Pursuit Of Happyness essay

In the film Pursuit Of Happyness directed by Gabriele muccino, a setting that allowed us to understand a character more in-depth was the bathroom setting. This is where the protagonist, Chris Gardner (Played by Will Smith) and Christopher (Played by Jaden Smith) are forced to sleep in a San Francisco subway station public toilet. This setting allows us to understand more in-depth what Chris Gardners intentions are and why this is the lowest point of his life. The way the Muccino portrays this is through camera work, motif, lighting and sound effects. All these provide the audience with a better understanding of Chris Gardner.

In the bathroom setting, Muccino uses camera work to portray the different ideas and emotions that allow us to further understand Chris Gardner. In the opening scene there is a long shit which shows Chris and his son Christopher on a park bench sitting at separate ends. This shows the current separation between father and son and how badly the the current homelessness situation is effecting their relationship. Between them is the Bond Density Scanner that Chris is so desperately trying to sell just to get by. He gave up his life savings and ultimately his marriage to be a salesman for these scanners. The eye level shot of the bathroom allows us to see in detail the horrific state of the public toilet. It portrays the bathroom as being bigger than what it actually i, thus showing how intimidating and scary it would be to stay the night in. The high angle shot showing Chris and his son on the grounding the bathroom shows in vast detail how bad the situation is for both father and son. They are both sitting on toilet paper laid out on the ground to try and keep at least a little bit of sanitary. This shows that despite the situation Chris wants to do his utmost to keep his son safe and happy. A high angle shot of Chris and Christopher sitting on top of toilet paper on the ground further details the feelings that both father and son are