Blog Assignment #8

Scene from "Almost Famous" (2000)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whuCSE6734o


      The setup for this scene is that this young teenager got his first break into the rock journalism world and is having his first experience around a real time rock band.  The band still water asked him to do a story on them for a well known rock magazine.  The theme of this film based on this scene is didactic it shows this in the part of the scene where the teenage character goes to right something down on his notepad and the girl character grabs it from him to stop him showing his immersion into the rock and roll culture and not knowing what is going to happen next.

      The virtual lines of the scene especially the part where Kate Hudson looks and the band and the teenager huddled together jumping up and down and Kate Hudson stares at them making you focus your attention on the camaraderie of the band and the newly emerged teenager.  There is contrast and affinity in the overall shape of the scene with the men circled around each other and the sharp lines of the the stage and the scaffolding.  The shapes of the characters faces are very triangular because almost everyone has long flowing out hair off the shoulders giving a triangular look.  The space of the shot is very realistic and really gives the viewer the sense of being backstage at a big rock show.  The rhythm of the scene flow nicely from them getting amped up to running out on stage and starting to play for the huge crowd.  The movement of the scene is complex with movements up and down as well as side to side.  The point of interest shifts many times throughout the scene because of the use of virtual lines from people looks and faces.  The scene really gives off a subconscious that the character played by Kate Hudson and the teenage character are innocent teens swept up in this crazy rock world.