Good Will Hunting Film Techniques
How does the director Gus Van Sant use camera, sound and lighting to explore the importance of acceptance and forgiveness in the movie “Good Will Hunting”
The movie Good Will Hunting was directed by Gus Van Sant, written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and was produce in 1997 by Lawrence Bender. The director, Gus Van Sant uses many different camera shots and angles, along with music for the background sound and different types of lighting to explore the importance of acceptance and forgiveness in Good Will Hunting. The movie Good Will Hunting has won awards like the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (1998), Golden Globe Award for best Screenplay – Motion Picture (1998), Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favourite Actor (1999) and more.
In the scene where Chuckie and Will are leaning against the car at the work site, Chuckie tells Will “Every day……… No goodbye. No see you later. No nothing. You just left. I …show more content…
Even though its day Skylar is on a dark part of the room with dim light which makes this scene sadder. Skylar forgives Will by saying she loves him. When he doesn’t return the feeling Skylar looks ready to cry as the music gets louder and words are added to the music. Both the music and the lighting help make this scene a sad scene of forgiveness.
In Good Will Hunting, the camera work helped with the atmosphere, like how the director would close in on a person when they are saying something important. Lighting was also used to help with the atmosphere, like how it would dim out when something important was being said. The music by Danny Elfman was the final touch in bringing out the atmosphere of the scene, it would be a slow nostalgic music when something emotional happened or a faster happier pace when something good happened. These elements were put to work together to successfully bring out the air of the scenes in Good Will Hunting.
The movie Good Will Hunting was directed by Gus Van Sant, written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and was produce in 1997 by Lawrence Bender. The director, Gus Van Sant uses many different camera shots and angles, along with music for the background sound and different types of lighting to explore the importance of acceptance and forgiveness in Good Will Hunting. The movie Good Will Hunting has won awards like the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (1998), Golden Globe Award for best Screenplay – Motion Picture (1998), Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favourite Actor (1999) and more.
In the scene where Chuckie and Will are leaning against the car at the work site, Chuckie tells Will “Every day……… No goodbye. No see you later. No nothing. You just left. I …show more content…
Even though its day Skylar is on a dark part of the room with dim light which makes this scene sadder. Skylar forgives Will by saying she loves him. When he doesn’t return the feeling Skylar looks ready to cry as the music gets louder and words are added to the music. Both the music and the lighting help make this scene a sad scene of forgiveness.
In Good Will Hunting, the camera work helped with the atmosphere, like how the director would close in on a person when they are saying something important. Lighting was also used to help with the atmosphere, like how it would dim out when something important was being said. The music by Danny Elfman was the final touch in bringing out the atmosphere of the scene, it would be a slow nostalgic music when something emotional happened or a faster happier pace when something good happened. These elements were put to work together to successfully bring out the air of the scenes in Good Will Hunting.