Assignment #3

This clip is from the movie Amelie.


I couldn't post the screenplay for some reason, so I uploaded it.
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I love this movie. Every time I watch this scene I cant help but feel happy. This is the point in the movie where Amelie decides to do good deeds and help others. She sees the Blind Man and decided to give him something he can never have, sight. She walks around the street describing anything and everything to him as his face lights up with joy. I feel that this scene puts space to good use. When the Blind Man is tapping his cane on the street we can hear it very sharply at first then it starts to sound like it is in an empty room, very hollow and void. This is playing with our perception of where we are. We are looking at a busy city street but it sounds like an empty room. Almost like how the blind man must feel. This clip also uses time well. The music’s speed in the background goes perfectly with the tempo they are walking. It makes us feel like it could be playing on the street. The clip also uses recognition with everything she is describing there is a sound the goes along with it. This is to give us two cues, visual and audible. Movement is uses with the camera angle. It is following Amelie and the man and tells us how fast they are walking and the mood of the scene. Its almost like we are feeling how the man she is helping must feel. Overwhelmed and filled with pure excitement.