Journal+1+-+Spike+Jonze

The three things I learned from Spike Jonze to apply to my film is the way he develops his characters, the use of colors in his films and his use of awkward characters in awkward situations to progress the films. Spike Jonze uses a lot of close ups to develop his characters and make you feel physically and emotionally closer. He shows the progression of a characters day and films many details making it feel like a lot is progressing with the character. In our film we have only two characters so they have to be well developed and the amount of things that happen in the film are very small so we will want it feel like a lot is happening to develop the characters in a short time. The scene that shows this the most is what we are doing with the psychiatrist scene where the all the shots are very close up and interment to make you feel more awkward and so you feel the same awkwardness as them and relate. Spike Jonze videos have a very big emphasis on colors and how they make the characters stand out from their world. With our film it would be good to have the characters stand out and film in more black, white or grey settings and have them were different colors to bring heavier emphasis on them. Especially in the last scene where the one of the characters is wearing read to while the background is white and the other character is wearing green where the background is darker red. Not only does this make the stick out but because the colors are complementary it shows that despite their differences they complement each other. The part most relatable to our film is the use of awkward people in awkward scenarios; he is able to make these awkward situations but not make the audience feel awkward instead he makes the audience feel more empathy. By creating more character development and making the viewers feel more like the character we can put the main character in the awkward situations. I think that it would make it a more effective film and make it more emotionally warm and fuzzy after people watch it. This is mot visibly seen when the character enters the psychiatrists office and he enters and after a long pause he says, "Shit" which is not only humourous but with the long pause you feel the same way as the main character does in his awkward situation.