Frank Orama ENC 1102 Prof. Goodwin 7/eight/2011 Good Will Hunting Good Will Hunting is a narrative of a younger man’s journey to search out his place on the earth by discovering out who he actually is. Matt Damon performs a troubled genius with a terrific consciousness to different peoples emotions and ideas.
The film is an journey by means of the thoughts of Will Hunting, as he has to undergo remedy as an alternative of ending up in jail. Robin Williams. Who performs Will Hunting’s psychologist, helps Will uncover himself and notice his place and worth to the world by understanding what issues most to him.The director, Gus Van Sant makes use of many various options to induce emotion and empathy. These options embody utilizing totally different colours, angles/photographs, and digital camera motion. Shade is the obvious component used all through Good Will Hunting. All through many of the film, very pure colours are used.
Using heat ambers is a option to create a way of humanity and likewise a powerful sense of empathy for Will.
Will feels snug at any time when he’s in a spot the place the colours are heat and welcoming. For instance, when he’s in Skylar’s dorm room at Harvard, or in Sean’s workplace, or his residence, the colour that’s principally current is amber.This creates a way of heat and the viewer notices Will doesn’t disguise behind his invisible wall. He’s being himself as a result of he feels secure in these heat locations. At any time when Will is just not being himself and has his wall up, the viewer can discover the shift in colours. These colours are chilly colours, which embody colours akin to blue and white.
The change to the chilly colours creates a way of helplessness and nervousness in Will. An instance of this could be Will’s first assembly with the psychologist Sean. Will is wanting on the portray held on the window and as he seems at it, he ties in with Sean’s life.As he strikes nearer to the portray, the room will get just a little lighter, till you possibly can see the concern in Will’s face. This creates a shift in temper throughout the shot. The lightness or coldness of the seen creates an understanding from the viewers level of how Will acts up when he’s in a scenario he doesn’t really feel snug in. One other essential component in Good Will Hunting must be the angles and photographs created by the director, Van Sant.
One instance is the scene when Sean is in his residence after his first assembly with Will. Sean sits in his soiled residence with dishes in every single place, and Sean is consuming on the desk.He makes use of a excessive angle shot, and makes Sean the least essential a part of the shot whereas making the glass of liquor the dominant a part of the shot. This shot offers the viewer the sense that Sean is letting alcohol management his life. One other instance is the scene with Will and Sean on the pond. Sean is speaking and all through virtually your entire scene the one shot is an eye-level shut up on Sean. When Sean begins speaking about love the shot slowly pans out to incorporate Will within the eye-level shot.
This makes the viewer imagine that the phrases Sean is talking are beginning to make sense to Will.All through the film Will and Sean are by no means seen within the body collectively, till the tip when Will has his breakdown. The photographs going from not exhibiting them collectively to having them collectively in the identical body reveals the progress of their relationship. The manipulation of the photographs creates the sensation of coming collectively. When taking a look at a movie, you possibly can assume that the whole lot was completed on function and for a purpose. One other component Van Sant makes use of is digital camera motion. Because the film beings, Will is in his residence studying.
The digital camera shot pulls away exhibiting Will with all his books.The makes the viewer assume that Will is lonely and solely has his books to accompany him. Through the battle scene, Van Sant makes use of a fowl’s eye view to indicate unity between pals, and the way they give the impression of being out for each other. All through some scenes akin to when Will was in Skylar’s dorm room, Van Sant seems to make use of a hand-held digital camera. Using a hand-held digital camera causes a way of closeness; it feels just like the viewer is within the room intruding on their privateness. Van Sant does an distinctive job in directing Good Will Hunting. His use of many various and inventive strategies Help the viewers get by means of the film.
