This
movie was directed by Robert Zemeckis in 1994. The Forrest Gump is an American
epic romantic comedy drama film which is based on the 1986 novel of the same
name " The Forrest Gump" by Winston Groom.
In
the film, Tom Hanks, the protagonist who acts professionally because he manages
to bring out the character. Hence, he was being awarded the Best Actor in the
"Oscar Award". This film depicts the passage of time in the life of
Forrest Gump. Forrest Gump has a low IQ and he is treated as an abnormal
person. Due to this, he is not allowed to study together with other kids.
Furthermore, he is a hunchback with an backward curve to the vertebral column.
Thus, he needs to use a walking stick to support him in walking.
Even
though the Forrest Gump is about an abnormal kid and the script is tried to evoke
sympathy of its audience, but the technique of the scenes being took is really
amazed the audiences. The audiences love the portraying of The Forrest Gump
which was directed by Robert Zemeckis. The usage of camera and techniques that
involving "pan", "tilt" and moreover "wide angle",
"close-up" were been used in a very suitable method. Besides, the
"close-up" camera technique is used to capture the emotion and
feelings of the character, so that the audience is drawn into this film.
Forrest
Gump's mother fights hard to ensure that Forrest Gump gets an equal opportunity
to learn like other kid. For example, she has an sex affair with the school
principal. Jenny whom Forrest Gump met in the school bus on their way to school
is the first person who is willing to offer a seat to Forrest Gump and this
leaves a good impression to Gump meanwhile he was been rejected by others. Since
then, Gump loves Jenny very much even though Jenny has commits a sexual affair with
someone. The audience is help informed that Gump's love towards Jenny is so strong,
simple love, but touching. Ridiculously, Gump even after few years only wait
till Jenny willing to start life with him.
Jenny
always ask Gump to run no matter what happens, especially when he is bullied by
gangster, when he goes to Vietnam. Jenny try to ask Gump to promise her that,
"no matter what happens to you, not to be brave, just RUN". In this
situation, the audience begins to wonder about whether Jenny likes to get escape
from any unfavorable circumstances that happens in her life or she is just
trying to protect Gump in the way of asking him to RUN? She always think that
by running escape from misfortune, she would be able to live her life like
other normal people. For an instance, Jenny is being sexual harassed by her
father and she just run. But, audience is question that, the RUNNING of Jenny
is a way of solution in helping herself and so to the Gump too or just other
meaning in that?
The
shooting techniques used by Robert Zemeckis in this kind of ordinary plot story
become an essence. Audience is really care about how Robert Zemeckis is going
to shoot, with what angle in what scene and how to run through all the planning.
How able is the director to use the camera techniques to initiate the pathos of
audiences.
There
are about the plot: In the beginning, Gump sits on a chair and waits for the
bus. He start to think about his life and the most essential part of his life,
such as Mother (Mrs. Gump), beloved (Jenny), his bestie (Bubba), Bubba Gump
Shrimp Company, his Running life, hectic ping pong life, as soldier in Vietnam,
Lt. Lieutenant Dan, and also Gump's feeling when mother leaved this world,
Jenny get hurt when hitting by a man......He is tried to share all valuable
life situation that he faced and recall back his experiences. As the time
passes by, there is a next person who sits besides Gump to listen to him. This
kind of narration make people curious that with a real time person (present),
Gump is talking his (past) and waiting for his (future), to meet with beloved
Jenny.
Why
does Gump will sit on the chair? Where does Gump wanted to go? Why is it after
experiencing this and that, he is still able to sit on the chair? What inspires
him and support him along these? All these provide audiences a space to think
and feel suspicious (suspens). When Gump shares his life experience, the
audience next to him keeps changing. This makes audience experienced that life
is depicted as someone who waits for the bus. The crucial point is not about
reaching our desired destination, but it is about who is the person who remain
sited and how we deal with them. Life, so called as taking bus. People comes
into our life, and they may leave us, but some time some people is willing to
stay for a longer time to accompany us while some could only stay for a short
period. According to Gump's mother, life is just like eating chocolate: Sweet,
bitter, all together.
As
an audience, I enjoy the way of expressing about this story with using of
several analogy that give impact to audiences to think deeply about the meaning
of life. Techniques that conveyed is making the story line becomes more
interesting. In a nutshell, I am upgrading my skill of shooting in order to be
able to describe and tell people more about the interesting of film in an
advanced techniques!
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