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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wuntz3KDIAk Amélie (2001) In the film Amélie, there are several different camera movements and perspectives that take place in order for the viewer to understand the plot. In this particular scene, the viewer becomes transformed as if he or she is walking with the main character. The scene begins with a low angle shot of the character as she walks alone. The camera angle and the character’s facial expression gives the viewer a sense that she feels superior and committed. The camera then, still with a motivated camera movement, begins to turn around the main character’s head, as if she now leads the way. It gives the viewer a sense of we don’t know what’s going to happen next. Similarly, z-angle shots are given to show depth of the city street. When Amélie notices a blind man, the camera zooms into her face, creating an extreme closeup. This implies that she is focused and ready to make a move. As she walks off and grabs his arm, the camer...
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It’s a crisp autumn day. As I walk along the streets of Whitestone, Queens’ best-kept secret, the atmosphere creates a potpourri of sounds that are otherwise dismissed by its residents. The leaves, one by one, fall off the trees and rustles onto the concrete. They crumble and deteriorate as my shoe presses against them. The sound is loud and brittle for such a delicate flattened structure. This wind whistles as the leaves crackle through it, flowing harmoniously through the vicinity. Birds chirp from high in the trees, scolding the squirrels from invading their nests: life is all around me. Crickets in the nearby bushes make noise to one another as I pass. In the quiet, residential area, I begin to hear laughter and clinking of glasses at the local bier garden. Children play in a nearby school yard; rubber balls slam against the courts, springing back spontaneously to the players. As I approach closer to my house, there is a large overpass I walk over. Cars speed underneath my feet vi...
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