Anis Cheng B elle Chaung Arik Wu Rola Chang Sam W ang Outline Director Characters Flows and underlying themes A Death B Family amp Flows of Desire C Communication ID: 362569
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Amélie
Anis Cheng
B
elle
Chaung
Arik Wu
Rola Chang
Sam
W
angSlide2
Outline
Director
Characters
Flows
and underlying themes
A.
Death
B.
Family
& Flows of Desire
C.
Communication
vs. Fragmentation
D.
Flaneur
: Petisme
IV. Filming techiques
V. ConclusionSlide3
Director:
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Features of filming:
-
M
any characters- A storyteller- Bizarre (exposive, sex)- Outsider feelings- Color tone- Love objects
A Very Long
Engagement (2004)
Amelie (2001)Slide4
Their
lives
:
Seem happy
→ IN FACT
Social
misfitXenophobiaDisappointments
Breakthrough
**Flaneur**
http://ppt.cc/c7rkSlide5
Death
Mother / Autobiography (funeral)
/
Diana
/ news / Concierge’s husband / The dog / Brodeteau / Assumption of the man in red shoesSlide6
Mother
Death
Death on TVSlide7
DeathSlide8
DeathSlide9
Death
The concierge
’s
unfaithful, deceased husband
The husband’s dog made into specimenSlide10
DeathSlide11
Family
Unsociable
father
Neruotic mother
Imaginative
Amelie Slide12
Flows of Desire: Imagination & Sex
Amelie’s wild imagination
Desire for love
Suppressed desires Slide13
Flows of Desire
:
“
Good deeds
”
Amelie determines to becomea good doer Desire for existence Searching for the meaning of life Slide14
Flows of Desire: Peeping
The
act of
peep
ing
in the filmDesire for intrudingothers’ privacy Slide15
Flows of Communication
:
Lens
& Peeping
Comprehension
InstamaticTelevisionTelescopeGlass man’s video cameraNino’s photo albumVideo tapeSlide16
Communication
Television
& v
ideo tape
s
PhotoboothMirror flashingPhoto albumPicturesGlass menuFlows of Communication: Lens & PeepingSlide17
Flows of Communication &
Fragmentation
Sh
e
’
d rather imagine herself relating to an absent person than
building relationships with those around her.Flows of Communication & FragmentationSlide18
Ind
i
r
e
ct
communication
& incomprehensive understanding:Tape recorderTalking pictureGina’s test for NinoBar owner’s love storyThe regular’s novelSlide19
Amelie’s
ind
i
r
e
ct
communication & incomprehensive understanding:Letters/flyers/notes“Girl with water”Phonebooth(Bretodeau)Bretodeau’s bar conversation Amelie’s match makingConversaiton between Amelie and DadAmelie asks about Nino from his colleagues
Treasure
huntSlide20
Flaneur: Petisme
Through personal “eccentricities” to see the city. Slide21
Filmimg Techniques
1.
Postmodern
technique: pastiche (horror,
action, comic, documentary)2. Hues: red vs. greenSlide22
Filmimg
T
echniques
3. Breaking the 4th wall:
Amelie looking directly
into
the camera.Slide23
Filmimg Techniques
4. Ending scene: close-up, blurredSlide24
Conculsion
The director
buil
ds
a
shelter for these characters to live in
so that they can avoid the horror in the world.Slide25
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