“The Giver” was a movie that I watched for the first time in eighth grade and many times since then. This movie is about a Utopia free of crime and sadness. Everything in this society is perfect and chosen for you, from your job to your parents to your significant other. There is no freedom of choice or room for human emotion that would be socially accepted. As you can see this so called “Utopia” is more of a dystopia in disguise. Though the storyline sounds interesting, it is not the best part. What makes this movie so special is the costumes that the characters are wearing, the setting that the scenes take place in, the style of performance in the actors, and the specific lighting of each scene.
In the scene which is the ceremony of twelve it is when the kids who turned twelve that year all get assigned the job that they will be stuck with for a lifetime. Some are becoming pilots, mail men, and birth mothers. the setting takes place in some type of arena where there is a stage and rows of seats surrounding it. The setting shows how important this scene is as it confirms to the audience that this is a critical moment. As for the lighting, though it is filmed in black and white since the people in this society supposedly cannot see color yet, I would say the lighting is three-point lighting in this scene because the subjects in each frame have a certain amount of depth but there are still small shadows in the background. Another mise en scene about this frame are the costumes. Since everyone in this society are meant to be equals, everyone is wearing the exact same outfit and not one person in the scene is different. In this frame another thing to add is that it is using deep space to show how the people on stage are far away from those sitting in the back row or to any of the audience.
Another scene from "The Giver" that I decided to choose from was when he played rosemary's piano theme song. This was him showing Jonas what music is for the first time how the music could make him feeling a certain way and cause emotions that he never knew he ad. Staring off with the setting of this scene, they are in a secret and private room that is empty with the exception of the piano. The lighting in this setting is known as low-key lighting meaning plenty of shadows all over the shot which includes the shadows interfering with the subject. In this lighting you can still clearly see the costumes which are matching because it would be frowned upon to wear something different then the others.
This movie overall had a variety of mise en scene examples. With the structure in the settings to the matching costumes to the variety of lighting in each shot. Each actor played their role perfectly and different spaces and the mise en scene is what made this film a cinematic masterpiece.
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