Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page), is faced with an unplanned pregnancy with Paulie
Bleeker (Michael Cera), who happen to share classes together. She makes an unusual decision, after being unable to abort the child, to look into adoption as an option. She choses a wealthier family, who is a failed rockstar, Mark Loring (Jason Bateman) and his wife, Vanessa Loring (Jennifer Garner). In this essay, I will be analyzing the final scene of Juno, through Set Design, Lighting, Camera movements, Shot types, Music/
Sounds, Framing/ Editing, Costume/ Props and the Dialogue of this scene.
To begin with the scene itself, we see Juno laying in bed, recovering after she had just given birth. Bleeker, enters the scene after running all the way to the hospital to
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Juno’s father, Mac MacGuff (J. K. Simmons), puts his hands on Bleeker’s shoulders, this could be viewed as a sign that he has forgiven Bleeker. The father leaves, and we now see Bleeker climbing into bed to comfort Juno, this suggests a tender, loving scene of the movie, which is confirmed when the camera changes to
Vanessa, who is looking at the babies lined up in the neonatal unit. A nurse then brings out her new son. Vanessa cuddles her new baby and looks sort of unsure, until she is told that she looks like a new mother, then she relaxes and smiles, which shows an example of unconditional love, in my opinion, as she already has a connection with a child that isn’t related to her by blood. Also want to note that Vanessa is wearing a yellow sweater in the scene when she first meets her new baby, I think that was foreshadowing the baby’s room. We then jump to Vanessa’s home, which seems to be
“less pristine” than her previous home. She is shown cuddling the baby and we are shown Juno’s note framed on the wall. The movie then has a dramatic jump to Summer,
Juno: Close Analysis of Final
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The dimmer lighting is used in the recovery room scene, and the scene almost has a glowing effect to it,
Juno: Close Analysis of Final Scene
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possibly to symbolize the new “glow” Juno has. This scene gives a bit of intimacy, and peacefulness, as we see Bleeker lay in bed with Juno, who is exhausted and crying, so clearly grieving for her baby but also she seems happy for Vanessa and to be over with the process. The lighting helps to show some tenderness with the dimmer scene, especially after following the much brighter scene of her delivery. The same dim lighting is also used when we are in Vanessa’s room with the baby, also showing tenderness of the scene. Moving to the different shot types used in this ending scene, the recovery room, the camera then zooms in as an extreme close up on Juno’s face as a tear rolls down her face, but at the same time she smiles. This has an effect on the audience and also gives you an attachment to her character, as you see her conflicted emotions of both sadness and joy. This shows a lot of content and emotion, with almost no words in the scene. In the final scene, the camera follows Juno as she is riding her bike to go
Shot 1: Dissolve from a establishing shot of Xanadu into a close-up of Susan working on a jigsaw puzzle. Susan looks up from her puzzle to the direction of Kane’s voice while the camera cranes away from a close-up to medium shot of her. This shot begins a shot-reverse-shot sequence between Susan and Kane.
in this scene where there are clues to what is going to happen to the
her mouthing the words "My Baby". Then you see the innocent face of the baby
Everything about this revelation procedure speaks to the maximally versatile reaction. She appears to be on top of things - testing for pregnancy, not on account of a couple of months have passed, and now there are physical signs but since she simply had intercourse a couple of days back and she knew enough to realize that "you never know" about things like pregnancy. Keeping in mind, some may defer or deny in such a minute, Juno tranquility and methodically tests the theory of pregnancy. The running joke here is that she drinks enough Sunny Delight to go through a ludicrously high number of pregnancy tests. The reason this is amusing is that she has gotten the brutal reality from the primary test like any balanced individual and she experiences the rest of the tests in a straightforward and innocuous endeavor to
about her brother, even in the body of a giant bug She keeps his room
is also where the first use of sound comes into the film. As soon as
While Claire was discovering miracles there is a transition to a different scene when Simons sisters house was being shot at during a drive by shooting. Kasdan used the camera speed to emphasis the emotion in the film when she was crying. Simon is concerned about his nephew and his involvement in gangs.
Thank you for your post. I enjoyed reading the descriptions of your selected movies, especially that of Lean on Me, starring Morgan Freeman. This is a truly wonderful film. The story of Joe Clark, though illustrative of a harsh method of leadership makes the viewer both wince at times and cheer at times. As you point out, “His styles might be aggressive, shows control, and seems unprofessional” (Talamoa, 2015, para.5). Northouse (2013) describes Clark’s style of leadership as “obsessive” where one attempts to “try to live up to standards, follow rules, and obey a strict conscience,” despite being “aggressive and domineering” (Northouse, 2013, p.326). Joe certainly held to what he thought was right, and did not allow anyone to
Although not explicitly stated, there are clearly evident characteristic differences between the father, the mother, Alexandra, and Vanessa. One place in which Fuller reveals such differences is in the style of the characters’ dialogue. When the father, Vanessa, and Alexandra visit the mother in the maternity unit, they all say their farewells before departing in different styles. Alexandra, being the young, naive little girl that she is, says “Have the baby soon” (186). Clearly Alexandra cannot put the pieces together. Since her mother has spent so much time in the hospital, would she not be having trouble with carrying and delivering the baby? Moving from Alexandra’s to Vanessa’s response there is a mature and responsible tone established as Vanessa says “I’ll get the baby’s room ready” (186). Being older, Vanessa displays a far more realistic approach to the situation as she decides it would be wise to prepare for the event of the baby’s birth before it happens. Lastly, the father’s response seems to trump the other two as he says “Pecker up, Tub” ( 186). This is a characteristic response from the father, speaking from years of experience and witnessing some profound events during his time in Africa. Adding to the sense created by the repetition of lighting of a cigarette, this response gives the father a tough guy persona, which develops throughout Fuller’s memoir. Even these slight stylistic differences contribute to the overall characterization of these characters and to the development of the story as a
that she is married no longer, when her sister Josephine, "Louise, open the door . . . What
she gets her new house and that it is gonna be so great. Good maybe now she will
this shot aids the sequence’s purpose is for the quote that is brought about by Brenner. “Back in
something major happened between them, the message and mood of a scene was conveyed well. Overall, the
shot is a tracking shot as it moves with the mum as she enters the
First, we can see the setting and props. The scene is filmed in winter in the morning or at noon on the highway of Los Angeles. We can see Mia wearing a white shirt with no make-up and a ponytail. We can remark that she is excited and laughing. We can see the key light that is Mia lightened with. The character was taking on phone while stuck in the traffic in her car rehearsing for an acting scene.