In English, we are preparing for our assessment. We did a practice paragraph for the movie 'Silver Lining's Playbook'. Where we had to analyse the aspects and state why those specific aspects were put in the film by the director.
In this scene, the director uses the handheld camera with the aspect of editing. This is demonstrated through the use of the technique of handheld camera shot, which was used in most of the scenes making the scenes shaky and unsteady, in addition to the aspect of editing with lots of scene skipping or jump cuts. Making everything seem fast-paced and onto the point. The director uses the film techniques of handheld camera shots along with editing effectively, to show the tense and unstableness of the situations that the characters are in. These techniques demonstrate to the audience how fast-paced and unsteady the scene is, making the audience feel anxious about what's to come next. Usually in movies, we as the audience are supposed to just get to know the characters and “settle in '' but in this movie’s case, we are purposely made to feel anxious and perhaps even lightheaded to make us feel what it's like to be in the character's shoes. For example, the protagonist Pat has bipolar disorder, which is a type of mental illness that is associated with mood swings and depressive episodes. The unstableness and the jump cuts of the scene help the audience empathize with what Pat is feeling. These aspects also work effectively with lighting and set design, as it adds to the atmosphere of the characters' situation, and help us understand and feel for the characters better. This is important because mental illness is more common than people think, and many people suffer from it. The director executes this really well as everyone has their own sufferings. Through this movie, it helps us empathise with what the characters are feeling and what they're going through and how they’re just like every other person and that they shouldn’t be outcasted and treated differently because of their mental illnesses as they didn’t choose to have it.
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In this scene, the director uses the handheld camera with the aspect of editing. This is demonstrated through the use of the technique of handheld camera shot, which was used in most of the scenes making the scenes shaky and unsteady, in addition to the aspect of editing with lots of scene skipping or jump cuts. Making everything seem fast-paced and onto the point. The director uses the film techniques of handheld camera shots along with editing effectively, to show the tense and unstableness of the situations that the characters are in. These techniques demonstrate to the audience how fast-paced and unsteady the scene is, making the audience feel anxious about what's to come next. Usually in movies, we as the audience are supposed to just get to know the characters and “settle in '' but in this movie’s case, we are purposely made to feel anxious and perhaps even lightheaded to make us feel what it's like to be in the character's shoes. For example, the protagonist Pat has bipolar disorder, which is a type of mental illness that is associated with mood swings and depressive episodes. The unstableness and the jump cuts of the scene help the audience empathize with what Pat is feeling. The scene also where they zoomed in on Pat when he pretended to take the pill and the scene cut transitioned onto the pill zoomed in. These aspects also work effectively with lighting and set design, as it adds to the atmosphere of the character's situation, and help us understand and feel for the characters better. This is important because mental illness is more common than people think, and many people suffer from it. The director executes this really well as everyone has their own sufferings. Through this movie, it helps us empathise with what the characters are feeling -the feelings of overwhelmed, anger, and sadness- and what they're going through and how they’re just like every other person and that they shouldn’t be outcasted and treated differently because of their mental illnesses as they didn’t choose to have it.
