Pieces of April
Pieces of April
Opening scene:
Acoustic steel guitar sound track
Close up of April in bed= implies not ready to get up
“This is your big day we don’t want to miss this opportunity”
Bobby drags April from the bed, shoves her in the shower “No Bobby”
Bobby starts making the food while April sits on the toilet saying “I’m coming”
Costume- black eyeliner -black nail polish -tattoos -black boyfriend
April is a rebellious person needs someone to help her (in life) eg- Bobby
Meeting the family:
No music
No joy in bed
“Joy Joy”
Tracking shot of father looking through the house for ‘disrupting’ his family ‘frantically’ looking for Joy both son and daughter join in search
Joy is found in the dark alone in the car (passenger seat)
Mise en scene “everyone get ready”
Joy is controlling.
Starting to prepare Thanks Giving dinner:
Bobby in control-stirring, reading packets (close up on Bobby’s hands)
April seems incompetent –drops turkey, can’t cut onions, stuffs whole celery in turkey
“They’re probably not even going to come”
Cross cut to family
“If not now when” (Jim)
“What makes her think she can cook all of a sudden “ (Beth)
“April is the problem” (Beth)
Everyone questions Joy about how she is feeling- we realise she is not well (two shots)
Bobby shows all the stuff he brought:
“Be careful they’re worth more than you are”
“how much did they cost”
“They weren’t cheap…. 50cents….”
“You got yourself a deal”
April throws them in the bin-still hurt by past experiences, broken relationship with her mother
Food as a motif:
April is cooking Thanks giving dinner
Joy asks her mother “did you eat” as a greeting
Family stops to buy a lot of donuts- Implies they will be hungry because April can’t cook.
“they don’t deserve decorations” (April)
April rips up the place card when she writes ‘Mom’ replacing it with ‘Joy’ showing
Opening scene:
Acoustic steel guitar sound track
Close up of April in bed= implies not ready to get up
“This is your big day we don’t want to miss this opportunity”
Bobby drags April from the bed, shoves her in the shower “No Bobby”
Bobby starts making the food while April sits on the toilet saying “I’m coming”
Costume- black eyeliner -black nail polish -tattoos -black boyfriend
April is a rebellious person needs someone to help her (in life) eg- Bobby
Meeting the family:
No music
No joy in bed
“Joy Joy”
Tracking shot of father looking through the house for ‘disrupting’ his family ‘frantically’ looking for Joy both son and daughter join in search
Joy is found in the dark alone in the car (passenger seat)
Mise en scene “everyone get ready”
Joy is controlling.
Starting to prepare Thanks Giving dinner:
Bobby in control-stirring, reading packets (close up on Bobby’s hands)
April seems incompetent –drops turkey, can’t cut onions, stuffs whole celery in turkey
“They’re probably not even going to come”
Cross cut to family
“If not now when” (Jim)
“What makes her think she can cook all of a sudden “ (Beth)
“April is the problem” (Beth)
Everyone questions Joy about how she is feeling- we realise she is not well (two shots)
Bobby shows all the stuff he brought:
“Be careful they’re worth more than you are”
“how much did they cost”
“They weren’t cheap…. 50cents….”
“You got yourself a deal”
April throws them in the bin-still hurt by past experiences, broken relationship with her mother
Food as a motif:
April is cooking Thanks giving dinner
Joy asks her mother “did you eat” as a greeting
Family stops to buy a lot of donuts- Implies they will be hungry because April can’t cook.
“they don’t deserve decorations” (April)
April rips up the place card when she writes ‘Mom’ replacing it with ‘Joy’ showing