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Angela's Individual

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Camera Angles : Most of the camera angles are level with actors faces are level when panned out to make it feel more personal and to see the full scene without dramazition effects. When the angle switches down to see inside Chris’ wallet, it gives feelings of despair and empathy to see him so broke after working so hard. The up angles of the building and flag make everything seem grand, important and intimidating. When he gets kicked out of his motel room  and is roaming the subway streets with his son the camera angle goes high to help capture  the vibe of helplessness and desperation. Same when Chris and his son spend the night in the bathroom, the camera angle goes up to show the help nesses. Costuming: The main character Chris Gardner wears suits and ties with muted colors. A suit usually represents that someone is doing well, but ironically he is struggling. Through out the trailer he is carrying dry cleaning which means he cares about his appearance and is trying to be be presentable. His kid is dressed in the same way, with muted colors and the same looking jeans. But he is little so it is acceptable  because he is just a kid. The guy with the red car is dressed in a more colorful suit that is nicer looking, conveying he is well off. Music: The intro is fast-paced, light-hearted music, it helps the backstory sound positive. Steady faded beat music plays until he gets kicks out of the motel conveying everything is well and steady. The music stops when he is evicted, the silence giving a more depressed climatic feel. The music starts up cheerful again, when he says things will get better, this gives inspiring feelings of hope. Music becomes more “jazzy” as it shows his persistence. When he is locked in the bathroom the tone becomes more serious and slower. More towards the end the music becomes more vocal and upbeat, showing his success .

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How Our Analysis' came together to paint a bigger picture 

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How Our Analysis' came together to paint a bigger picture 

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The Pursuit of Happyness, directed by Gabriele Muccino, proceeds from the idea that people who are less fortunate and reside on the streets are not lazy and do not lack incentive. Commonly characters are portrayed as being kicked down when facing trials. Muccino points out the stereotypes and misconceptions about the poor throughout this trailer, such as their ambition to work or find jobs, the idea that many are uneducated, and that most tend to be blacks. Various scenes in the movie’s trailer demonstrates these ideas through different camera angles, use of narration, music, relationships with others, setting, camera adjustments, and costuming.

Happiness is deliberately misspelled in the title of the movie The Pursuit of Happyness, and on the wall of a daycare center where Chris Gardner, the main character, once sought care for his young son, Christopher, during some of his worst days. The director does this by setting the daycare in an impoverished  setting, thus, interprets that African Americans could not afford a more valued education as white men during the 2000s . Chris irritatedly takes offense to the fact that the word happiness is spelled incorrectly; he wants to make sure his son is taught correctly so he can become an educated and successful man. Still, the word comes to signify Chris’ own pursuit of happiness to find a stable job to support his family. American flags are shown in the trailer to depict the ‘American Dream’ stereotype, that jobs are plentiful and that America is a country where those who go there expect a good life. Especially in an urban city like San Francisco with massive amounts of opportunities for jobs, Muccino wants to point out how others should regard America as the place where not everything happens easily. The upward angles of the building and flag make everything seem grand, important and intimidating.  This scene illustrates that Gardner does not fit the traditional stereotype.

Gardner proves that perception really is everything. A major part of the recipe for success is how people perceive motivation. When Gardner, at his lowest point in life, locks himself and his son in a subway station, the music becomes slower and serious. While in the bathroom, late at night sleeping on the floor with paper towels everywhere. Gardner maintains the illusion that he was just as much a viable candidate as the other interns who had homes and all the luxuries of modern day businessmen.  A change in music from quick paced music to a steady faint beat plays the moment he gets kicked out of his motel room and roams the subway streets with his son. The camera angles go up high to capture the vibe of helplessness and desperation. Even as they spend the night in the subway station bathroom, the camera angles go up to depict the helplessness. Still on the edge, his son’s bright backpack and the solved Rubik's cube, to prove that he was capable, are symbols of hope. The symbols of hope contrast with the dull colors of the restroom, and they contrast against the muted colors of Gardner’s suits and ties. A suit usually represents that someone is doing well, but ironically Chris is struggling. Throughout the trailer he carries dry cleaning, which means he cares about his appearance and is trying to be presentable. Christopher is dressed in muted colors, but since he is young it is acceptable. This creates a big difference in the white man who is dressed in a more colorful suit, the suit being more nicer looking, and conveying that he is well off.

The mood and tone are conveyed through the despair, lack of clarity, and camera focus of the trailer. In a scene where Gardner is talking to the stockbroker, everyone seems to be out of focus, and blurred out. Even though as busy as San Francisco is, nobody seems to be around, and this suggests that Gardner is an outcast in the working community. This blurriness is seen throughout the trailer. For example, it seen in the homeless shelter, at the office with other interns, after Chris gets hit by a car, and hugs his son at daycare. That lasts  until the end of the trailer when everyone comes into focus showing Chris’ achievements with being one with the working class. Most of the camera angles are level with actors’ faces to make it feel more personal. The angles also show the full scene without emphasizing Chris by making him stand out. When the angle switches down to see inside Chris’s wallet, it gives feelings of despair and empathy to see him broke after working so hard. Music plays a key part in helping develop a dramatic tone to the backstory, and it is more cheerful when Gardner says things will get better. This gives inspiring feelings of hope, and it gets more ‘jazzy’ to show his persistence. Towards the end it gets even more upbeat to emphasize his success.

With the scenes coming together, Muccino is able to get the point across that people assume ideas behind others’ poverty,by doing so in an indirect way. The emphasis of the trailer shows someone’s drive, not only for himself, but also for his son, to get to a better life, despite the numerous setbacks they endure. Muccino’s narration in the beginning of the trailer creates this person who is not a lazy African American homeless person just trying to get by, but an African American homeless man who is trying to get right for his son. The son, Christopher, is Chris’s motivation and vice versa. Chris tells his son never to give up on his dreams when everyone tells him he can not achieve them. Christopher pushes his father just by embracing him, unjudged , in a scene when they are at their lowest.

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The camera zooms  in on the wallet and the very little money he has and then back  out at Gardener’s saddening facial expression, the zooming could makes it a more emphatic to the audience by adding the intimate closeness from the wallet back to his face. The scene at the train station goes from an intimate point of view to a bird's eye view to show that he is lost and alone at this point. Music towards the end of the trailer correlates with what’s being shown, Chris Gardner’s highs and lows just trying to get through to better times. Slow and sudden upbeat music of when the son and Chris Gardner touch hands in an embracing way shows the audience their strengthening relationship even through this difficult time. Narration gives insight on who this Chris Gardner character is as an African American homeless man trying to do what’s best for him and his son. The narration describes the relationship with Gardner's son, how he pushes him to never give up on dreams that everyone else said he couldn’t achieve, making a parallel inference to where he is and what his son is to become. In one scene Chris Gardner talking to the stockbroker everyone seems to be out of focus, kind of blurred out and even though as busy as San Francisco is, nobody seems to be around in camera, pointing out Chris Gardner as an outcast to the working community. This blurriness are seen throughout the trailer. For example, in the homeless shelter scene at the office with other interns, after getting hit by a car, and hugging his son at daycare. Until the end of the trailer does everyone comes into focus showing Chris’ achievements with being one with the working class.

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The relationship between father and son is strong. He encourages his son to do his best and to never give up.  When Chris was devastated to find a job, he was emphasized as a dull worker in the scene. Throughout the trailer, Chris walked depressed with the happy crowd. At the end of the trailer, when he is offered the internship he was part of the crowd, happily walking. Even at the lowest point of his life, when he was sleeping with his son on the restroom floor of a subway station, he maintained the illusion that he was just as much a viable candidate as the other interns who had homes and all the luxuries of modern-day businessmen. He proves that perception really is everything, and how you make people perceive you is a major part of the recipe for success. The word "happiness" in the title is deliberately misspelled, just as it is on the wall of a daycare center where Gardner once sought care for his young son some of his worst days. Chris wanted to make sure that his son was taught the correct way, so he could grow up to be an educated man and make something great of himself. Chris took offense to the fact that the world happiness was spelled wrong on the wall and became irritated by it, but the word comes to signify Chris' own pursuit of happiness.

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Happiness is spelled incorrectly in the title of the movie, interpreting that blacks were not as educated as white men during the early 2000s. Every white man was wealthy, well educated with steady jobs and luxurious cars, such as a red car shown in the trailer. American flags were shown in the trailer to depict the ‘American Dream’ stereotype. Especially in an urban city like San Francisco with massive amounts of opportunities for jobs, Muccino wanted to point out how others would regard America as the truth that not everything happens easily. One scene in the restroom shows Chris and his son lying down in the restroom in a dirty area with paper towels laid out consisting of dull colors, except for the child’s backpack. The dull contrast to the restroom and the bright colored backpack symbolizes hope. Even in their lowest moments, sleeping in an apartment in a subway station restroom, they still had hope. The Rubix cube Chris solves and the backpack shows signs of hope, indicating there’s still a chance and no to give up.  The main character and his son struggle through many hardships together. His son is Chris’ motivation. Through all the troubles, his son still trusts and supports him. Chris shows struggles to reach from one destination to the next, through taxi and subway trains, to running to catch trains, show’s how determined he is to succeed.

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Anna and Ruth: Characters, the main character's relationship to others in the scene and setting

Angela and Genesis: Camera Angles, Camera adjustments, narration, music and costuming

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"Pursuit of Happiness breaks the stereotypical idea that homeless individuals suffer because they are lazy"
-Jack Todd  (BORGEN Magazine writer)

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                                         The Pursuit of Happyness

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                                         The Pursuit of Happyness