Unit 26 Assignment 1 - Auteur Presentation & Script

JOHN HUGHES POWERPOINT

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AND SCRIPT

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- DISTINCTION WORK CORRECTION WORK

 ANALYSIS OF ANOTHER HUGHES SCENE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6uaxfye2Ig


In this Pretty in Pink scene we can hear diegetic sound, there is dialogue between the characters Ducky and Andie. Ducky is speaking in a angry/frustrated tone of voice with a fast pace. Due to the pace and tone that the dialogue is spoken the character seems upset which makes the audience feel sympathy for him. He also stutters throughout his dialogue, this also tells the audience that he is nervous about the things he is about to say. Andie's dialogue in this scene has a confused/high pitched tone this makes the audience aware that she doesn't realise that Ducky is in love with her. We can also hear ambient sound, the footsteps of the characters and also we can hear Ducky's hands slap on his leg because of his hand gestures whilst mid-speech this makes the audience feel his enthusiasm and interest for Andie. There is non diegetic sound in this scene at the end of Duckies speech we can hear the Pretty in Pink soundtrack, which was added on after filming and the reason for this track  is because it's a slow emotional piece of music which adds drama to Ducky walking away from the shot, which again makes the audience feel sorry for him. 


PROVING THAT JOHN HUGHES IS AN AUTEUR

John Hughes is an auteur, he directed, produced and wrote his films The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Weird Science, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Home Alone, Uncle Buck. He had a personal artistic vision to make films for teenagers that every decade would be able to relate to, he used humour for his comedy dramas and powerful speeches to let the audience realise and understand know what teenagers are going through, in his visions he wants teens to break out of the moulds society has placed on them.

John Hughes gave teenage audiences credit for more intelligence and taste than Hollywood thought we had. He was the filmmaker who crystallised our attitudes and anxieties with just the right blend of teasing and sympathy. His comic dramas have a classicism and attention to dialogue and an elegance of narrative design. The non diegetic soundtracks in his films capture a winning mixture of optimism and melancholy, with a generosity of spirit tempered by a sense of right and wrong something essential in the experience of youth. John Hughes is an artist who was the voice of a generation any many other generations to come. 


Observation record form assignment 1 unit 26 38 Charlotte Makin

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