In Look Both Ways director Sarah Watt. Sarah watts uses a range of techniques to explore the nature of human emotions and focusing on the ways how people deal with their personal heartbreaks. Such heartbreak include the death of loved ones (Meryl’s father), the fear of Nick death from illness. Sarah Watts uses the conventional features of a narrative film, such as visual images, dialogues, sound however she also uses other interesting techniques to convey her messages, such as flask backs, animated sequences, Silence and Shadows. Flashback are used to show the connection between Meryl and Nick. NI
Sarah Watt’s shows important connection between Meryl and Nick through the technique of flashbacks. Nick flashback – the death of his father. The …show more content…
They both imagine death and disaster. ‘I’m seeing death everywhere this weekend’, says Nick, and Meryl’s response is ‘So do I’. When they make love for the first time, the viewer sees an animated version of what they are both imagining—their deepest fears. As the sequence continues, however, we notice that the animated images are becoming less frightening—Nick’s cancer cells shrink, for example— and thus the filmmaker suggests the healing nature of love. Towards the end of the film, when the relationship with Nick has developed and Meryl feels happy, her imaginings are less threatening. The black children in her imagination are laughing as they say ‘It was meant to be’, just as Meryl is able to laugh at herself when the car splashes her. Discovering that they have several things in common and falling in love helps Nick and Meryl to cope with their personal tragedies.
Look both ways is directed by Sarah Watts. In the movie Sarah Watt’s uses a range of techniques to engage the audience. There are so many techniques that she has use in film, however I will only discus about three techniques that she has use in film. The techniques that I am going discuss are
Look both ways is produced by Sarah Watt. This movie is about weekends and it tells us about the life. Shows us about the love, fear, responsibility and other
Sarah Watt’s shows important connection between Meryl and Nick through the technique of flashbacks. Nick flashback – the death of his father. The …show more content…
They both imagine death and disaster. ‘I’m seeing death everywhere this weekend’, says Nick, and Meryl’s response is ‘So do I’. When they make love for the first time, the viewer sees an animated version of what they are both imagining—their deepest fears. As the sequence continues, however, we notice that the animated images are becoming less frightening—Nick’s cancer cells shrink, for example— and thus the filmmaker suggests the healing nature of love. Towards the end of the film, when the relationship with Nick has developed and Meryl feels happy, her imaginings are less threatening. The black children in her imagination are laughing as they say ‘It was meant to be’, just as Meryl is able to laugh at herself when the car splashes her. Discovering that they have several things in common and falling in love helps Nick and Meryl to cope with their personal tragedies.
Look both ways is directed by Sarah Watts. In the movie Sarah Watt’s uses a range of techniques to engage the audience. There are so many techniques that she has use in film, however I will only discus about three techniques that she has use in film. The techniques that I am going discuss are
Look both ways is produced by Sarah Watt. This movie is about weekends and it tells us about the life. Shows us about the love, fear, responsibility and other