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Deconstruction of Forrest Gump .

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Camera Work:

Using tracking at the start of theopening scene so that it follows

the drifting feather down makes the clip seem more appealing and

also relates to the peacefulatmosphere to the film. Afterusing the technique tracking of

the feather landing at thecharacters feet the camera

focuses on his feet for a few seconds this can hint to the

audience that these shoes areimportant to the story. Thecamera then uses tracking up to

the character sitting down. Ituses a lot of eye level shots

which are close up. The use of close up gives the audience a

feel although the character isnt ve ry happy or is a bit strange.

As the use of a long shot is used to show that a bus has turnedup, this could indicate to the audience that the film is now starting and the opening scene is now over.

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Editing:

The way the editors use of showing the audience of thecharacter waiting at a bus stopand him telling his story tostrangers shows that thischaracter isnt as normal as hemay come across. This alsomakes the film different andunique, I havent seen this technique used before and it makes

the film more appealing to the audience.

Sound:

The music and sound used in the film make the film relate withall the other film techniques that are used to create theopening scene. They use instruments such as a piano and

flutes using them slowly to give this peaceful atmosphere. Theuse of this makes the audience feel like it will be a nice

romantic and calm kind of film.

Titles:

The titles in For r est Gump are very simple and are just in themiddle of the screen. The

way they match in with thepeaceful feel in the

opening scene is because they slowly fade in andout. The titles are plain

white making it stand outon its back ground.

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Mise-en-scene:

Using the feather to slowly drift from in the sky to the floor gives the film a good and peaceful. Themuddy shoes show that whoever

wearing them have used them a lot. The clip of the shoes could hint to the audience that they might come up again in the film. Thesuit case could show that this character could be important or

that hes far away from home as hes got a lot of belongings in

it. The fact that he picks up the feather and places it in a book inhis suit case shows that maybe hesrecording life events or is creative.

This keeps the audience guessingand wants to watch on into the film.Using a nice formal shirt and a

jacket make him look smart although he is important, hisshoes don t match with his suit so this gives an interpretation

that the shoes are very important to not only the character but the film. The box of what looks like chocolates will make theaudience think that he is going to see someone as it has a bow

wrapped around the box, this could indicate it is a present forsomeone, this could be a woman as stereotypically chocolatesas a present are for women.

Conclusion:

When I do my filming the techniques from this film Id like touse are

I like the use of showing the titles on top of a clip thatgradually leads up to the opening scene.

The use of fading in and out the titles

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Use of camera techniques such as tracking Use of props to give the film its genre meaning