Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Girl Interrupted Film

The setting of the film starts out dark
While the movie begins, there is Susanna speaking in the background as the camera does a close-up on her face to show her emotions as to how she feels, about being mentally ill, or maybe its just her being a girl.
They also show another close-up when Susanna is at the hospital, we can see the pain she's going through.
Over the shoulder shot, when Susanna talks to her once teacher whom she had intercourse with, and he wants to go into her room but Susanna does not want him to, the shot is over Susanna's shoulder to show the teacher's expression.
The hospital does not look as bad as described in the book, in the film everything seems much brighter not like a prison.
Medium shot, as Susanna is called up to drink her pills, it shows the faces of the rest of the patients at the hospital, and their behavior.
When Susanna is to fake drinking her medication, they use a bird's eye view, looking down from a mirror, also it is a frame within a frame.
When Susanna is first walking into the bowling area, there's a type of horror music that plays, but once she feels comfortable enough to play, a happy song begins to play.
In the movie Valerie appears more often, and as the mother figure to the girls.
There's a dolly shot being used, going in to the girls room through the windows.
A fade away occurs, while the film tries to show the girls life at the hospital.
Sorrow music being played, after she is written up for drugging the nurse.
Sad song plays when Daisy hangs herself. There's a black cat, that leads Susanna where Daisy has hung herself, black cats are known for bad luck.
Fades away again, when Susanna begins to realize her future, and that she is not crazy.
Camera lowers down from the sky to the hospital, an aerial shot. Frame within a frame is used when Susanna looks through the rectangle glass of Lisa's confinement room.
Ends Susanna on cab leaving the hospital, Lisa is still tied to a bed, and Susanna's voice closes.

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