the first time in the meadow. It starts with a long shot of Sam in the long grass and the shot has a binocular template cut out letting the audience know that it is from a person perspective. As soon as Sam looks up at and directly into the camera the shot then cuts to an establishing shot. With Suzy on the left of it looking through her binoculars. Then as Sam walks on the right side of the shot Suzy lowers her binoculars. This establishing shot allows the audience to view the setting. The distance between them also shows how they are nervous to meet each other. She lowers her binoculars when he enters the shot. This suggests that she can clearly see Sam now he has entered the frame. It then cuts to a mid-shot starting at Suzy’s feet and it moves up towards her head and stops. Then it changes to a static shot mid shot of Sam smoking his pipe. This mid shot of Suzy allows the audience to see what she is wearing, what she’s brought along with her and what she’s holding. It gives us a mid-shot of Sam. This also allows us to view what Sam is wearing, what he is carrying, what badges he’s got and that he’s smoking a pipe. These two shot are personal establishing shot because it allows us a first impression on the characters. The Shot then changes to a close up of Suzy’s face and then cuts to a close up Sam’s face. I believe that these two close ups are crucial because it is the fists time they have properly met each on their own. These two close ups allow the audience to see what the characters emotions are to this event. The order of shots in this scene is very much a stylized in table tennis way. For example the first shot is a long shot which happens to be Suzy’s point of view. Then as Sam looks up the shot changes to just Suzy in the shot. Sam then walks into the shot which then it changes to a mid-shot of Suzy. It then cuts to a mid-shot of Sam, then back to Suzy with a close up and back to Sam with a close up. It goes back and forth from Suzy to Sam over and over again. This type of shot sequence is very relatable to other Wes Anderson films. It’s a simple way of shooting a sequence and doesn’t confuse the audience the audience. The shots are also very symmetrical. This also emphasizes the straight forward type and simple way of shooting a sequence.

 I’m going to be analyzing the mes en scene in the same scene where Suzy and Sam meet up for the first time. In the first shot you can tell that Sam is in scout group. He is wearing a beaver hat, with a yellow scarf and glasses. He is also carrying a huge rucksack or some type of hiking bag. This gives an initial impression to the audience that he is very prepared for his trip. It also makes the audience wonder where the rest of his scout group is therefore creating an enigma towards this child. The audience can tell he is young by his height and his face. This then adds to the enigma because it begs to question why a young child out in the wilderness on his own is. It also gives the audience a rough age of the boy. All this information allows the audience to build a strong understanding of the boy’s appearance and skills however also gives of a mystery about him. The next shot shows a girl in a pink dress, with red hair, carrying a bag and binoculars. It also shows the setting. It is in the middle of a meadow with long grass with a windmill in the back ground. The wind mill suggests that it’s a farm meaning that someone owns it. Therefore letting the audience know that the girl is not too far from civilisation. There is few hills in the back ground and the sea is just within view. This suggests that they are near the coast and it is a very flat coast line. This just gives the audience some information on what the land is like. The boy then enters the shot on the right wearing the same clothes as last time and we can now see that he is wearing shorts. The girl’s dress and the boy’s shorts suggest that the weather is hot. But the clouds show that it is not sunny. So it might be humid. The shot then cuts to a mid shot of the bottom half of the girl. She has a yellow suitcase, record player in her left hand, cat in a bag and Sunday school shoes. All of this shows that this girl is prepared for something. But she's not as prepared as the boy. The camera moves up the girls body and shows that she has got dark red hair and she is young. all of these factors put together create an impression that she is innocent and untrained for the wilderness. The shot then changes to a mid shot of the boy. He is wearing the same stuff as earlier but we can see that he is smoking a pipe now. The boy has nothing that he's is carrying with his hands yet the girl has Emphasizing how He is more prepared then she is because she is carrying a lot of bags with her hands. The audience can now tell that he has a lot of badges on his shirt. Telling the audience that he has many achievements.

In conclusion I believe that these two micro features have made this scene incredible informative to the audience and can show and tell the audience in single shots what are they doing there, Whos more prepared, How have they prepared and etc. The mes en scene also displays huge amounts of detail and informs the audience a large amount of information about the characters. 

Review on the Shining//

 I believe that the shining is in the horror genre. The shining was made in the year of 1980 on the 23rd of May. It is directed by Stanley Kubrick. It was originally a book written by the American author Stephen King. I have chosen the shining because it is one of my favorite horror films. The intended effect on the audience is to confuse and scare them. I believe that the film definitely achieves its purpose. It achieves it by displaying the films themes very well. The main themes of the film are dread, isolation and insanity.

 It displays the theme of dread through its tracking and dolly shots. There is three tracking shots of the character Danny on his tricycle. Danny is the son of the family. The tracking shot creates dread whenever it goes round a corner this because the audience expects something to appear every time it goes round the corner but nothing ever does for the first two times. The third tricycle tracking shot the twins appear. By this time the audience is on the edge of their seats because so much suspense is drawn up by the tracking shots and nothing ever appearing round the corner. The sound play a huge role in creating dread. There is few scenes where the music will build to a crescendo but then dissipates. The effect of this makes the audience think that something is going to happen but then nothing does therefore filling the audience with dread. For example the first time when Danny tries to open the 237 room and it’s locked.

 I believe that the theme of isolation is displayed very well through the wide angle shots of the hotel. These wide angle shots create isolation by having none else in the frame but one person conveying how the character is all on his own. For example when jack is working in the main room the shot is very wide and very tall. Another example of isolation is the scenes where Danny is riding around on his tricycle for the first time. There is no music in this scene. There is only the noise of the tricycle riding over the wooden floor and the carpet. This therefore gives an atmosphere of isolation because there is no music to accompany the tricycle. Although Music might have made this scene scarier I think that the lack of music creates a better sense of isolation.

 The theme of insanity is displayed through a lot of ways. The mid shot of Jack looking out through the window to Wendy and Danny. The shot very slowly moves closer to jacks face representing how he is becoming crazy but becoming crazy very slowly. Another way that insanity it represented is the set design. There are rooms and doors which don’t lead to anywhere and corridors which shouldn’t be there. For example for Danny’s first tricycle ride he upstairs riding around the corridors. Some of the corridors which Danny rides down don’t fit with the lay out of the set. This was Stanley Kubrick’s way of boggling the minds of the audience. Another form of confusing set design is the entrance of the hedge maze. At the beginning the hedge maze s facing away from the hotel but at the end of the film the hedge maze is facing towards the hotel. Also the fact that the characters never notice through the film at all and nothing is ever mentioned about it. This again confuses the audience. Another thing to do with the maze is when jack is looking at the miniature model of the maze. The model maze its self looks like a very simple maze. The shot then changes to a bird’s eye view of the maze and shows Danny and Wendy in the center of it. The maze is much bigger and looks much more complex than the model. This shows how the maze changes therefore confusing the audience even further and creating the theme of insanity.

Ralph micro features review// Ralph The short film Ralph was made in 2008 and it was directed by Alex Winckler. The film is within the romance genre and has a sub-genre of drama. A romance drama is a genre that explores the complex side of love. The obstacles in this genre can range from family disapproval, to forbidden love to one’s own psychological restraints. The obstacle within the film Ralph is commitment mismatch. The main character Ralph travels to Marseille to declare his love for his best friend Clare. But Ralph finds out that Clare does not like him in the same way. Which leaves Ralph to make a decision at the end of the film. Either, carry on with being a best friend with Clare and staying secretly in love with her or become friends with the waitress that he met in the restaurant and leave Clare. Ralph choses to leave Clare and become friends with the waitress. I believe that there is three main themes within the film. There is love and loneliness. Love is displayed through the mes en scene and the performance factor. The mes en scene feature is the character Ralph wears a red t shirt. The colour for love, passion and desire is red. This is a constant reminder to the audience that he is in love. The theme of love is also displayed through performance. The Character Ralph does not stop trying to call Clare, he tries to call Clare on different numbers and he asked the restaurant manager for a phone card then having to pay for food to use a phone card. All of these things which Ralph does shows devotion towards Clare. Another thing I would like to add about love is the movement of the suit case and the suit case its self represents Ralphs love for Clare. During the first scene the suit case the suit case is clunky, gets in the way and difficult to move round this represents how his love for Clare is only one way, he loves her but she doesn’t love him which is why it is difficult for him to drag the suit case around. In the middle scene the waitress trips over the suitcase. This represents how Ralphs love for Clare could get in the way of normal life. It is only at the end of the movie where the audience sees the suit case move smoothly. This suggests that Ralph’s decision to become friends with the waitress and leave Clare suddenly made his life become less of a struggle. The micro feature sound creates the theme of love. When Ralph gives up all hope of calling Clare he bangs of the phone box several times. This then attracts the waitress over therefore starting their relationship. Without the banging noises from Ralph hitting the phone box he wouldn’t have met the waitress. Loneliness is displayed through the cinematography. Within the first scene in the train station most of the close up and mid shots of Ralph, he is on his own in the frame. This illustrates his loneliness. All of the establishing shots within the train station are very wide and tall shots creating the space in the frame very large which emphasizes his loneliness. There is a very high and wide angle shot of Ralph in the train station with people around him but yet he is placed in the centre of the frame on his own looking around himself, creating a sense of emptiness. Another shot is a panorama of Ralph crossing the bridge. No one is with him in the shot even though he surrounded by traffic and people constructing a sense of emptiness. In summary I believe that themes in the short film Ralph were displayed and conveyed very well by lots of factors.

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