There are three films which really inspired us and gave us creative ideas for our Media Studies AS Level coursework. 'P.S I Love You' is composed of the same themes that we are planing to use for the opening of our film which consists of loneliness and loss in a strong relationship. 'About Schmidt' features similar themes with the main character being portrayed as isolated and actually quite delicate which we wish to portray of the character in our opening. The third film which we find an inspiration is 'Remember Me'. As well as sharing similar themes of sadness and loss to our film, the main inspiration we take from this film, especially the particular clip we have attached, is the many various camera angles used and the background music that is played. This clip demonstrates mid-shots, long shots, zooming, close ups and the camera is positioned in higher angles, straight on and is seen panning. We have uploaded to our blog, a scene from each film which we feel best relate to our opening and inspire us most.
P.S. I Love You
This film is about a young widow who was happily married and was deeply in love with her husband. The female lead character discovers that her late husband has left her 10 meaningful letters before his death with the intent to help ease her pain and help her continue to life her life once he has passed away. This film is an inspiration for our film as it is also about loneliness and loss which are the main ideas for our film opening. It includes the theme of the loss of a relationship which is relevant to our film as we plan to also show the loss of a loved one of the main character. The clip attached has given us ideas on how to act and display our emotions and possible body language. The themes are very similar to ours and the director has made the scenes more effective.
About Schmidt
‘About Schmidt’, starring Jack Nicholson and directed by Alexander Payne, features a strong theme of loss. His character comes to several crossroads in his life when his wife suddenly dies which also brings the themes of sadness and loneliness to the movie. We see this as inspirations for the opening of our film as we plan to highlight these themes in the scene we shoot for the opening. Our film and ‘About Schmidt’ could not be classified as a ‘family film’. This is because of the themes, which make the films more mature, and very delicate, which in our opinion are not appropriate or suitable for the whole family. ‘New Line Cinema’ distributed ‘About Schmidt’, whilst Michael Besman and Harry Gittes produced it. On the critic’s site www.rottontomatoes.co.uk, it is praised with many comments stating they were ‘deeply moved’ by the film. Another critic comments ‘About Schmidt is undoubtedly one of the finest films of the year’. It received an average rating of 7.7 out of 10.
Remember Me
Produced by Nicholas Osborne, Trevor Engelson, Erik Feig and Robert Pattinson, Remember me is a Romantic/Drama film, which incorporates the theme of loss. It in centred around Tyler (Robert Pattinson) and Ally (Emilie de Ravin) who both have lost loved ones in their lives. They meet and fall in love but of course, it is not that simple as they came together through a bet Tyler made with a friend. Ally discovers, but later things are resolved. The section of the film we take inspiration from is further towards the end when Tyler is killed in the Twin Towers attack. Various camera shots and angles then capture the reactions and emotions to his death by different people in his life, and then how they handled it and moved forward in their own life. 'Remember Me' is a inspiration for the ways it displays the emotions of sadness and the camera shots and angles used.
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