Matilda Analysis - Belonging
Matilda (film)
Title-
“matilda”
Type of text Film
Composer-
Danny DeVito
Audience families, little children
Source- directed in 1996, based on the book written by Roald dahl
Context-
A young girl, Matilda, who unfortunately was raised into a family that treat Matilda like a stranger rather than their daughter.
Purpose- entertain inform
Key elements- Dialogue, narrative structure with an orientation, complication and resolution cinematic techniques, e.g. setting, camera shots, dialogue, music,
Belonging, what ideas about belonging are presented?
Despite an individual’s desire to belong to a group or community, this is not always possible.
More than anything else, belonging is about finding a sense of place in the world.
Belonging
Matilda has a sense of belonging when with her school peers/friends and when she is with Miss Honey.
When at the school and with the children, she smiled, and loved the environment/setting.
When with Miss Honey, Matilda smiled and laughed. She felt had a connection with Miss honey.
She had a sense of belonging when at the forest and also at the library. She had inner peace and felt happy there reading books in the silence.
Not belonging
She did not belong in the family, even when the father first saw her. He just made a face and walked away.
The family felt there was something wrong with her.
The family hated books and television, while she loved reading books.
The family uses her like a tool. “Who would be there to sign the packages”.
Father forces her to stop reading and to watch TV.
Cynically, the father says “you’re not going to be calling us for support payments”, rather than saying good bye.
Her sense of exclusion is presented in the relationship between her parents and family.
film techniques
Techniques
Example + effect
Lighting + contrast
In the scene, after Matilda is dragged away from her father after asking for a book, she walks to the staircase and is
Title-
“matilda”
Type of text Film
Composer-
Danny DeVito
Audience families, little children
Source- directed in 1996, based on the book written by Roald dahl
Context-
A young girl, Matilda, who unfortunately was raised into a family that treat Matilda like a stranger rather than their daughter.
Purpose- entertain inform
Key elements- Dialogue, narrative structure with an orientation, complication and resolution cinematic techniques, e.g. setting, camera shots, dialogue, music,
Belonging, what ideas about belonging are presented?
Despite an individual’s desire to belong to a group or community, this is not always possible.
More than anything else, belonging is about finding a sense of place in the world.
Belonging
Matilda has a sense of belonging when with her school peers/friends and when she is with Miss Honey.
When at the school and with the children, she smiled, and loved the environment/setting.
When with Miss Honey, Matilda smiled and laughed. She felt had a connection with Miss honey.
She had a sense of belonging when at the forest and also at the library. She had inner peace and felt happy there reading books in the silence.
Not belonging
She did not belong in the family, even when the father first saw her. He just made a face and walked away.
The family felt there was something wrong with her.
The family hated books and television, while she loved reading books.
The family uses her like a tool. “Who would be there to sign the packages”.
Father forces her to stop reading and to watch TV.
Cynically, the father says “you’re not going to be calling us for support payments”, rather than saying good bye.
Her sense of exclusion is presented in the relationship between her parents and family.
film techniques
Techniques
Example + effect
Lighting + contrast
In the scene, after Matilda is dragged away from her father after asking for a book, she walks to the staircase and is