ReThe fabulous destiny of Amelie Poulain is a French film written and directed by Jean Pierre Jeunette and set in Montmartre. It is a whimsical description of contemporary Parisian life. This romantic comedy met with critical acclaim and was a box-office success. Amelie‚ aged 23‚ finds behind a loosen tile of her bathroom an old metal box of childhood memorabilia hidden by a boy who lived in her apartment decades earlier. Fascinated by this find‚ she resolves to track down the now adult man who
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Amelie: Technical Considerations to help you appreciate the film This resource is designed to be used with clips from the film Amelie‚ as part of an ‘Auteur Study’ of Jean-Pierre Jeunet‚ director of Delicatessen‚ City of Lost Children‚ Amelie and A Very Long Engagement‚ as well as his Hollywood foray‚ Alien Resurrection. The techniques used by director Jean-Pierre Jeunet and cinematographer Bruno Dubonnell are primarily used to create the tone and atmosphere appropriate to the genre of this
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Amelie Title of film: Amelie Genre: Foreign Films/ Drama/ Comedy Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Year: 2001 Actors in principal roles: Amélie Poulain (Audrey Tautou)‚ Mathieu Kassovitz (Nino Quincampoix)‚ Claire Maurier (Suzanne) Amelie Poulain (Audrey Tautou)‚ is a young woman‚ quite and shy she goes around hoping to pass un-noticed‚ yet she pay attention to all that goes on around her. A wide-eyed girl she looks at the world in a magical light‚ and from the beginning you find yourself submerged
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The movie Amelie‚ directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet‚ uses mise-en scene which in French means “having a good frame”. This is unmistakably obvious right through Amelie. In the introduction there is a breath taking shot of her skipping stones‚ her favorite thing to do. While standing on a bridge‚ the shot revolves around her. The director refers back to the theme of skipping rocks in and out of various scenes. Everywhere Amelie goes she picks rocks up and places them in her pocket‚ to skip later. In the
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Movie Title: Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d’Amelie Poulain) Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Cast: Audrey Tautou‚ Mathieu Kassovitz Genre: Romance Comedy Amelie is a movie that was filmed in french language with english subtitles. The movie takes place in Montmarte with the main character a young girl named Amelie. The story is mainly about how Amelie grew up with odd parents and had a deprived childhood and didn’t have friends or nice things growing up. When she was old enough to move out‚ she
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Narration Amelie is partially told by an omniscient voice-over narrator and partially tells by itself. The voice-over narrator introduces a character or summarizes a length of time in the character’s life that the film skips over. For example‚ the voice-over narrator introduces Amelie’s parents and other characters at the beginning of the film by relating some oddly humorous character traits. The voice-over narrator is also arranging the parts of the narrative. In other words‚ he is telling the
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Music can also add a sense of continuity in that it may be used to connect different scenes through repetition‚ thus making more significant specific motifs that the filmmakers wish to portray (Marshall). No Country for Old Men (Miramax‚ 2008) and Amelie (Claudie Ossard Productions‚ 2011) offer different takes on the use of music in film‚ but nonetheless are both successful in engaging their audiences despite the dissimilar approaches of the associated directors.
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with others‚ and interactions with them unavoidably and continually shape our lives. These interactions are vital to our health and well-being” (Matter 2010‚ 1). The French film Amélie is a romantic comedy from 2001 directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Amélie is a highly engaging quirky film which tells the story of Amélie‚ a waitress in a Parisian café who sees it as her mission in life to right wrongs and improve the lives of others. Set in present day Montmartre‚ Paris this film sets the stage for
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Tristan Stene Hour 4 Cinematography plays a major role throughout films. This element was a main focus used by the director‚ in the film Amelie. Using effects such as speeding up the scenes with the shaking of the camera and the fast forwarding of each clip‚ the director made it look like the scenes were moving faster then they actually were‚ altering and warping time. Under those scenes was always green and yellow lighting. This gave the film a bit more of a taste of the french culture. Making
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Amelie Is a film about a French women in Paris who discovers ways to help overs find love. In the begin of this film in Amelie’s home‚ the color was very vibrant. When Amelie grew up this films color pallet changed to medium browns and earthy greens however‚ Amelie throughout the film can be seen in bold reds. Typically the color red are a representation of love‚ like Amelie was to Nino. Paris is also the most romantic place in the world. Together‚ in Paris and the bold color pallets‚ Amelie is
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