Film Analysis- Shutter Island
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Martin Scorsese is known to be one of the greatest filmmaker of his generation. One of the finest contemporary American directors that have a unique film style although can difficult for many to understand. I have chosen Scorseses’ many violent, physical and psychological films to study, Shutter Island. Scorsese uses film techniques such as dialogue, music, camera work, motifs, and colour thus transcends the main character (Teddy Daniels/Andrew Laeddis), superficial traits to concentrate on his spiritual condition, his inner anguish and humanity. Scorsese also uses these techniques as Teddy/Andrew subconsciously blocks the truth; his delusional world verse reality which all links to our main theme, “is it better to live as a monster or die as a good man?” These two scenes are dominant throughout the film as it details specific aspects as to why Teddy is the way he is, and to get a more clear understanding of his mind and how it works as his mind creates and complicates the storyline of this movie. Both scenes have a mixture of the past and the present.
A scene, in Shutter Island, Scorsese applies great use of his camera work to enhance the audiences’ view of the two characters, Teddy/Andrew and Rachael/Dolores. The scene fades in with a choker close up as Teddy falls asleep, an angle that allows a level of intimacy between the viewer and the character, the emotion is shown through Teddy’s troubled facial-expression. This portrays that the following sequence is stemming from his mind. The scene is then introduced presenting a wide angle, which allows for a sense of depth as it separates the foreground from the background. It provides detail of specific surroundings and becomes apparent that this home is from a different era and so we realise that Teddy is reflecting on some aspect of his past. There is also a jump cut when Dolores
Martin Scorsese is known to be one of the greatest filmmaker of his generation. One of the finest contemporary American directors that have a unique film style although can difficult for many to understand. I have chosen Scorseses’ many violent, physical and psychological films to study, Shutter Island. Scorsese uses film techniques such as dialogue, music, camera work, motifs, and colour thus transcends the main character (Teddy Daniels/Andrew Laeddis), superficial traits to concentrate on his spiritual condition, his inner anguish and humanity. Scorsese also uses these techniques as Teddy/Andrew subconsciously blocks the truth; his delusional world verse reality which all links to our main theme, “is it better to live as a monster or die as a good man?” These two scenes are dominant throughout the film as it details specific aspects as to why Teddy is the way he is, and to get a more clear understanding of his mind and how it works as his mind creates and complicates the storyline of this movie. Both scenes have a mixture of the past and the present.
A scene, in Shutter Island, Scorsese applies great use of his camera work to enhance the audiences’ view of the two characters, Teddy/Andrew and Rachael/Dolores. The scene fades in with a choker close up as Teddy falls asleep, an angle that allows a level of intimacy between the viewer and the character, the emotion is shown through Teddy’s troubled facial-expression. This portrays that the following sequence is stemming from his mind. The scene is then introduced presenting a wide angle, which allows for a sense of depth as it separates the foreground from the background. It provides detail of specific surroundings and becomes apparent that this home is from a different era and so we realise that Teddy is reflecting on some aspect of his past. There is also a jump cut when Dolores