The Graduate is a story that is based around Benjamin Braddock, a 20-year-old who has recently graduated from college. It shows his life as it’s come to a halt as he doesn’t know what to do with himself after he has just graduated. He ends up getting seduced by Mrs. Robinson, his father’s business partner’s wife, a woman who is twice Ben’s age. They begin an affair and during that time Mrs Robinson asks Ben to stay away from her daughter, Elaine. He agrees as he has no intention in taking her out but his parents attempt to set up a date between them. Ben goes on a date with Elaine, which doesn’t go well as he acts all rude and disinterested and he tries to push her away. The affair between Mrs Robinson and Ben is found out and Elaine goes The film fits the expectations of these genres. The film is mostly a drama with elements of comedy and romance. In a drama, you’d expect it to focus on one character, which it does in The Graduate. The characters are needed for a drama to create conflict in the story. For example, one of Ben’s main conflicts is that he is unsure about his future and the film shows us how he goes about finding out what he wants his future to be. Romance is another genre in the film. Although Ben and Mrs Robinson slept together, it wasn’t particularly romantic. Most of the time Mrs Robinson looked as though she doesn’t really care for Ben, she’s just using him for her own selfish reasons. We see this in the scene when Ben wants to talk to her before they have sex but Mrs Robinson is uninterested in talking. The only real romance seen in the film is between Ben and Elaine. It isn’t as simple as most romances due to the certain things they have to overcome (parents The first act is used to set up the main characters (who they are, their lifestyle, where they live etc.) for the audience and give them an idea of what the film is going to be about and what the main problem of the story is. During the first act there will be an inciting incident. This usually is something that will change the protagonist’s life and will start them off on their journey. In The Graduate, this is when Mrs Robinson tries to seduce Ben in her house and tells Ben that he can call her up anytime to sleep with her. This really begins the story and pretty much in the next scene, Ben call Mrs Robinson up. There is a use of a montage in the story to show the audience that their meeting wasn’t a one off thing, and that it is happening continually for some time. Every act ends with a turning point. In The Graduate, the first turning point is when Ben meets Elaine, Mrs Robinson’s daughter. He takes Elaine out on a date and begins to like her. Mrs Robinson doesn’t want Ben to go out with Elaine again and says to him that she will tell everyone about their affair if he does. This happens at around one hour into the film, making the first act very
...age and the crisis of integrity versus despair however, the two characters had different characteristics that categorize them in different ends of the crisis. Throughout the movie, the audience is able to visualize what types of issues are dealt with as well as what type of problems the characters had to go through to resolve their crisis. Chelsea also had different issues than Billy due to the fact; each were facing a different stage as well as crisis. Personally this movie provide me a great understanding in human development; I was able to understand why each person does a certain action: for instance my sister is disrespectful and immature because she is facing the adolescence stage as well as the identity versus role confusion stage. I also learned that a crisis can truly affect a person in a negative; if the person is not able to fully deal with their crisis.
The film reflects the class difference from beginning through the end, especially between Annie and Helen. Annie is a single woman in her late 30s without saving or boyfriend. She had a terrible failure in her bakery shop, which leads her to work as a sale clerk in a jewelry store. When Annie arrived Lillian’s engagement party,
In the script everything will take place in Jacks country house and we will be introduced to Cecily and she will meet “Ernest” aka algy who she falls in love with. Meanwhile in the movie they actually took scenes like meeting Cecily and her teacher miss prism and put them early in the movie. They kept Cecily meeting algy in the same place but added scenes of her crazy fantasies to give let you know what she has been dreaming about. Moving meeting Cecily earlier into the movie helps you understand who Cecily is because they do hint a lot about who she is. I love how they added little snip it of what cecily is day dreaming about because they make her seem like a hopeless romantic and it give a little bit of comedy. The script makes you wait to meet her and I mean you can’t automatically add her to a random scene in a play but I would rather it be all in order and not be placed earlier as they did in the
the play. It looks at the person he is and the person he becomes. It
The play is so relatable to viewers because the characters are the kind of people everyone knows. Steve Brand is the sensible character. He, alone, is the person who keeps level-headed throughout the entire ordeal. He addresses each development rationally and tries to keep everyone together. Charlie starts out as a friendly neighbor, but soon turns into the leader of the witch hunt. He even kills someone in his pursuit to find a scapegoat. He and the rest of the people on Maple Street become dangerously defensive once they?re willing to hurt another human being.
Structure – The work is formatted to be a play. It has three acts, each beginning with stage directions.
The play consisted of five characters: Marty, James, Schultz, Theresa, and Lauren. Marty and James are a couple; they knew each other through a wedding, Theresa is a former actress who ran away from the competitive New York, Schultz is an awkward carpenter who just got divorced, and Lauren is a sixteen year old girl who dreamed of becoming an actress. Marty who is the teacher started the class, but the students participated in the class’s activities
"Mrs. Robinson, you are trying to seduce me," says Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman). The Graduate, directed by Mike Nichols in 1967 is an influential satire/comedy film about a recent East Coast college graduated who finds himself alienated and aimless in the changing, social and sexual general public of the 1960s, and questioning the values of society. The theme of the film is of an innocent and confused youth who is exploited, mis-directed, seduced (literally and figuratively) and betrayed by a corrupt, self-indulgent, and discredited older generation (that finds stability in “plastics”) that I found to be quite clear and understanding, while also capturing the real spirit of the times and allows America's youth to perceive onscreen an image of themselves which they can both identify with and emulate. The Graduate is a significant film even today due to its use of abstract camera angles, telephoto lenses, excellent cinematography, and great acting. Few visual effects were used, however, matting and numerous point of view shots were used. These characteristics and the fabulous use of mis-en-scene, great writing and the era of the film all made The Graduate what it is today, magnificent.
As the audience watches the film they can come to realize that sometimes people need to open their eyes to new ideas. They become aware that one person can make a difference in another person’s life. This film is about that, changing your life. Billy Elliot would not have ever thought to become a dancer, yet is willing to take the risk and he discovers that he loves it. The audience can connect to the main character because they understand that sometimes risks have to be taken. Mrs. Wilkinson shows that it is okay to change and do something different.
...r and finally reveal to one another how much they truly cared for one another. Although they both initially were upset at what the other did to them, they took ownership in the role they had played and eventually both individuals were able to win in the end. At that point, Ben didn’t care if he landed the big advertising deal. Andi didn’t care if she was able to be given the freedom to write about the things that mattered to her. This film wasn’t merely a comedy, it was a love story. It exemplifies the truth that love stories can derive from the most unlikely of circumstances.
Presumably, complications start to revolve around the protagonist family. Additionally, readers learn that Rachel mother Nella left her biological father for another man who is abusive and arrogant. After,
The first scene of a play usually sets up the basic themes and situations that the remainder will work with. In Shakespeare’s play King Lear, the very first scene presents many of the play's basic themes and images. The recurrent imagery of human senses and of "nothing," the distortion of familial and social ties, the gradual dissolution of Lear's kingship, all make their first appearances in the first lines of Shakespeare's play.
Since the birth of movies, Hollywood has strived to delve into the human experience and present certain aspects of life to the general population. Mental disorders are just one of many topics that are often explored for use in the media. The film A Beautiful Mind focuses specifically on paranoid schizophrenia, and follows protagonist John Nash’s life as he lives with the disorder. The film details Nash’s presymptomatic life at Princeton University, follows him through the early stages of the disorder, and continues as the symptoms begin to overrun his life. Luckily for Nash, his disorder is eventually clinically diagnosed and he is treated. The movie not only shares the tale of Nash’s life, but also shares with audiences a lesson about the
After watched the Shutter Island, I believe this film is combat against stigma of mental ill.
The first scene is a television which automatically brings the modern feel to the film. As the camera gives the sense of the television moving slowly towards us we suddenly break into a quick speedy montage showing the story and some of the characters. The introduction to the play is repeated, once on the television by the news reader and again during the opening montage. This may be to create effect or perhaps to show the importance and publicity this story had. The scene in the petrol station focuses on the rivalry and hatred of the two families, The Capulets and the Montagues.