Snowy getting us through week 3
This week in film we got the opportunity to look into the life of the house pet: Snowy. The way the film makers captured Snowy allowed the audience to feel for the turtle. In my opinion it was the camera work that created the emotions throughout the film. Snowy spent twenty-five years in a small box in the basement all alone. He only had interactions with his owner when he went to the basement to feed the turtle. The emotions were evoked during the family's Thanksgiving dinner. The audience sees a happy family chatting at the dinner table eating their meals. The camera moves out of the family dinning room window. We now see the dinning room window, and directly below it Snowy's room. He is all alone...sad. When we see Snowy explore the outdoors, the camera stays focused on one spot while Snowy travels through the shot. I believe this embraces the freedom that Snowy is now experiencing.
Before this class I never paid attention to the details involved in film; the colors, the angles, the sounds, the shots. I noticed that as I watch movies now I notice the little things. The close-up shots all you to dive into the feelings present in the subjects face. The low-angle shots makes the character feel powerful, while the high-angle shot does the opposite. Bright colors create a happier scene while plain colors create melancholy. There is so much technical work that goes into making a film that I never thought about. So much more than just the plot goes into creating emotions within the audience.
I am looking forward to seeing how watching films will continue to change for me. What will I see when watching films? What will I notice?
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