AMELIE+analysis+(cecilia)

1) mis en scene: At the beginning of the movie, in order to show Amelie's childhood, director made the opening sequence goes really quickly with montages. This series of montages introduce the characters one by one without making the beginning too boring and long. The opening sequence also contributes to the theme indirectly by telling the audience Amelie's motif.  2) Costume: Her clothes are always really simple which tells the audience she is a really pure and ordinary person. The color of the costume also suggests a lot to the audience. For example, when she's wearing red, we can infer that it is symbolizing happiness and her passion for helping people. Other times, when she's wearing colorful clothes, the clothing indicates to the audience that she is a quirky and imagniative character. Also, there is no pattern or other pictures on her clothes, they are always plain shirts. The audience can infer from the clothes that Amelie is someone has pure mind. Instead of having weird patterns( can be symbolizing scheming), Amelie's shirt tells the audience that her clothes are just like her, simple and pure. 

3) Props: the pay-phone is a really unqiue example. For the scene when Amelie returns the box to the old guy, she leaves the box at the booth and calls him in order to let him pick up the box. This tells the audience that Amelie is really shy and although she loves helping people out she doesn't want people to know it's her who's doing everything. The pay phone again appears when she's trying to return the book to Nino, again, it shows that her personality and her willingness to help people out. the pay phone acts like a shelter for her. If she is a super hero then the booth is her costume. Just like other heroes, they don't want to be recognized by the others, they want to do goods without leaving their names.