500 Days of Summer- Movie ESSAY
In the film “500 Days of Summer” directed by Marc Webb, we were presented a scene where the protagonists of the film, Tom and Summer, are seen playing around inside an IKEA store. Webb uses this scene to give the audience an insight as to what the relationship is between Tom and Summer by using film techniques such as body language, lighting and dialogue which portrays the themes of expectations vs reality and idealisation of relationships/ love.
Webb uses body language to show intimacy. The intimacy between both characters is shown when Tom and Summer are holding hands, almost lovingly, as they race towards the bedroom section of the store. This common action is often naturally done by couples to show they find comfort in each other’s presence. Webb also establishes Tom’s facial expression with close up shots as he stares at Summer (while they both lie on the bed facing towards each other) with an almost love struck expression, signifying as if being with Summer is all he’s ever wanted. Thus portraying how mentally and emotionally enchanted he is with her. These facial expressions reinforce the supposed intimacy in their relationship but later on leave the viewers confused when Summer denies she is looking for anything serious and Tom
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The high-key lighting which is shown through majority of the scene (as it is the natural lighting of the store), creates a happy/light hearted tone, similar to the mood of Tom and Summer. This demonstrates idealisation of love and normalises the myth in which people who are in relationships are always happy and without complications in their life. High-key lighting is also presented as both protagonists are in the kitchen section of the IKEA store, presenting a homely feeling as if the kitchen is their own. This portrays the Expectations vs Realities of a relationship and suggests of a future where Tom and Summer are
(500) Days of Summer (Webb, 2009) is a unique film that breaks away from the numerous conventions used in typical romantic comedies. The main theme is dealing with those small but significant moments between two people and taking a risk at love when uncertainty remains. Moments that can make someone wonder if the other person was feeling the same thing or if it was only an illusion. This is a different kind of love story as it is not told in a conventional way, yet still carries various conventional
Ali Ibrahim Morgan Erickson ENG - 101 March 15, 2016 "(500) Days of Summer " Gender Analysis (500)" Days of Summer" (2009) is a creative approach to the romantic comedy genre. An unidentified male narrator warns us early on that "This is a story of boy meets girl. This is not a love story." The film is a story about love while it may or may not end the way we expect, it's a more real, complicated, and a believable love story then any number of romantic comedies that we been exposed to. Most
500 Days of Summer Breaking traditional conventions of film creates a unique, thought provoking experience for the viewer. It is this originality that interests and captivates the viewer. Marc Webb’s ‘500 Days of Summer’ does exactly this through the films non-linear narrative, reversal of gender stereo types and the distortion of time in the film. Webb’s film breaks customs and challenges traditions of contemporary film making. ‘500 Days Of Summer’ breaks filmmaking tradition and distorts
(500) Days of summer. Whenever love appear not to work for two individuals, there will be breakups, loss and recollection. The theme of love revolves around breakups, and recollection after love towards someone has failed to materialize. The film (500) Days of summer is a film that present one of the most unique style as it comes out in a nonlinear narrative. This means that the film focuses different day in which the main character’s activities were considered worth airing or presenting. The film
wondered what the true meaning of love is? The meaning of love, between Shakespearean time and now? Or relationships from the past and now? This comparative essay will compare relationships between the play; The Midsummer’s Night Dream, and 500 days of Summer. The comparative essay will compare the relationships between Tom and Summer versus Theseus and Hippolyta, Tom and friends versus Helena and Hermia, Tom and Sister versus Egeus and Hermia. Both relationships have a connection of either what the relationship
Script Analysis - “(500) Days of Summer” (500) Days of Summer is a film directed by Marc Webb. This film is about Tom, a lovesick romantic who is blind sided when Summer, the love of his life, dumps him. He falls in love with her. But she doesn’t fall in love with him. He shifts back and forth through various periods of their 500 days together to try to figure out where things went wrong. For the most part, Webb was successful in translating the emotion of the script to the motion picture. This
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female roles play out in a plot but also heavily influence how the audience views the power dynamic between genders. Throughout Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, James K. Baxter’s He Waiata Mo Te Kare, and Marc Webb’s (500) Days of Summer all female characters have been passive victims or objects to their circumstance. Throughout all texts, female roles are passive. They
Ibrahim Morgan Erickson ENG - 101 March 16, 2016 If you want to be happy , Be ! “500 Days of Summer” is one of the most important movies in Hollywood history and it is considered as a very unique and creative initiative approach for the romantic comedy genre. Basically after watching the trailer I would say that this movie is a must-watch movie especially for guys. The story is two-year relationship between Tom and Summer. They work at the same department of a greeting card company. Tom’s problem was
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