I picked the movie Moonrise Kingdom. I am a fan of most Wes Anderson films. I am always attracted to the colors and symmetrical compositions and the stylist of the characters in films.
The film is about the innocent feelings of children, Suzy and Sam, who communicate as pen pals by writing letters. They have different character traits.
Sam’s personality represents all the qualities of the logical, he’s a member of the local boy scouts, which in many ways tries to mimic the discipline of the military, he knows how to read and make maps and he shows an interest in the painting of the landscape.
Suzy love to touch with the fantastical and artistically creative aspects of life as shown through her interest in numerous fantastical children’s books and her attachment to her magical binoculars.
What they have in common is that they have difficulty getting along with the people around them. Suzy and Sam are also trying to understand each other’s world, they are both Ignorance children trying to find another person and place where they are happy, but all the adults are trying to tear them apart.
Archetypes：
- Hero: Sam Shakusky
- Mentor: Suzy Bishop
- Threshold Guardian: Scout Master
- Herald: Rainstorm
- Shapeshifter: Scout Member
- Shadow: Narrator
- Trickster: The storm rescue operation
- Allies: Captain Sharp
Story Arcs:
Prologue
From the lining of the tent to the color of the paper on the bulletin board, the screenplay is full of detailed descriptions of the world, each character is doing something else when we meet them, going about their normal routines before getting roped-in to the story. Until it was discovered that sam had left the scout group.
Conflict
The narrator gives us a tour of the island and foreshadows the coming storm,
Narrator: “We are on the far edge of black beacon sound famous for the ferocious and well-documented storm which was driven on the east on the fifth of September —in three days.”
Discovery of sam’s disappearance and then the search for him begins.
Rising action
We meet the khaki scouts and see their potential for violence as they search for sam while carrying Very large very dangerous weapons. When Suzy and Sam encounter the Khaki Scouts, We already know the cast of characters, the scope of the world, and the looming threat.
And This film moves the plot along by further elaborating on the threat：
One of the scouts is stabbed by Suzy and the dog is killed. I felt bad for the dog being killed, but these two scenes further the plot and compound the way the threat and lack of security. They go through a series of escapes and adventures to find a suitable place to land but are eventually discovered.
Climax
They run away again, this time in a rainstorm, Suzy and Sam climb to the roof to try to escape, there is a real sense of danger. their willingness to die for their love is impactful. Throughout the storm rescue operation, we can see from the expressions and dialogue of the characters that everyone is in a state of high tension. Falling action.
falling action
After the storm, Narrator, Gives some background information.
Denouement
Eventually, they found a suitable way to see each other.
The film had a very distinctly interactive cinematic language, it makes you very sure you are watching a film, the narrator speaks to the audience, interacts with the camera to explain the film’s message, the audience can feel the abundance of emotions but still retains a sense of distance and needs to actively participate to identify the emotional life of the characters.