Thursday, March 27, 2014

What production techniques in the film "A Beautiful Mind" communicate the themes of individuality/love? I'm writing an essay on the film "A...

In my mind, I would pay attention to some of the
cinematography offered in the film.  The opening scene where Nash is at the luncheon and
holds the glass in different positions and at different angles to create different
results of refraction from the sun might be one instance where the filming technique
helps to bring out the idea of individuality.  Nash is an individual through such a
photographic technique because he sees things that are not there.  In a world where
individuals are driven by what is there, Nash is animated by what could be there and
what might exist.  It is through this scene that we begin to understand his
individuality.  I thought that the scene where he and Alicia are staring at the stars
and through this begin to grasp the infinite nature of both their love and the universe
is another production technique that helps to bring out the subjective and the objective
experience.  In this scene, the photography of the immensity of the night sky helps to
bring to light that their love is as expansive and helps to bring their love as a
natural consequence of the world in which they live.

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