The 1986 Rob Reiner directed classic Stand By Me is the story of four boys who go on a search for a dead body in the wilderness outside of their town. This movie is based on Stephen King's novella '’The Body,' and was written as a memoir from the perspective of one of the four boys and is narrated by Richard Dreyfuss. This film takes place near the town of Castle Rock, Oregon over the course of two days in the summer of 1959. This movie does a wonderful job of making you feel as though you are there with the boys on their journey both physically and emotionally with the acting and camera angles. This movie also does a wonderful job of capturing the nostalgic moments of the coming of age life changing experiences afterwards because of those
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It is easy to pick up that the director carefully picked the outfits of the actors so that they matched the personality of the actors, which helped to make the persona of the characters more transparent. A perfect example of this is the outfit Chris Chambers wore throughout the movie; blue jeans and a white tee. A textile symbol of the bad boy stigma that engulfed young male culture in the 1950’s. The outfit meshed well with Chris and his brash personality. While it is clear the personalities of the boys almost immediately, Rob Reiner does a great job with his use of camera angles and lighting to give the audience a deeper feeling of understanding towards each character. There is a scene where the boys are camping out for the night surrounded by the campfire and sharing their most random, deepest thoughts which nearly everyone can relate to. Reiner’s use of camera work is great in this film as well especially in his use of symbolism. For example, when the boys start their journey and he begins the camera angled at where the railroad diverges in two different directions, he does that to symbolize the change that the boys would go through after their journey …show more content…
This movie is based on Stephen King's novella ''The Body,' and Richard Dreyfuss did a great job narrating this film. This film was absolutely worthwhile and brought me back to some of my greatest memories growing up with my friends. This movie does a wonderful job of making you feel as though you are there with the boys on their journey both physically and emotionally with the acting and camera angles. This movie also does a wonderful job of capturing the nostalgic moments of the coming of age life changing experiences afterwards because of those experiences. The narration captured some of the simplest yet most important ideas of the movies such as at the end after all the boys head home and end up going different directions in life, Richard Dreyfuss said “friends come in and out of your life like bus boys at a restaurant” and then ends the movie warmly after writing the last sentence in his memoir “I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was
It is easy to pick up that the director carefully picked the outfits of the actors so that they matched the personality of the actors, which helped to make the persona of the characters more transparent. A perfect example of this is the outfit Chris Chambers wore throughout the movie; blue jeans and a white tee. A textile symbol of the bad boy stigma that engulfed young male culture in the 1950’s. The outfit meshed well with Chris and his brash personality. While it is clear the personalities of the boys almost immediately, Rob Reiner does a great job with his use of camera angles and lighting to give the audience a deeper feeling of understanding towards each character. There is a scene where the boys are camping out for the night surrounded by the campfire and sharing their most random, deepest thoughts which nearly everyone can relate to. Reiner’s use of camera work is great in this film as well especially in his use of symbolism. For example, when the boys start their journey and he begins the camera angled at where the railroad diverges in two different directions, he does that to symbolize the change that the boys would go through after their journey …show more content…
This movie is based on Stephen King's novella ''The Body,' and Richard Dreyfuss did a great job narrating this film. This film was absolutely worthwhile and brought me back to some of my greatest memories growing up with my friends. This movie does a wonderful job of making you feel as though you are there with the boys on their journey both physically and emotionally with the acting and camera angles. This movie also does a wonderful job of capturing the nostalgic moments of the coming of age life changing experiences afterwards because of those experiences. The narration captured some of the simplest yet most important ideas of the movies such as at the end after all the boys head home and end up going different directions in life, Richard Dreyfuss said “friends come in and out of your life like bus boys at a restaurant” and then ends the movie warmly after writing the last sentence in his memoir “I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was