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Date Posted: 06:21:16 03/28/06 Tue When I, as a viewer, sit infront of a film I am there for one reason; to be entertained. To enjoy a film though, a viewer must understand the film, and to understand the film a viewer has to think about the film and what it means to them. To create this thought and aid the understanding of a film certain codes and techniques such as Symbolic codes, making and audience relate to a character and challenging or supporting the viewers values and attitudes are used. Tim Burton’s Big Fish uses all of these filming aspects and many more to create enjoyment of the film by its audience. Symbolic codes are used widely for the enjoyment, via thought, of features films, such as Tim Burton’s Big Fish. Symbolic codes are a way for an audience to draw meaning of a scenes visual content. These images are made up of two meanings; literal meanings and symbolic meanings. Literal meaning being the straight forward meaning behind a image and symbolic meaning being the deeper message portrayed by the same image. Take for example the use of the giant cat fish through out the movie. It has been given the link to Edward Bloom, the protagonist, through the fact other characters say Edward is ‘a big fish’. When using the term big fish an audience is brought to the conclusion that a big fish can never be caught or killed as many recall the old saying ‘the one that got away’ and that it shall always live on. By linking Edward to this ‘big fish’ the audience is urged to understand that Edward and his tales of his life shall always live on even after his death in the final few scenes. Once the viewer has understood this theme of the ‘big fish’ they are urged to relate it back throughout the movie. Since now the audience understands this symbol, that is used widely throughout the movie, they can understand each scene it is used in and thus enjoy the film. When an audience can relate to a character in a feature film they enjoy it. Big Fish directed by Tim Burton uses this technique to create enjoyment through making the viewer think about how they relate to a character. Even though I am a sixteen year old girl I can relate to the character of Will Bloom. Will is Edward Bloom the main characters son. I can relate to him in the opening scenes where it shows moments in his life - boy scouts, prom and at his wedding- where his father tells the same old story about how he caught the big fish with his wedding ring and how the story is no longer enjoyable for Will. These scenes at first made me laugh but then I realized that it has occurred in my life as well. My dad has a habit of repeating the same jokes over and over and after hearing them the first few times they are no longer funny but he always tells them any ways because that is who he is. By making me relate to this character I have enjoyed the film further as it made me subconsciously think about how i relate to this character and how it is not just a fictional film but does share some similarities to my own life. Another character the audience could relate to is Edward Bloom when he sees his love of his life, Sandra Templeton, at the circus and time stands still. This is a way for the audience to relate back to the moment when they found their love of their life and it makes them recall a happy moment so that mood passes on to their enjoyment of the film. When a viewer watches a feature film they are subconsciously thinking of ways to relate to its characters and once they do relate to the characters they enjoy it more. When you ask someone who enjoyed a film why they enjoyed it they normally give such reasons as “It raised good issues.” or ” I liked the character”, These two statements give reason to belive that to enjoy a film you have to relate to it. By using these techniques viewers have reasons to think about the film and thus become entertained by it. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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| sorry guys just ignore this (NT) | sammie | 06:21:33 03/28/06 Tue |