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Into The Wild Film Techniques

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In the film “Into the Wild” directed by Sean Penn, there are many significant moments that develop the movie, however I found the ending scene to be the most significant. In this scene its shows Chris’s last moments on earth, It includes what Chris would have imagined what would have happened had he of returned home safely and how everyone he met along the way is now doing. Penn uses multiple filming techniques to show this to the viewer such as montages,lighting and sound these techniques help to show the viewer the last few moments of Chris life. The main purpose of this scene is to show the last moments of Chris’s life and how everyone that Chris meet along the of his journey into the wild is now doing. The director uses a montage which is a series of selecting, …show more content…

The director used sepia lighting to emphasise certain moods in the themes.It emphasis the mood that Chris is feeling when he is dying. Through the bus window there is a light that is hitting Chris’s face which is symbolising God letting Chris into Heaven and is bringing Chris towards the light which is pretty much bringing Chris to his death. In the ending scene the use of lights is a symbol for life and realisation. When Chris is having a flash forward of him running into his parents arms its a very bright lighting this is a contrast to when to cut shots back to Chris dying which is a very dark and gloomy sky which represents his life now and how its about to end. In the last scene the use of lighting also signifies Chris realisation of happiness and himself. This is shown in the movie when Chris is writing in his book “happiness only real when shared.” The camera goes back to his face as he just finishes writing it and then he looks up at the light is on his face, which signifies his realisation that what he was looking for on his journey was to find out that happiness is only real when

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