Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Kirstin Critical Essay- Joe Wright

  • Directed movies like : Pride and Prejudice, Atonement, The Soloist, and more.
Focusing and critiquing three scenes from Pride and Prejudice 2005:

  1. Woman, Elizabeth, walking through sunny country and town reading and admiring surroundings. Black bird plays every time this character enters a scene. Wright only used natural lighting for this film along with natural sound. So if you hear piano, someone is playing piano near by, and same with nature.
  2. (Scene 11) Great display of dramatic cuts. Elizabeth is standing on cliff with wind blowing dress and hair. Uses all real on site settings, no green screen. Then scene switches to family under a tree eating lunch. Shows great scenery. Shows free deer running in contrast with tamed horses strapped to a carriage.
  3. (Beginning of very last scene) Sunrise scene. Shows Elizabeth watching man walk through field totally in love. Scene only shot once in 15 minutes because of the quick sunrise. Interesting angles with background sun lighting.

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