Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Film Art Event

In "The King's Speech," the establishing shot was of a microphone and the first scene was of a news reporter getting ready to give a speech on it.  This showed how important the radio and speaking on a microphone to the people was.  It made the people of England feel as though the King was their friend and was sitting in their living room giving them the latest news.  Also in the establishing shot, the news reporter is preparing nervously to speak into the microphone which reflects onto what is going to happen later in the film.  He does precise measurements and mouth movements to prepare himself to speak.

The camera angles were different than usual movies.  They made the film feel more artsy and more unclose and personal.  It was as if they were using different angles than usual because we were seeing an intimate side of the royal family that the audience had never seen before.

The story line was very interesting.  I have never been so drawn into a movie in my life.  I would definitely say it is now one of my favorite movies.  The scenes that moved me were the ones where Lionel (the "doctor") would pull something out of "Bernie," that shed light of his sad private life.  It was very interesting that things that occurred in his developmental years, probably caused his stutter.  It was extremely moving when the audience saw how close of friends they became and King George VI had never had a friend before.  It was amazing to see the transformation in his speech and to see him make it successfully through his first wartime speech as King.  There was staging in the film when Lionel was trying out for a part in a play.

All of the actors were extremely convincing in their roles.  They fit exactly the depiction of the character they played.

The music in the film was a lot of classical music that fit perfectly with the movie and the time period.  Music was also used to make Bernie speak correctly for the first time.

The genre of the film was a historical drama.

The meaning I got from the film "The King's Speech" was that in order to be successful, you have to truly believe in yourself and you can come over anything if you try your very hardest and are always honest and caring.  Once Bernie let Lionel into his life and trusted him, he became unstoppable.  Lionel was with him in every single one of his speeches.  You have to trust people and have faith in them.  There were so many hardships in Bernie's life that no one knew about, like most people, and he pushed past that and became an honorable ruler.

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