For my response I watched the provided film‚ Stand by Me with commentary by it’s director‚ Rob Reiner. One of major things that jumped out at me while watching was the use of what Reiner called a “long lense”. He first references this technique when Teddy is standing in the train tracks but brings it up again when the train is coming towards them while on the bridge‚ when the boys are walking down the tracks in the morning after they sleep in the woods‚ and again when they’re making the trek back
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The film Stand by me is a story of boys hanging out and growing up and explores the rite of passage genre as it recounts the tale of the boys’ adventure and their transition from childhood to adolescence. The use of symbolism in the film helps the audience connect not only with each character in the film but also their own personal journey. The use of music‚ Colour and the use of the train and its tracks help the audience to understand that the film is more than just a story about an adventure but
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Chris‚ Teddy‚ and Vern as they manage to establish a heroic demeanor for themselves throughout their journey in the movie Stand by Me despite their unruly attitude evident throughout the film. One of the most evident traits the boys in the movie demonstrate is selflessness‚ where they each give of themselves for the wellbeing of each other. For example‚ during a scene in the movie‚ Teddy Duchamp‚ the careless adrenaline junkie of the group‚ attempts to participate in the dangerous act of “Train
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into a movie‚ there will always be missing elements. With “Doubt”‚ its movie adaptation is more of a companion piece. Each medium has their advantages and disadvantages‚ but I think they benefit each other. In the play‚ the reader gets more freedom to come to their own conclusion about Father Flynn‚ whereas in the movie‚ there is a strong influence on his guiltiness. As Shanley is the playwright and also the director‚ he constructs both to be beneficial in their own right. On one hand‚ the movie is a
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The movie was more intriguing than the book and was easier to comprehend the history. The movie helped me understand what was going on in the book. The movie caught my attention more than the book did. The movie emphasized more than the book did. I’d like to build on the idea that the movie helped me understand what was going on in the book because I wasn’t really interested in the book so I didn’t really take in all the history that I could in the movie because the movie was more action packed
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wrinkle through space. To find their father Meg‚ Charles Wallace‚ and Calvin follow mysterious space travelers known as Mrs.Whatsit‚ Mrs.Who and Mrs.Which. The movie is better than the book because of the subplots‚ darkness‚ and relationships. The movie is better because it adds more subplots. One of the subplots is how Meg can tesser. In the movie Mrs.Whatsit tells Meg‚ “Stay angry‚ little Meg. You will need all your anger now”. So she can tesser. But in the book on page 8‚ “a scientist who seems to
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Stand Up or Step Down The truest friends are by your side. The movie Stand by Me‚ shows four boys; 12 year old’s going out and finding a missing body. Director Rob Reiner puts all the characters to on a journey to discover something about them self’s. Chris and Gordie who are best friends‚ go out on a journey along the way they face many obstacles. In the end‚ they discover more about themselves. Which is unexpected out of them by going out and try to find a missing body. The journey that the friends
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What can be considered dramatic and life changing? In a small town in Oregon on Labor Day weekend four preteen boys see another boy’s lifeless body lying under some dead tree branches. It changes their lives forever. In the movie Stand by Me by director Rob Reiner and producer Bruce Evans; Gordie‚ Chris‚ Teddy‚ and Vern go on an adventure to see a dead body‚ and they learn a lot along the way. Evans shows experiences in friendship‚ growing up‚ stereotyping‚ and life and death as being crossroads in
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Stand By Me 1. The four main characters of the story Stand by Me are Gordie Lachance‚ Chris Chambers‚ Teddy Duchamp‚ and Vern Tessio. Gordie Lachance is a 12 going on 13 year old boy from Castle Rock‚ Oregon. His older brother Denny was killed in a jeep accident‚ this leads to Gordies mother ignoring him and his father hating him. Chris Chambers is one of the four boys who traveled to find the boy who was killed Ray Brower. Chris’s dad is an alcoholic‚ and his brother is friends with the groups bully
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Chris is one of the main characters in Stand By Me. He goes through many first time experiences‚ and reveals very different sides to his personality. Throughout the movie his personality‚ views and whole character in general becomes more mature and he made wiser decisions. His negative family background affected many things he said or did‚ however he eventually realised this and made better choices for himself. Throughout the movie‚ Chris’s character became more grown-up and some could say
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