Abbigail Azirou

Good Will Hunting Film Review                                                 By Abbigail Azirou Once upon a time back in 1997, a couple of struggling actors experienced a drought in roles coming their way, so they decided to write their own-"Good Will Hunting". Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, boyhood friends from Boston went on to sell their screenplay for big bucks. Additionally upon exhortation, they would act in the film and go on to win an Oscar for best Original Screenplay and Matt Damon an Oscar for best actor. In this review i will discuss how the director, Gus Van Sant uses technical tools such as sound, Mis-En-Scene, editing, cinematography and finally i will discuss the performance of Matt Damon who plays the lead, which all play a roll in evoking reaction and response within the viewers. The protagonist (Matt Damon) is working as a janitor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, residing on the working class  side of Boston. Our main character is a rowdy

Film Form is used to create meaning and response, or stating it bluntly, to manipulate the audience. cinematography: Essentially, cinematography involves the use of camera and lighting. This means using different angles, shot types and movement. Shot types can be determined by the distance from the subject. For example, a close up can be used to convey emotion, if the close up is of the human face of course. Furthermore, a mid shot can be used in an action scene to show the action. Finally, in cinematography Director's use a range of different angles. In essence, some may tilt the camera for disorientation, they may use high angles to convey a character's lack of authority or power and so on. Typically, the audience will fill in the gaps and understand what the director is attempting to convey. Editing:  Editing relies on the relationship between the shots, The rhythm of the shots, How fast or slow they cut, what they cut to, fades, the relationship between the shots