Harold And Maude Film Analysis

The film, “Harold and Maude” uses both classical visual and art visual in mise-en-scene and editing. By combining these two styles the film not only highlight the smooth transition between shots but also highlight different between shots to add humorous effect, which makes audiences entertaining. The classical visual style of mise-en-scene such as the setting and the clothes are use to conceal the artificial and make the audiences more easy to understand the story (4). For example, in the film, the setting is used to show the living environment of Harold and the audience assume that he is wealthy. The costume plays important roles in the film because it shows Harold transformation of personality over time. At first, he appears on screen