The two movies used to compare and talk about for this assignment, is the 12 Oscar nomination “La-La Land” and the nominee to the Festival de Cannes “It’s Only the End of the World”. The decision of using “La-La Land” for this assignment were made upon the quality of the movie and making it the must-see movie of the year and “It’s Only the End of the World”, from the Miami Film Festival, because it was a French movie and the casting crew was very interesting. During this assignment, a summary of both movies will be given followed by an analysis of the way of filmmaking techniques such as cinematography, sounds narrative structure, production design and the editing side of the movie. Making a film is not an easy task. No matter if the cast members or production are well experienced, it takes a lot of time to plan a good movie and win awards. “La-La Land” is a mix of a love story with a musical movie. It can easily be compared to the 1978 “Grease” movie which is also a mix of a love story and a musical movie. The main characters …show more content…
It is a French-Canadian drama movie directed and edited by the well know Canadian writer Xavier Dolan. It is a movie based on the play and novel of Jean-Luc Lagarce, who is a famous French play writer and actor. The main characters of this movie are the well-known French actors Marion Cotillard, Gaspard Ulliel, Nathalie Baye, Vincent Cassel and Lea Seydoux. Since the movie was based on a famous French play, many people in France knew what the movie was going to be about before watching it. “It’s Only the End of the World” is a dramatic and sad story of a play writer that after 12 years of not seeing his family is forced to visit them to announce them that he has a terminal illness. After the death of his father, Louis played by Gaspard Ulliel, decided to start his journey as a play writer and moved from his home town to another big city to pursue his