Forever and always: Blog entry #4 ~ Movie review 🎥🍿

Forever and always: Blog entry #4 ~ Movie review 🎥🍿

The film I chose to review the the camera movements and angles was To All the Boys: Always and forever. A quick synopsis of this movie, "Senior year of high school takes center stage as Lara Jean returns from a family trip to Korea and considers her college plans -- with and without Peter." I have been a fan of the movie franchise but I have yet to read the books. 

  

To begin, the director will employ an Establishing shot to show the location of a scene or the character composition. This image displays the film's initial shot. This scene makes the audience delighted and excited for Laura Jean as she visits Seoul, South Korea's capital. It also provides the viewer with information about the characters' surroundings and aids the viewer in understanding the story's plot.

   

The filmmaker uses camera panning to follow the subject throughout the duration of the exposure. Panning allows the audience to feel as if they are a part of the story or film. As the camera moves from right to left as the family bikes, the sight generates feelings of happiness and excitement in the reader. 

   The director employs an over-the-shoulder camera perspective to show Peter telling Lara Jean that they will always be together no matter how far apart they are. This elicits feelings of love since it demonstrates Peter's undying love for Lara Jean and demonstrates that no matter how far apart they are, they will always love one other. The over-the-shoulder angle allows the reader to see Peter's reaction when he professes his love for Laura Jean.

 Finally, the director employs a static shot to keep the camera in the frame while displaying the actors in the film. Lara Jean is imagining her future with Peter in the scenario, but she is pulled back to reality when she realizes she will not be attending college with him. Without context, this scenario produces a sense of delight in the viewer, but when viewed in context, it evokes a sense of melancholy since it depicts Lara Jean's realization that her relationship with Peter may come to an end. 

Analyzing the camera movements taught me that camera movements and images can give more meaning to a scene. As a viewer, I am unaware of the camera movements and why the directors include them in the picture. While watching the films, I observed that the camera movements correspond to what is happening in the scene and elicit a response in the viewer.