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My Character for Willy Wonka
This character is a fun loving guy, trying to live life to it's fullest. He's an excentric genius that has a love for chocolate and making it. His strange antics depict him to be mad and perculia.
Thursday 9 September 2010
opening of a feature film.
American Beauty
Character: Lester Burmham
He's bored with his life. He knows the ins and outs of his day very well, and has obviously been in the same routine for such a long time, that not only does he know what he's going to do each day, he's bored with it. his wife seems to be the dominant figure in the household and both her and his daughter seem to have little respect for him. I wouldn't say he's depressed, more he's waiting for something different to happen. He seems at this point to have a pretty dull and mundane personality, probably an effect of his boring life.
Because the opening two minutes depict quite a boring and depressing lifestyle, I assume that something happens that changes Lester's life completely, or something that happens that is somethings that is so different to the happenings of his usual day that it interests him.
Jerry Maguire
character: Jerry Maguire
He's very confident, well spoken, knows people and is very comfortable with the way he looks, how he performs at his job and how he generally behaves. Seems like the kind of guy that knows a lot of people, has good connections and can make his way easily enough in the world. in the short introduction to the film, he starts off depicting his life as a very happy and successful one, but nearing the end of the two minute clip, there's an undertone that he's not entirely happy with his life/the stresses his career entails.
Comparison between Jerry Maguire and Lester Burmham
Their personalities are very different. Jerry has confidence and Lester obviously doesn't. Jerry has a successful career, and a fast paced lifestyle, and Lester is the opposite with boring life and a slow and unfulfilling lifestyle.
Early Doors
Character: Ken
He has a practised and fine tuned routine. He tips cheap brandy into expense bottles to make the brandy look more expensive; this gives the impression that he isn't fussed about rules and regulations as long as everyone's happy and he makes a little more money. He has the look and personality of what we see to be a typical landlord (overweight, jolly, welcoming in the locals)
Opening Sequences
London to Brighton
Has quite a dark opening scene, that is high paced. Doesn't explain much about what is going on in the story so the audience are confused as to what is happening. Because you don't know what's going on, the audience has to imagine why the mum has a black eye and why the mother and child are in the situation they're in.
The Graduate
The shots of him from him coming off the plane, then his short journey to exiting the airport are quite basic, boring shots. These shots reflect his life and his personality. The way he's dressed and the airport in the surrounding background is also plane and boring.
Napoleon Dynamite
opening sequence is very different to most, and incorporates the credits in a way that is visually interesting and sets a tone for the film, also giving a small insight into the story (school trays and food).
Character: Lester Burmham
He's bored with his life. He knows the ins and outs of his day very well, and has obviously been in the same routine for such a long time, that not only does he know what he's going to do each day, he's bored with it. his wife seems to be the dominant figure in the household and both her and his daughter seem to have little respect for him. I wouldn't say he's depressed, more he's waiting for something different to happen. He seems at this point to have a pretty dull and mundane personality, probably an effect of his boring life.
Because the opening two minutes depict quite a boring and depressing lifestyle, I assume that something happens that changes Lester's life completely, or something that happens that is somethings that is so different to the happenings of his usual day that it interests him.
Jerry Maguire
character: Jerry Maguire
He's very confident, well spoken, knows people and is very comfortable with the way he looks, how he performs at his job and how he generally behaves. Seems like the kind of guy that knows a lot of people, has good connections and can make his way easily enough in the world. in the short introduction to the film, he starts off depicting his life as a very happy and successful one, but nearing the end of the two minute clip, there's an undertone that he's not entirely happy with his life/the stresses his career entails.
Comparison between Jerry Maguire and Lester Burmham
Their personalities are very different. Jerry has confidence and Lester obviously doesn't. Jerry has a successful career, and a fast paced lifestyle, and Lester is the opposite with boring life and a slow and unfulfilling lifestyle.
Early Doors
Character: Ken
He has a practised and fine tuned routine. He tips cheap brandy into expense bottles to make the brandy look more expensive; this gives the impression that he isn't fussed about rules and regulations as long as everyone's happy and he makes a little more money. He has the look and personality of what we see to be a typical landlord (overweight, jolly, welcoming in the locals)
Opening Sequences
London to Brighton
Has quite a dark opening scene, that is high paced. Doesn't explain much about what is going on in the story so the audience are confused as to what is happening. Because you don't know what's going on, the audience has to imagine why the mum has a black eye and why the mother and child are in the situation they're in.
The Graduate
The shots of him from him coming off the plane, then his short journey to exiting the airport are quite basic, boring shots. These shots reflect his life and his personality. The way he's dressed and the airport in the surrounding background is also plane and boring.
Napoleon Dynamite
opening sequence is very different to most, and incorporates the credits in a way that is visually interesting and sets a tone for the film, also giving a small insight into the story (school trays and food).
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