Thursday 28 December 2017

American Beauty Analysis




The scene starts with raining that can be heard from inside. The first part of dialogue is said by the women, with the words "what's wrong". The camera is at a birds-eye-view that zooms in on the two characters, Angela and Lester.

An over the shoulder shot shows Angela crying and asking Lester if she is beautiful. The two characters share a hug and she says sorry whilst sopping into his shoulder. This creates quite a melancholic atmosphere whilst the camera turns onto the man and slowly zooms into his face whilst the rain can be heard again in the background.

A quick transistion is made into the inside of a car and focuses on the rain falling on the window. The camera slowly zooms in and focuses on a red door that is infront of the car.

The scene then transitions into the house and there is dialogue between the characters. Shot reverse shot is taking place to show each character speaking. 

Non digetic sound plays over the conversation for a short amount of time as it then slowly fades back into the rain outside the house which leaves a eerie atmosphere. 

As Angela leaves, Lester is seen speaking to himself, whilst the camera follows him around the kitchen. Non digetic sound is played softly. He then picks up a picture of his family and then sits down and admires the frame. A mid shot shows him smiling and speaking to the frame and himself. He is unaware that a gun is now pointing directly behind his head. The scene slowly fades along with the music. This then creates a cliff hanger, leaving the audience/watchers to question what happens next.


                                          

Evaluation - Question 4

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