Film Inspiration

Qainaat Aftab

‘The Notebook’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZX_OxiSdSg&feature=youtu.be

This clip is from the film ‘The Notebook’. This film deals with the concept of Dementia which is what my film is attempting to achieve.

From the clip we can see an elderly couple however, the wife cannot remember the events that have happened in her past life or recognise her husband.

Characters and Dialogue

• I found that the way the characters are portrayed in the clip mirror the characters in our film. The character with Dementia gets confused, this is evident through her speech and facial expressions. When her family meet her the camera is facing down towards her which highlights that the disease makes her inferior to other characters. This is important for our film because it adds sympathy towards the characters which is what we are trying to achieve for the old man in our short film.

Continuity

• I found that the continuity of the ‘red cardigan’ in this clip related the old and young version of the character together in a subtle way, this formed a connection between the two which made the plot clear. This would be a good factor to put in our film as the audience would recognise the daughter and the wife as individuals, but still see an evident connection.