The Graduate is about a recent college graduate Benjamin Braddock, who is trapped into an affair with Mrs. Robinson who happens to be the wife of his father business partner and then finds himself falling in love with her daughter, Elaine. In Mr Cole's class we studied the opening to 5 different types of movies. I am picking 3 different ones to study, firstly The Graduate.
Setting:
Its firstly set on an aeroplane, to then it switches to the airport, then its mainly on a travelator, where there is limited movement.
Lighting:
There is no specific lighting, just indoor normal lighting.
Costume:
The main character who we focus on, is dressed formally in a suit, the background people are all dressed in normal everyday clothing.
Acting:
When Braddock is standing on the travelator the acting is very plain, but its extremely good and simple. Sometimes, in this case, minimal acting is most effective. While the passengers are all sitting on the aeroplane, they are all facing forward, some are up straight, others are slouching they look warn out and bored. Dustin Hoffman plays Benjamin Braddock.
There is low editing apart from switching between the credits of who directed, produced etc, and who actual film opening. Also editing from the name of the movie,
Camera Shots:
In the first scene there is a 3 second close up on Benjamin Braddock's face then it zooms out to the interior of an aeroplane with passengers sitting around him. Then when he is in the airport you watch him get on the travelator where then the camera shots are panning along with him as he is moving. Then we focus on his suitcase in exactly the same way, following it along the travelator.
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