There have been many films that convey a hidden underlining message for the audience to take with them to use in their day to day lives. The 2001 film Amelie, which was directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, is a great representation of a film that provides the audience with an underlining meaning. Amelie tells the story about a French lady who takes pleasure in helping others. She is not your typical do-gooder, she likes to be unknown from the world. One day when Amelie discoveries a hidden tin box filled with memories, it is her destiny to find its owner. While in search of the owner, she has to discover herself and be honest with the one she truly loves. The content of Amelie can be expressed in many ways including the cinematic language that is
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With the back and forth cat and mouse games between Amelie and Nino, it builds suspense for if they are going to be together in the end or not. The editors of Amelie also used animation in parts of the film to show the quirky, childish side of Amelie, including the part of the film when she was young and her fish had a personality of its own or when she was going to bed and her lamp turned into into an animal and turned the lamp of for her. Jeunet also uses many different camera angles to express the many different viewpoints of the actors. There are many scenes where the director makes it seem as if the audience was there, for example when Nino is running up the stairs as if they were chasing after him. Amelie was truly a fast-paced photograph of life. The film of Amelie expresses the story of a girl in Paris finding herself while helping other. This film was interesting but the parts that made it stand out was the director and editing teams use many sources to help create the storyline of Amelie’s life including the flashbacks of the past with the cinematic language, expressing to the audience the importance of helping others and one’s self, and the use of realism. Amelie is an informative film that reveals the truth of about life and how we should live
With the back and forth cat and mouse games between Amelie and Nino, it builds suspense for if they are going to be together in the end or not. The editors of Amelie also used animation in parts of the film to show the quirky, childish side of Amelie, including the part of the film when she was young and her fish had a personality of its own or when she was going to bed and her lamp turned into into an animal and turned the lamp of for her. Jeunet also uses many different camera angles to express the many different viewpoints of the actors. There are many scenes where the director makes it seem as if the audience was there, for example when Nino is running up the stairs as if they were chasing after him. Amelie was truly a fast-paced photograph of life. The film of Amelie expresses the story of a girl in Paris finding herself while helping other. This film was interesting but the parts that made it stand out was the director and editing teams use many sources to help create the storyline of Amelie’s life including the flashbacks of the past with the cinematic language, expressing to the audience the importance of helping others and one’s self, and the use of realism. Amelie is an informative film that reveals the truth of about life and how we should live