Film critique by Fatima Bamba https://padlet.com/fbamba19/3usp1lzok0tc en-us 2019-03-20 12:24:48 UTC 2024-05-18 06:44:59 UTC hello@padlet.com fbamba19 https://padlet.com/fbamba19/3usp1lzok0tc/wish/343278955 2019-03-20 12:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/fbamba19/3usp1lzok0tc/wish/343278955 fbamba19 https://padlet.com/fbamba19/3usp1lzok0tc/wish/343284579 Matilda is a fantasy comedy film directed by Danny DeVito. It's about a girl named Matilda who is often mistreated by her parents and principal. Matilda's parents only value materialistic things like money and television, and they treat her poorly because she is different. Ms. Trunchbull bullies the kids in school. Matilda later finds out she has special abilities, like controlling things. She uses her special abilities to defeat her rivals. 

]]> 2019-03-20 12:40:35 UTC https://padlet.com/fbamba19/3usp1lzok0tc/wish/343284579 fbamba19 https://padlet.com/fbamba19/3usp1lzok0tc/wish/343285808 In Matilda Danny DeVito uses many different film techniques such as camera angles, shots, sounds and lightning. One important film technique used in the film is camera angles. There are a lot of long shot, close-ups, zoom, and high angles use throughout the film. The long shot shows what the character is doing, their location and who they're with. ]]> 2019-03-20 12:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/fbamba19/3usp1lzok0tc/wish/343285808 fbamba19 https://padlet.com/fbamba19/3usp1lzok0tc/wish/343297408 This long shot shows Matilda talking to the librarian at the front desk. The close-ups show the emotions that are on the character's face. It can show happiness, fear or sadness. In this film, close-ups are used to show that the character is thinking or is looking at something. ]]> 2019-03-20 13:04:31 UTC https://padlet.com/fbamba19/3usp1lzok0tc/wish/343297408 fbamba19 https://padlet.com/fbamba19/3usp1lzok0tc/wish/343304131 2019-03-20 13:16:14 UTC https://padlet.com/fbamba19/3usp1lzok0tc/wish/343304131 fbamba19 https://padlet.com/fbamba19/3usp1lzok0tc/wish/343304641 Medium shots show the relationships between two people from the waist up. You can see the expressions and movement that are happening between the two characters. You can also see the action that is happening around the characters. ]]> 2019-03-20 13:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/fbamba19/3usp1lzok0tc/wish/343304641 fbamba19 https://padlet.com/fbamba19/3usp1lzok0tc/wish/343305603 In this scene, Matilda is showing Ms. Honey her special abilities. For low angles, the camera looks up on a subject making them look powerful and intimidating. In Matilda whenever Ms. Trunchbull is shown, the camera is usually angled upward to make her seem bigger and more threatening. ]]> 2019-03-20 13:18:38 UTC https://padlet.com/fbamba19/3usp1lzok0tc/wish/343305603 fbamba19 https://padlet.com/fbamba19/3usp1lzok0tc/wish/343333552 In this scene when we first meet Ms. Trunchbull the camera is looking up at her making her seem like a giant to the audience. 

]]> 2019-03-20 14:02:23 UTC https://padlet.com/fbamba19/3usp1lzok0tc/wish/343333552 fbamba19 https://padlet.com/fbamba19/3usp1lzok0tc/wish/343335963 Throughout the opening scene of the film, a calm and relaxing soundtrack is played in the background. It is never silent in the background of the film. There is always some type of music going in the scenes. Danny DeVito used a lot of non-diegetic and diegetic sounds. Diegetic sounds help show the emotions of the character by how they react and also increase the emotion of the audience by adding suspense. There is diegetic sound in the living room scene when the tv is playing in the background. In the garage scene where Matilda goes with her dad to fix cars, clanking and drilling sound are mostly heard.  ]]> 2019-03-20 14:06:13 UTC https://padlet.com/fbamba19/3usp1lzok0tc/wish/343335963 fbamba19 https://padlet.com/fbamba19/3usp1lzok0tc/wish/343343037 In Matilda costume is used to portray the characteristics of the different characters. In the film, Matilda wears colorful clothing and ribbon in her hair. This indicates she is a good guy because she has lightly colored clothes. Miss Honey also wears a lot of bright colors which symbolize she is a good character who accepts people with open arms no matter how different you are. Miss Trunchbull wears a lot of dark colors portraying that she is an evil character. She feels she is superior compared to everyone else and can bully the kids. She puts fears into the kids instead of doing what a principal should like motivating students. ]]> 2019-03-20 14:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/fbamba19/3usp1lzok0tc/wish/343343037 fbamba19 https://padlet.com/fbamba19/3usp1lzok0tc/wish/343350091 Staff, TMZ. “Little 4-Year-Old Matilda 'Memba Her?!” TMZ, TMZ.com, 7 Aug. 2017, www.tmz. com/2017/03/06/sara-magdalin-matilda-young-now-photos/.

“There's a Brand New Internet Challenge, and It's Magically Based off of 1996's ‘Matilda.’” HelloGiggles,  hellogiggles.com/ news/matilda-challenge-viral/.

“Matilda (1996)- No More Miss Nice Girl (1080p).” YouTube, 10 Apr. 2017, youtu.be/m6KAHGrx4Yg.

Pinterest, www.pinterest.com/ pin/
549579960750674925/?lp=true.

“Matilda at Car Shop.” YouTube, 16 May 2013, youtu.be/6IYOvUs-ul4.

“Trunchbull - Matilda - Pam Ferris - Character Profile.” Writeups.org, 6 Apr. 2018, www.writeups.org/ trunchbull-matilda-pam-ferris/.

“How To Dress Like Matilda.” Pinterest, www.pinterest.com/ pin/451345193879928478/.

Imgur. “This Was My Favourite Film as a Child. I Guess I Could Relate to Matilda.” Imgur, 25 Mar. 2013, imgur.com/gallery/znXAh/comment/35100163.
]]> 2019-03-20 14:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/fbamba19/3usp1lzok0tc/wish/343350091