Analysis Of The Mise-En-Scene In The Graduate

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In The Graduate (1967), director Mike Nichols tells a story about a high strung young man named Benjamin (Dustin Hoffman) who is seduced by his parents friend Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft) and later falls in love with Mrs. Robinson’s daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross). Benjamin spends the rest of his time chasing after Elaine trying to convince her to marry him – despite the fact, Elaine’s family has fallen apart after the affair was exposed. During the creation of this formalistic film, the director uses very interesting mise-en-scene, in particular, the aspects of movement. Throughout the film the actors utilized many different movements in order to express a feeling or to demonstrate how the actors themselves are feeling. For example, Mrs.

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