Good Will Hunting Film Analysis

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“Good Will Hunting” is an intense therapy with melodramatic elements that tries to push people who are not ready to be pushed and to try of changing their dramatic life. By using melodramatic elements the filmmaker tries to show to the audience that even of having a dramatic life, with some help and love everything can be overcome. The aggressive and problematic character of main movie character has roots since his abusive childhood. With this melodramatic elements, like the bad behavior of the main character, the filmmaker is showing that how important is the way we treat children and how much can impact their future.
People are very sensitive when it comes to the domestic violence, especially in kids, so the audience can easily be involved
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Will meet a girl named Skylar, a Harvard student. He builds his relationship with her based on lies. Will didn’t tell her about his past. After a while they fall in love with each other. Skylar was basically the first women that he had dated, and he really didn’t know how to behave with her. Will finds in her the love and attention that he never felt in his foster family. Skyler was decided to go in California for her studies and wanted Will to go with her, but he refused to leave Boston the only place he had known in his whole …show more content…
The visual elements have to be adapted to characters so the audition can feel very close to the movie. The visual e element of the movie such as setting, light, colors, costumes and special effect help to show the social background that Will comes from. The verbal elements, such as music, dialog and language help to show his social background. For example, in this movie one of the things that you realize is the vulgarity of the language that some of the characters use. From their language we can recognize the caste of the society this person came from. The costumes that are used in this movie are normal person 's daily outfit, because this makes the audience feel close to the

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