Life is Beautiful visual effects

(4:20) How are camera angles used when Joshua says 'Thank you' (not in German)? Which angles are used to view each of the characters? What does each of these angle signify?
 there is a clos up shot used on Joshua when he say : "thankyou". there are more distant shots used on the German's to show power and symmetry.

(4:45) What shot distance and angle is used to show Guido's concern for Joshua when the German waiter leaves the room? Describe the composition)
There is a non symmetrical close up shot used on Guido's face to show his concern.

(4:46) How is shot of Guido contrasted to the shot of the German waiter walking away to tell someone what has just happened? Describe the composition and compare it to the previous shot of a concerned Guido.
medium shot and  symmetrical shot to show balance of the waiter as he walks away, the previous shot on Guido is the opposite.

(5:02-05) How is the shot of the German's contrasted to that of Guido teaching the children to say 'Thank You'?
There is a close up shot on the German waiter and a longshot used on the children and Guido, there is also no balance used on Guido and the children.

Life is beautiful essay

In Life is Beautiful the audience is engaged by the unique way the holocaust is looked upon. The combination of the personalities used by the three main characters; Joshua, Guido and Dora, steers the audience in to focusing mostly on the comedic side of the movie despite how dark and daunting the genre is and on the feelings of Joshua instead of what’s  really happening to him.

In the first half of the movie, there is no plot to it. During this first half of the movie there is little warning as to what is going to happen to the characters and instead just shows a combination of happy, funny and romantic events. This allows the viewers to be able to adapt better to the character and their personalities.  This is why the director Roberto Benigni postpones the  complication of the movie. Because of this sudden turning point of the movie the audience cannot accommodate well enough to what its main theme really is because they are still adjusted to the happy and funny side of the movie, therefore making the audience view the holocaust differently to a movie where the theme is constant.

Another reason which makes the viewer’s experience of the holocaust different in the movie  Life is Beautiful , than any other movie with the same theme is the way the characters personality barely change when they become victims of the Jewish death camp, but there are reasons for this.  Because of the unexpected turning point of the movie, Guido’s son Joshua is un-aware of what is going on. So for Joshua’s sake, Guido pretends to Joshua that they are going on a competition camp, where the winner, who must reach one thousand points, wins a tank. Guido does this because for Joshua’s birthday, he wanted a toy tank, pretending that the death camp is all just a game and the prize is a real tank keeps Joshua’s spirits high and more importantly protects his innocents. For Guido to continuously do this he must behave exactly the same as he did before the death camp, in the death camp and commit heroic acts and be a larrikin at the same time. An example of how he has done both is when the Nazi commander gives instructions of the death camp and Guido volunteers to translate, even though he cannot understand German he translates the German in to saying instructions about the pretend game instead.

The unique and comedic heroism displayed in the movie by Guido overall makes the personality and behaviour of Dora, himself and Joshua remain the same and the unique connection between the audience and the characters because of the delayed complication makes the presentation of the holocaust theme different  in Life is beautiful, to any other holocaust movie.

Life is Beatiful best scene

1. In the scene a German Nazi walks in to the room and is giving instruction but before he does he askes who can speak German so he can translate what he says. Guido walks up and pretends he knows how to speak German even though he doesn't know what he is saying he pretends he is translating it and says something completely different, pretending he is talking about a game, for his son's sake.

2. in this scene The german Nazi is the villain, Because of how he treats the jews and what he would of really been saying to the nazi's.Guido is the hero because he had the bravery to come up and pretend he was translating what the German nazi was saying.

3.   the long shot is used on the german to shows their whole body to express doninance, the shots of guido are more close up. The shot of Guido and the soldier are in height order possibley to show order of power. Their is a lot of juxtaposition that has been used between the Germans an the Jews.

Life is Beautiful questions

1.       An event that has a bad ending e.g. something that causes destruction or suffering.

2.       “Life is beautiful” is a tragedy because it shows how the life of Jewish people were rewind or ended during the holocaust. This movie tells the story of Guido and his family during the holocaust and how they in particular survived and the sacrifice that Guido made for his family.

3.       This movie can be classified as a comedy because of the  manner in which the protagonist behaves in everyday situations and  in more serious situations.

4.       Villain –  a villain, also referred to as the bad guy or antagonist,  is usually someone who is the reason behind the something bad the happen and in most cases is against the protagonist.

Victim –  Someone who witnesses or is a part of the event or act and is effected by it, but is not recognised.

Hero –  A hero is usually the main character in the movie, or in real life  someone who has done something special enough to be seen as heroic by those who witnessed or been victim or the heroic act.  

Examples:

Fiction

. hero   –  Batman

. Villain –  Joker

. victim –    Rachel ( batman’s girlfriend )                     

Real life

. hero   –  The person who saved the Victim from being shot

. Villain –  the person trying to shoot the villain

. victim –  the person who was almost shot

5.        - Guido ( the main character ) and the Americans

Is the hero (partially)

-          Joshua, dora, people in the Jewish death camp, the nazi commander/ Dr are the Victims

-          The German Nazi’s and nazi commander are the Villains

6.       Joshua , victim

- Is The son of Dora and Guido and is introduced later on in the movie. He  is a part of the plot because everything that Guido does when he is introduced is because of him. The audience would have a range of emotion towards this character because of his innocents and how much sufferage he puts up with, but without completely knowing which builds a strong connection between him and the audience. He is a part of history because he survived the holocaust at such an early age.

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Guido, hero:

is the main character and Hero, he adds comedy to the movie through his personality. At the beginning of the movie his aim is to win the love of Dora. When he gets married to her, they have a son Joshua. They are then all sent to the Jewish camps.  He is an important character in the movie. The audience would have a range of emotion for him; homour, sorrow and happiness. He is a part of history because of his story and how he died saving his son and wife in the holocaust.

Dora, victim

- Is Guido’s lover and wife in the second half of the movie.

 - The  majority of the funny acts by Guido are in an effort to win her love. She is with Guido from the beginning of the movie and is the driving force behind Guido’s bravery.

- she was a part of history because she was a woman who had experienced the suffrage of holocaust the survived it.

Nazi’s, villains:

-  They are the antagonists in the movie who send the main character to the camp and make them suffer. They are introduced toward the end of the movie and causes the suffrage of the Jewish people in the camp.

-          They are a part of history because they the main problem in WW2 and the holocaust

Nazi commander/ dr , Villian and Victim:           

 Starts off as  a rather friendly character as the doctor at the start of the movie. He is then later realised by Guido  as a Nazi commander. He has a conncection with Guido through riddles.  He is a part of the plot because he takes charge of Nazi’s and is served by Guido who is a waitress at the time.He is a part of history because of how much power and control he had over the nazi’s. The audience has a neutral connecetion with this character.