Amelia is a dreamer. Her imagination seems to be more exciting to her than the possibility of real life. She almost seems afraid of letting life happen around her. It's as if she will be let down by reality. This way of thinking is understandable if you know the history of her life. Her mother died when she was very young and her father was a very unaffectionate man. The only time he touched his daughter was when he was giving her a mothly physical. Because of this mild affection, Amelia's heart would race. Her father interrepted the elevated heart beat to be a heart defect so Amelia was unable to attend school with the other children. Her young life has truly that made her the person she is today.
The film depicts the life of Amelia as very full. Each scene seems to have alot of clutter and different things going on, yet still remaining focused on the main characters. Frame by frame, we see how much "baggage" Amelia has in her simple life. The use of color seems to be a drab setting. Although color is used, it's not brilliant. It appears the color reflects the inner emotions that Amelia feels.
What I really enjoyed about the movie is the writers portrayal of "Everything happens for a reason." This is a wonderul love story about a dreamer that discovers reality may be better than a dream.
Jill Loucks
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Hi Jill,
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting! Try to refrain from so much summarizing of the plot for these entries. Instead assume the reader (me:) has seen the film. Try to describe, in this case, the various elements of mis-en-scene that you see, and then tell me why you think the filmmaker made that choice. For example, when you mention color (drab? to me the reds and even sometimes the yellows seems saturated and brilliant?) then go on to tell me what the drab use of color meant to you as a viewer. What did it further explain to you about the character, setting, plot, etc. Also, for this particular essay, where we have 5 elements of mis-en-scene, try to discuss several. Setting is an obvious one that deserves attention in this film, in addition to character, lighting, composition, and cinematography.
Stacy