Movie Analysis on Cashback

SM1008 device of Moving form Cashback Director Sean Ellis Actors Sean Biggerstaff (Ben Willis, an art student), Emila Fox (Sharon, a checkout girl in the supermarket), Shaun Evans (Sean, outflank friend of Ben), Michelle Ryan (Suzy, the ex-girlfriend of Ben) Genre Comedy, Drama and fair sexise Release Date 31 whitethorn 2007 Introduction Have you ever call in to the mellowest degree freezing the clipping? What result you do in the extra while if you suffer from insomnia? These ar the situation that Ben Willis in. In Cashback, era is a precise great element. Therefore, I will pen about (1) the recreate of head in the cinematography.Also, a give tongue to-over of Ben is appeargond throughout the whole movie. I will write about (2) the fibber and (3) origin of the narrative form. Finally, I would like to write about (4) the harmony in virtually specific persuasions. Storyline When Ben goes through a impositionful break-up with Suzy, he develops insomnia. To kil l meter, he starts working the late night gear at the supermarket. There he meets a colorful cast of characters, all of whom impart their own art to deal with the boredom of eight-hour shift. Bens art is that imagining the condemnation is wintery. He arse appreciate the debaucher of the frozen world and the eople, especially Sharon, who may secure the answer for Ben. (1) Speed of movement In Cashback, large amount of picture shows change the cannonball along of motion, including slow motion and the extreme case, time lapse. According to Bordwell and Thompson (p. 172), there ar devil functions of development slow motion that atomic number 18 being employ in Cashback, (i) emphasis, change state a way of dwelling on a scrap of spectacle or towering drama and (ii) actions take place in conceive of or envisage or to convey enormous author. I believe there is to a fault (iii) some another(prenominal) actor of using the slow motion in this take. (i) Emphasis, a moment of spectacle or high drama a)In the football break motion-picture show, the aggroup of Ben is falling behind without any score. They dissertate about the strategy and they pass inclination to score one point. The whole surgical operation of Ben controlling the football and his boss guesswork the goal is in slow motion. It emphasizes the esprit de corps of the whole team. After the failure of shot the goal, you freighter see the ball flight of stairs over the boss slowly and the frustrate facial expression of the boss. It gives a moment of high drama. Then, the speed of motion becomes linguistic rule. Bens boss is hurt by the football, which is blastoff by the teammate nd brings the match to the end. (b) In the kissing scene, Ben is arcminute time kissed by Sharon. The kiss breaks the spell. Ben base eventually fall in asleep afterward the kiss. It is an serious scene so it changes the normal speed to slow motion in order to emphasize the importance since Be n is suffered from insomnia and the pain of break up for a a couple of(prenominal) months. (ii) In dream or fantasy or to convey enormous power (a) Ben and Sean go to find the striptease for the bucklery in the bosss birthday party. Ben imagines that Sharon has a strip dancing for him when the stripper is praising the quality of nonher stripper. The imagined strip-dancing scene is in slow motion because it is still a fantasy in Bens mind. (b) At the opening scene, Suzy is arguing with Ben after he suggests breaking up. The voice-over of Ben said that it is first documentary break up in present of him and he never thought it was passing game to be similar to a gondola car crush. Although it is Bens suggestion, the voice-over confesses this is a great encounter to Ben. Therefore, it uses slow motion. The same intimacy is through once more than in the arguing scene amongst Sharon and Ben. (c) After the break up, the characterisation of Suzy eternally appears in Bens mi nd.He always recalls of the time being with Suzy. All these memories again appear in slow motion, as it is a great deal and the contend of Bens insomnia. He cannot forget these quick memories. (d) In Cashback, a lot of experiences of Ben in childhood is introduced to the audience. One of them is the first time of seeing a nude woman body(a Swedish student lived in his house), which is an signal memory to Ben. Slow motion is use when the Swedish girl walking upstairs. Because of this experience, Ben knows the beauty of womens body and believes it is the close eautiful thing in the world. This may be the spring why he likes to draw cinema of nude women. According to Bordwell and Thompson (p. 173), time-lapse cinematography shows us some natural phenomenon or roadway scenes (that continue in a large period of time) in a second or a minute. Time-lapse cinematography is utilise a lot in Cashback. It gives a sense of time flies in a busy city from day to night. Although time is passed away so quick, in Bens eye, days wear on like years. Like the still of left-hand(a) hand corner, the surveillance camera shows that only Ben stands still in the iddle and many customers are passing by in a time-lapse cinematography. The contradiction surrounded by them shows that the feeling of Ben more obviously. (2) The narrator According to Bordwell and Thompson (p. 100), narration can use a narrator, some specific agent who purports to be telling us the story. The narrator can be a character in the story. In Cashback, Ben Willis is the narrator throughout the whole film. His narration shifts between restricted and unrestricted knowledge and change degrees of objectivity and subjectivity. A part of Bens narration is scolding about him and the events that he involves.It is highly subjective. When he is having the pedigrees with Sharon and Suzy respectively, the voice of them is wearisome but only Bens voice-over is dictum the feelings of him. It shows his inner world to the audiences. In the scene of the first day working in the supermarket, Bens voice over is grammatical construction something that is showing his character traits, he knows and likes observant the beauty of still object. Also, there are several scenes that Ben is confessing his childhood as a narrator. These all are really in the flesh(predicate) and subjective. It is the point of view of Ben.The narration is not only events about Ben himself, but overly about the childhood and love stories of Sean, which are the events that Ben did not witness. Bens narration gives a wide range of information to the audiences. It becomes an valuable part of the narrative form in Cashback. (3) Causality In Cashback, Ben Willis is the character that chiefly encounters all the cause-and-effect. Basically, all the events are from Bens point of view. He is a very sentimental art student. He has the grotesque method to deal with the extra time during the period of suffering from insomnia.He i magines the time is frozen. As he is obsessed with the beauty of women, he can draw pictures with naked womens body in the frozen world. Because he can appreciate different women in the frozen world, he finds out Sharon is the most beautiful one among them. Her eyes, pale off-white skin and delicate frame imbibe him. He finally falls in love with Sharon. He draws her over and over. This is a cause of an important event afterwards. He argues with Sharon because she saw his ex- girlfriend kissing him in the party. Later, he has an opportunity to achieve his dream (has his own rt exposition) because of a joke by his colleagues. He shows all the pieces of Sharon in the exhibition and invite Sharon to see. Finally Sharon forgives him because of all these drawings. (4) indicator of music in the movie medical specialty is an important element in a movie. It can strengthen the mood or atmosphere of some particular scene. In Cashback, a soundtrack called Casta Diva is used twice. It is f rom an opera, Noma. It is used in both scenes of Ben arguing with Sharon and Suzy. The voice of the protagonists are muted and Casta Diva is play as a background music.The surge of this soundtrack raises the agitated mood in the argument. It is break down than only showing the content of the argument because what they are arguing is not important anymore. The importance is showing the similarities between two argument and feelings of Ben because Bens narration utter that it seems to have met before. The football match scene that I mentioned before also uses a background music to raise the mood. The music gives the intense feeling to that scene, as it is a decisive moment that determine they can break their zero record.Combining the slow motion and the music, the mood is increased to the climax, so that the audiences can experience the emotion of the character inside(a) the football match. The introduction of a character, Barry Brickman, uses a classical music, Bolero. It is ball et music serene by Ravel. It is music with brisk bike and graceful melody. Barry is riding on his scoter and shuttling between the shelves in supermarket. I value it can show the character traits of Barry. He is a spry and funny someone who likes riding scooter a lot. He thinks that he is a very expert stuntman.This trait is clearly shown in the other scenes afterwards. It is also an important trait to the causality. It is because he tries to do a stunt in the bosss birthday party. He rides on a paper misfortune to slide down the staircase. This action let Sharon see the kissing scene between Ben and Suzy. It drives her mad and ignores Ben. Therefore, it contributes to the causality. Conclusion Cashback is a very special movie to me. I have not seen a movie using so much techniques of changing the speed of the scenes. It makes me look the function of slow motion and time- apse much clearer. I think it can be an example to talk about the speed of motion. On the other hand, th e narrator and the music contribute to the film a lot too. It helps us to understand more about the story and also provide information to us. Word direct 1668 Cited Work Bordwell & Thompson <<Film Art>>, 9th Edition Cashback (2006) Plot Summary http//www. imdb. com/ designation/tt0460740/plotsummary Cashback (2006) Sountrack http//www. imdb. com/title/tt0460740/soundtrack Bolero Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http//en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Bolero