Saturday 26 March 2011

Chapter 6: Analysis of a fictional film sequence

As we just had analysis of films I chose a scene from chapter 6 (page 41, lines 1-5) and want to show how this scene might be pictured in a movie. I chose this scene because it shows the grieving process of the community and their reaction of a sudden death . 

1. Snapshot

This snapshot is taken in a full shot/medium long shot. It gives an overview of the situation and you can see how the little boy of the family runs in an unnoticed moment to river, while his parents are watching the nature. As you can see the parents stand close together but they don't have any physical contact.

2.Snapshot
This snapshot is taken in a medium shot. The boy is now fallen into the water and you can just see his hand over the water surface. Around his hand is water so that there is nothing which could rescue him.

3. snapshot
This snapshot is taken in a close up from the drowned boy's mother. I chose this picture because you can see there the shocked face of a women but she isn't crying. Crying would be a too strong emotion for members of the community in the public to show.

4. snapshot

This snapshot is taken in a full shot. You can see the gardeners going on with their work saying the dead boy's name to show their support to his parent and performing the Ceremony of Loss.

I didn't looked up for a picture of a funeral because I'm not that sure whether they have something like this in their community. I think that would have been mentioned in the book.

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2 comments:

  1. Englisch EF (Bru)27 March 2011 at 21:30

    Franziska,

    it's such a good idea to also pay attention too the "little stories" that are just told along Jonas' main story.

    Your choice of pictures, the analysis of the shots and your reasons and explanations that go with the snapshots all fit perfectly! I had not realized that there was such big potential about the story of Caleb! You paid attention to the community's rules and explained especially at the example of the non-crying mother very well what idea you had in mind when choosing the picture - Well done!

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  2. Caroline30 March 2011 at 09:02

    I agree with Ms. Brunstein and really like this post of you. :)
    You made a very good choice of pictures and explained them exactly. I like that you chose different camera shots and camera angles and that you regarded different expressions on the faces.
    Good work!

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