Treatment

Log Line- A young man struggles to find the one person he is destined for.

A long hall way, in the distance you see a young man who seems to be rushing towards something. Close up of his hands reveals that he has a wallet in his hands. Then we see a girl in her car drive off as the guy is approaching the car. We then find out that the guy was trying to give back the girls wallet after she had dropped it.

As the guy is looking through the wallet he finds a photo of her and falls in love with the girl. After looking at the photo for a long time he decides to go and find out more about her so he looks into a yearbook.

A birds eye view shows him flipping through the yearbook frantically, after he finds her again he stares at her as if he was deeply in love with her, then the screen fades to black

We see the guy again at a cafe, medium shot shows that he is still holding on the picture of the girl. We hear the sound of the door chimes as a person walks into the cafe. We can only see her feet. The guy not paying attention to who walked in keeps on reading his paper.

Then he turns and catches a glimpse of her, a sudden rush of emotion goes through him and goes after her. She walks out of the cafe and he rushes after her. he then yells out her name. As she hears him she turns away and the screen fades to black.

Amelie Textual Analysis

This shot shows a close up of Amelie’s face after she has given back the photo book back to Nino. The close up reveals Amelie’s satisfaction with helping others regain something that they lost. The lighting in the background is different to that of the foreground to illustrate physically how Amelie’s has accomplished her goal of returning the photo album back. The director’s intent was to set Amelie aside from others, to show how Amelie cares more about others rather than her caring about herself.

In this shot the lighting is low keyed. This is done to illustrate Amelie’s mysteriousness to what she enjoys. Because at the time the audience is unaware of what Amelie likes to do, which is reflected of the low key lighting and tight framing because one does not see whats going on behind her. The directors intention would be to introduce Amelie as a mysterious person who enjoys the simple things in life.

In this shot the set design illustrates the color correction done in this shot. Color correction is done so that colors such as red and orange show the most, thus representing how Amelis can be nice and sweet but at the same time she can be deceiving. The director’s intention is to show Amelies warm side mixed in with her deceptive side.

This shot towards the start of the film clearly shows the foreground, mid-ground, and background, this illustrate the composition of the shot and the framing of the camera. The composition and the framing functions in that it shows Amelie’s creative imagination. The bunny, which acts as the background illustrates how Amelie’s imagination goes far and beyond being normal. This because the bunny is seen in the sky, which represents Amelie’s imagination as being high or strong. The directors intent was to present Amelie’s as a abnormal character and also to show how she will be the main focus throughout the film.