The Graduate
“The Graduate”
The film, “The graduate”, is a romantic comedy drama, produced by Mike Nichols in 1967.
A movie typically gives us a lot of information trough the picture, the light and the sound. This is also the case in the movie “The graduate”. We are getting a lot of information trough the picture, the light and the sounds. The producer arranges these things in a certain way, and there by he puts the audience in a certain mood.
An example in the movie “The graduate”, could be the first time Ben is at Mrs. Robinson’s place. She is putting on some quiet cosy lounge music on, and gives Ben a drink and tries to seduce him. This gives us a certain feeling, and a feeling of something is coming up.
Ben comes from a wealthy background and he is an ideal student and son. Somewhere along the way Ben grew disappointed, and started to find that everything he had worked for in his life was completely without purpose or meaning. At the start of the film, Ben has just graduated from college and now has his whole life ahead of him. Ben has spent his entire life playing the role of the ideal son and been doing what was expected of him. When he arrives home from college, however, he is concerned about his future. He wants it to be different, but doesn’t know in what way. When Mrs. Robinson propositions him, Ben is at first appalled, but is soon drawn to the idea of an affair with her. Although it doesn’t necessarily make him happy or proud, he carries on the affair by night and floats around in the pool by day, still unsure of what he wants to do with his future.
Trough the movie, Ben develops from being an insecure and confused boy, who doesn’t know what to do with his life, to being a secure and confident boy, who knows what to do with his life.
After my analysis of the movie “The graduate”, can I definitely conclude that a movie shows us some things that a book can’t. All the different settings in a movie can make the audience feel so many different things,
The film, “The graduate”, is a romantic comedy drama, produced by Mike Nichols in 1967.
A movie typically gives us a lot of information trough the picture, the light and the sound. This is also the case in the movie “The graduate”. We are getting a lot of information trough the picture, the light and the sounds. The producer arranges these things in a certain way, and there by he puts the audience in a certain mood.
An example in the movie “The graduate”, could be the first time Ben is at Mrs. Robinson’s place. She is putting on some quiet cosy lounge music on, and gives Ben a drink and tries to seduce him. This gives us a certain feeling, and a feeling of something is coming up.
Ben comes from a wealthy background and he is an ideal student and son. Somewhere along the way Ben grew disappointed, and started to find that everything he had worked for in his life was completely without purpose or meaning. At the start of the film, Ben has just graduated from college and now has his whole life ahead of him. Ben has spent his entire life playing the role of the ideal son and been doing what was expected of him. When he arrives home from college, however, he is concerned about his future. He wants it to be different, but doesn’t know in what way. When Mrs. Robinson propositions him, Ben is at first appalled, but is soon drawn to the idea of an affair with her. Although it doesn’t necessarily make him happy or proud, he carries on the affair by night and floats around in the pool by day, still unsure of what he wants to do with his future.
Trough the movie, Ben develops from being an insecure and confused boy, who doesn’t know what to do with his life, to being a secure and confident boy, who knows what to do with his life.
After my analysis of the movie “The graduate”, can I definitely conclude that a movie shows us some things that a book can’t. All the different settings in a movie can make the audience feel so many different things,