The style of acting at the beginning of the extract shows Chris hurrying Christopher and Christopher drops his toy, causing a shouting match between the two. Christopher ends up crying and Chris eventually realizes why his son acted out of the way he has been portrayed during the majority of the novel. Also, Will Smith was most notably nominated for an Oscar for his role as Chris Gardner.
In my extract there are a lot of close ups and medium shots are common in the drama genre as they are some of the shots that add the most meaning to a frame, and there are also a lot of quick jump cuts in the editing. In addition, the scene in the church, which uses a variety of CU, LS, and MS with the gospel musical score makes a powerful effect on the audience, as they feel sympathy towards both the character and all the homeless and all they have to endure. Another part is that the lighting is slightly high or outside shots with natural lighting, symbolizing the high hopes and positive direction his life has begun to travel in. However, this is contradicted when he has money taken from him by his superior (big taking from small).
The three locations, Dean-Whitter, the streets, and Glide Memorial Church each symbolize different points in his life. The streets represent the worst part of his life, when nothing was going his way. The church is the renewal period in his life when he starts to finally catch some breaks. Dean-Whitter has two separate symbolisms, the first being the false life he needs to lead in order to get the job, and the post internship portion when his life is finally turned around and everything starts to look up.
Finally all of the extras that were used were actually homeless people that gave the perfect image of the homeless. Additionally, there were little to no special effects in my scene, and only reconstructed portions of the dean whitter office for set design.
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