For this project, we were asked to watch and analyze the films "Amelie" and "Wizard of Oz". The main idea of the "Amelie" analysis was to look at the convergent and divergent thinking describing color, lighting and narrative. The focus of the "Wizard of Oz" analysis was to look at the convergent and divergent thinking describing scale, paradox and metaphor. Amelie
Color AnalysisBelow are a series of color pallets that I have found from the movie. The common use of warm colors can be connected to the constant attempts that Amelie makes to make everyone around her happy- warm colors put represent warmth and happiness. The accents of green in a lot of the scenes are a main representation of hope and nature. The lighting in Amelie was clearly carefully thought out. The overall lighting was never too bright. it helped each scene seem more realistic and relatable to the viewers. The lights are well placed which if done wrong could easily create a unrealistic scene or shot. The lighting is not too bright or too dim for each scene. NarrativeThe film is told in first person, by Amelie and is a linear progression. The film doesn't have flashbacks looking back on childhood, but instead it follows a timeline and order. By the story unfolding and being told in first person, you feel a sense of connection with the character Amelie. The only parts where Amelie is not narrating is at the beginning and when you are hearing whats going on in Amelie's head. This is a unknown males voice. Where the viewer will feel a connection with Amelie, they will feel a just as strong disconnection with the male narrator. Wizard of Oz
ScaleThe disproportion in the scenery and characters is something I noticed with the scale. Some scenes, the backdrop objects like the houses or the emerald castle looks "larger than life" compared to the rest of the people and things. "Munchkin Land" also shows a large scale difference physically. The munchkins are legit dwarf people making them physically significantly smaller than normal. ParadoxThere are many examples of paradox in the film. One would be the Paradox of home- Dorthy spends time wishing she could live anywhere but Kansas, but while in Oz she spends the whole time trying to return to Kansas. Also the paradox of what we view as dangerous- Dorthy becomes great friends with a lion. An animal that we would usually see in a cage in the zoo. But the real wicked/dangerous one is the wicked witch of the West- a human. It causes you to ask the question, who are the real monsters in the world? MetaphorThe children's movie is filled with concepts that make us think deeper into what they actually meant. Watching this movie as now an adult (and 18 year old adult) I am starting to catch the deeper meaning of those things. One would be the friends that Dorthy made- Tin man, scarecrow, lion- I believe its a metaphor for how unlikely friends are hidden everywhere, but also how everyone desires to change (lion wants a heart, scarecrow wants a brain, etc.) as a child it is easy to just cool at that and think "oh cool she's friends with a lion" and that be the end of it, but looking at it now you understand. Another metaphor would be the wizard. How he was so idolized in Oz and then come to find out he's just a guy behind a control curtain. Trust me, as a child I was highly let down by this, but I couldn't really tell why. Looking back now, I can tell that it represents those that we as humans idolize- how we put them on a pedi stool to be let down by them sometimes. The metaphor of the yellow brick road being life is also an example- how Dorthy goes on this journey of highs and lows with struggles and triumphs is much like how life is.
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