Analysis Of Slumdog Millionaire

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The movie I chose is Slumdog Millionaire, one of the best Indian movies. This great movie won eight Oscar prizes. Sumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British Indian drama film directed by Danne Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan, produced by Christian Colson, screenplay by Simon Beaufoy, based on Q&A by Vikas Swarup, Music by A. R. Rahman, Cinematography Anthony Mantle, and Editing by chris dickens. The movie was made in two languages, English and Indian. Staring of Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal, Anil Kapoor, and Irrfan Khan. The film opened nationwide in the United States on 26 December 2008, earning over $4,000,000 in its first weekend in wide release. The movie is talking about a story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old Indian young man who lives in the slums of Mubai. He is about to experience the biggest day of his life by participating in the Indian version of “who wants to be a millionaire?” This game is going to change his whole life by winning 20 million rupees. After answering all the questions correctly, the young man got arrested before answering the last question. The police was surprised from the kid and they asked him how could a street kid know so much? To prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life. Jamal was able to answer all the questions that was asked to him in the program from the things he experienced with his brother and the girl he loved Latika. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions.
The scene I chose is the final scene of the movie. Jamal is now back on the show and everyone in India is watching him playing. Salim redeems himself by helping Latika escape the grasp of her husband, but it is not enoug...

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... a high camera angle which the camera is looking down to bring the actions, such as the beautiful dance at the end of the movie. The camera angle used in the movie is a low camera angle looking at the face of Jamal. The part when the camera focuses on Jamal’s face when he was answering the last question is an example of the camera angle used in the movie. The camera movement was tilt to move up and down when the show starts. The movie genre of the movie is romance, drama, and action.

When everything is considered, there is no doubt that the movie Slumdog Millionaire is a great movie done by a great director. The scene I choose is the most important scene of the movie where Jamal wins the money. This scene represented a lot of important things in the movie and sent the message the director wanted to send. There were many movie elements used in this amazing movie.

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