The iconic film The Graduate, directed by Mike Nichols shows the common struggle of a quarter-life crisis that most graduates face. Even though this film was released in 1967, its message is still very relevant today and revolutionary for its time. This Drama/Romance film was groundbreaking due to its use of sex and coming-of-age politics. The film won an Academy Award for best director and A Golden Globe for best director, best motion picture and best actress. All these awards were made possible due to the film's choice of screenplay, editing/ cinematographic choices, and secondary narrative.
The Graduates screenplay was based on the 1963 novel by Charles Webb where he really put himself in his character's shoes so that authenticity would
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The scuba gear or scuba diver is an allegory that is used throughout the film. In the opening scene, you see Benjamin looking through a fish tank where there is a scuba diver in the left corner with a gun pointed towards his head. At first you don’t find the figure important but when his parents come collect him from his room we see the first link to one of his suppressors. Later on in the scene Mrs.Robinson throws his car keys into the tank knocking over the figure also highlighting his other suppressor. Both of these events links these characters to the scuba diver which configures the allegory. The scuba diver is then brought to life later on in the film when Benjamin's parents buy him scuba gear for his birthday. The scuba divers allegory is demonstrating the weight of the real world downing Benjamin. Infact the scene when he puts on the scuba gear Nicolas highlights the fact that his parents are pushing him further into the pool, drowning him further. In the end of the scene the camera pans back and Benjamin appears just like the icon in the fish tank showing that his parents and Mrs. Robinson are key parts in why the real world is drowning him (Green, …show more content…
The use of screenplay in the film gave the story multiple layers that only watching the film more than once will expose. The film's editing and cinematography also helped the film gain the reputation it has today. The use of long scenes, transitions and symbolic zooms helped give the viewer a sense of time and emotions that took place throughout the film. Lastly The Graduate’s secondary narrative added an extra depth to the film by its use of allegories and symbols. Even though The Graduate was released in 1967 the film will remain a legacy due to topic, it depicts an entire nation feeling’s after graduation or even after getting married. It shows uncertainty which for most films at this time was unheard of and for most films today as well. It gives an insight to the real emotions of the world once University is complete causing people to be captivated with the story for years to
‘Homecoming’ directed by Bruce Dawe has an effective illustration compared to ‘The Australian Dream’. It provides an
Throughout the term I have begun experiencing movies in a different way. The class has taken ideas of cinematography, theory, and film history and practically applied it to physically watching movies. By breaking down scenes and movies as a whole, the way I look at films in general has developed. A reflection on two of the films from this term, Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) and North by Northwest (Hitchcock, 1959) will carry the bulk of the essay. Though, I will also be discussing how this class changed the way I saw a movie just a few weeks ago. Casablanca’s script and acting are of particular caliber, and North by Northwest unfortunately does not deliver with the dialogue and casting of lead actor Cary Grant. Though, overall, they both
There are many different elements of film that filmmakers can utilize to make a film. Direction, storyline, cinematography, mise en scene, as well as point of view and tone can all lend a hand in making a film great. One might say that the most important aspect of a film is the script. Others might argue the actors are the most important part. However, an impressive balance of all of the different elements of film are what can elevate a film to greatness. That is why the best film viewed this semester is Night of the Living Dead.
The film that I chose to write about is a Paramount Pictures presentation titled Mean Girls, starring Lindsay Lohan and also featuring a handful of Saturday Night Live cast members, including Tina Fey the author of this picture. The reason behind choosing this film is because it has a unique style of introducing characters, transitioning between scenes, and various tools to help spice up the film. Being one of my personal favorites, Mean Girls is a comedy about a home schooled teenage girl who enters high school for the first time. She tries to figure herself out by where she can fit in and who she needs to become friends with.
Before beginning of this quarter, I had no formal education on the topic of love or cinema studies which made this course seem the most intriguing. This was a completely new topic to me. Through the many assignments and group discussions, I have a much greater understanding of the world of film and understanding love in east Asian countries. With the help of my peers reviewing my assignments and providing a different perspective on my essays, I have honed my abilities in writing and thorough film analysis.
The Graduate is a great example of a film where lens and camera choices were used effectively to convey the director’s point of view. It seemed like every choice made by the director Mike Nichols director and the director of cinematography Bob Surtees was justified. The outcome of each shot played an important role in shaping the message of the film. The cinematography of Bob Surtees is very complicated and thoughtful but at the same time seems poetic and spontaneous.
In normal Hollywood style, the montage functions as a way of condensing the plot of the film while giving the minimum amount of detail as possible. An exemplar of the Hollywood montage is the Rocky (dir. John G. Avildsen, 1976). The film show the titular character’s training sequence condensed to a fast-paced action scene. However, the Drifting scene in The Graduate (dir. Mike Nichols, 1967) takes a more unconventional approach to the montage, as it use unconventional editing such as graphic match and impossible match on action to assist in confusing the audience, mirroring the confusion and listlessness Ben (Dustin Hoffman) feel towards his current affair with Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft).
The most prominent theme of all college-oriented movies is the necessity for building relationships through socialization. In her analysis, Tucciarone conducts a study using
The Big Short is a movie that discusses the housing market crash in 2008. As you may know, the banks, the mortgage brokers, and the consumers were all affected by this collapse. On each level of the system, there were things that went wrong and that could have been changed that could have prevented the failure of the housing market.
Using the films The Graduate (1967) and Back to the Future (1985) I will be analyzing the way film music has changed and stayed the same over the years. Both films were eighteen years apart but used many scores by famous musicians who topped billboard charts and differed in their inspirations of how the music was created to capture certain moments in the films.
After enduring a string of abusive relationships, Jean arrives unannounced at her estranged father-in-law 's ranch in Wyoming, with her daughter Griff. Griff 's father and Jean 's late husband died years ago in a fatal car crash while Jean was behind the wheel. Her father-in-law, Einar, has never gotten over it and still blames Jean for his son 's death. Einar lives on the ranch with his business partner, Mitch, who was mauled by a bear one night when Einar was drunk. This film reflects on forgiveness and rebirth, as family members work through their problems related to various communication and relationship theories. The main characters in the film are interdependent with each other, often times seen interfering with one another in terms of conflict resolution. This paper will analyze how the main characters cooperate to keep the conflict in motion throughout the film An Unfinished Life through the use of systematic collection of information about the dynamics of conflict resolution (Conflict Assessment, n.d.).
The 1988 drama movie Stand And Deliver directed by Ramon Menendez tells the true story of a group of six High School Seniors who are accused of cheating on their AP Calculus test. The Movie Stand and Deliver literally delivers a powerful message about overcoming challenges. This theme is developed through characters and plot with a Man vs. Society background about racism.
In service of this argument, the essay unfolds in three parts. The first section sketches an appropriate framework for understanding how cinema marshals and moves viewers by engaging them in a fully embodied experience.4 The second section offers a brief overview of the film's plot before turning to an analysis of its triptych narrative and affective development. The third and final section considers the methodological, critical, and theoretical implications suggested by the preceding analysis.
In 1919, The Broken Blossoms was first released by D.W. Griffith, who is famous for his montage. Almost half an century later(1968), The Graduate, directed by Mike Nichols, was named as the Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy by Golden Globe Award.
Scuba Diving is defined as swimming and breathing below water. Scuba stands for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.1 Scuba makes it possible for one to explore the amazing sights of the underwater world. Divers can remain underwater by using a cylinder of air to breathe. It is practiced recreationally all around the world and can even be a profession. Scuba divers enroll in courses through an organization, such as PADI.