Art film

When we were watching all the trailers in class, I found most of them very interested. At the end, my group members chose to watch The Diving Bell and The Butterfly (2007). As I research into this film, I found that the storyline came from a real story that happened in France. The story is about Jean-Dominique Bauby, an editor of Elle Magazine who suffered from a stroke. He got the lock-in syndrome where he is conscious inside but was not able to move or communicate with others. His only way of communication was to blink his eye.  He wrote this book by blinking to letters that the translator point to or said. Days after his book was published, he passed away due to pneumonia. This story really touched me cause of the spirit that is in him. He tried his best to live and use his only ability (blinking) to write a book. He inspired me to live everyday meaningfully and worthwhile. 

The movie has a really good composition and colour contrast. I liked how the movie is filmed using “his” perspective by using first-person filming technique. We can see the blur when Jean first wakens up. It is normal to have blurs. The director added in the blur to make it more realistic. He also showed us how he got his right eye stitched up. This makes us understand his perspective more which will make the film more touching. They have also used good colour contrast throughout the film. It has dull colours in the beginning and gradually adds more colour in. They have also showed high contrast to highlight the main points/ideas.