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What Is The Mood Of Amelie

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A film’s visual design is very important in executing a story. Thus, every small detail of its mise-en-scene: lighting, color, framing, props, costume, etc., are carefully picked and arranged to successfully set the mood of the film or deliver a theme. Amelie by French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet does both and shows the different aspects and techniques of staging. Doing so, the film creates a very whimsical world that Amelie, the protagonist, lives in. It is through the visual design of the film where the audience can get a glimpse of Amelie’s very unique and colorful perception of the world. Throughout the film, one element becomes very apparent. There is a common color scheme that the film follows. Every scene seem to contain the colors …show more content…

While the audience may not give attention to these two elements in other movies, Amelie makes it impossible not to. The film features both modern and vintage styles that are usually in bright colors, often times in which they blend in with the surroundings. In one of the scenes, Amelie is wearing her classic red shirt while the background is her red painted walls. On the other hand, other characters are presented as an average person that lives in a normal world. For example, Nino Quincampoix, Amelie’s love interest, has a modern style while the “glass man,” with his furry hat, coat and his items in his house, provides a vintage …show more content…

In Amelie, there seem to be no specific period in which the story is set. The wardrobe of the characters are either modern or vintage and some of the props are not just objects anymore. In one particular scene, the man on the photo booth pictures suddenly speaks to Nino. Another scene comes up in which Amelie is watching news in her television and a women that looks exactly like her, somehow describing Amelie’s current life, is on television. Of course, only the audience know that the women is a striking resemblance of Amelie. Doing this, the film falls in between reality and theatrically and the characters, especially Amelie, and everything around them is taking the audience in a time in which they think fits best. By having no specific time, a whimsical world is created, and that in which is perceived by Amelie

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