la la land - 708 words

La La Land, known as visually appealing, having the story driven by visuals. With vibrant and classy tones to set emotions within characters, attaching the viewers with such gripping situations. As the main characters are known as Seb and Mia, a film documenting their love story from start to end. Showing that in life, the Hollywood reality isn't always the beautiful ending people promise. With scenes such as the 'photoshoot scene,' I believe it creates an awkward presence within Sebs' feelings. The scene starts with a medium shot of the photographer facing towards the eye-line of the viewers with him looking through his camera. With this shot, I believe it gives me a perspective of what the musicians are seeing. With a bright background consisting of the umbrella lights that most photographers use, contrasting from a dark foreground of the photographer. With colours such as browns and blacks for the foreground and whites and creams within the background. The diegetic sound coming from the musicians playing and a flash that the editor used in advance as a cut. Therefore starts the next shot of a camera pan between the different musicians' expressions of engagement when playing the instruments for the photographer. However, Seb portrays a dissatisfied expression, showing this side of the job isn't exactly something he's fond of. Which is a massive contrast to Emma's character at the time, she loves what she is doing however, the publicity is doing her any justice. With that compared to Seb, someone who is getting the publicity but not the enjoyment, we truly get to see who is more passionate about their job and what it means to them. This scene shows the lifeless enjoyment from Seb, despite his love being with his instrument, he's fallen for something else. Someone to be exact. For me, if I wasn't enjoying something in my life anymore, I would let it go. But, in Sebs eyes, his jobs is the only way he can provide for his life. This scene particularly isn't driven by words, the cinematography and the characters expressions tell the story. That is what La La Land is like in the movie, it's telling a story through emotions and your eyes, not your ears. Which is different from a film like Winters Bone, the story told through your ears, which shows the reality of what your life is like. You process more by listening because it's more truthful to you. Except La La Land is an alternate reality, a film unrealistic with the constant happiness and the moments of joy that the characters were hoping for. However, this film is not about the man who runs off into the sunset with the love of his life. That's what they want us to believe, that's where some truth from reality seeps in with this film, not everything goes right. In all honesty, how do people find musicals entertaining, in my eyes, you're stripping the truth from the emotions and replacing it with a Disney effect, like Austin and Ally? A show where everything breaks out into a song. That's not entertaining. It's cringe and uncomfortable. That's what took the enjoyment out of this film. Thankfully the most gripping and enjoyable moments include no singing. Which to me is a win-win? This type of film is not particularly my style, the awkward dialogue, the bright and over the top clothing and colours. Love which has been taken to the next level. Although some shots have colours which have thought through emotion, I just feel as this movie is a whirlwind of colours that it's not visually appealing. To conclude this, La La Land has its ups and downs, which one of the downs is this scene because it's just not entertaining at all to me. Some people may find the lip-biting funny and shows humour to the film. Except for me, it's just not funny, is it? Very awkward and doesn't really drive the scene in an intriguing direction. Would I recommend this film to anyone? Yes and no. Due to the fact, your interests are very different, meaning you may like parts of the film and hate the rest. La La Land for me doesn't have a steady line of interest.