Amelie+sound

1. The movie has very exaggerated sound effect (foley sound ). Overly exaggerated sound effects rather provide the audiences the feeling of joyfulness, no matter how sad the specific scene is. For example, when the scene illustrates the death of Amelie's mom, it is comically depicted with her mom screaming sound as she falls on to the ground. Such sound effect suggests that for Amelie such tragic event is not a sad thing, but rather a natural event that Amelie has to accept- which is

2. Overall, the lighting of the movie 'Amelie' is over saturated. Amelie's mother dies when Amelie is still young, and Amelie has been mistaken for having heart disease. Such events leads Amelie to decide to isolate herself and be a loner. The movie throughout is presented with oversaturated lighting in order to make a distinction between the normal world and Amelie's own world. The movie is mainly presented with Amelie's perspective, so oversaturated lighting illustrates that it is the strange world of Amelie.

3. In the movie, there is a narrator who explains the story or status of Amelie and tells the internal state of her mind or what she's thinking in detail. However, the narrator disappears towards the end because Amelie finds her identity and love. Moreover, in the first part of the movie, the narrator provides information about Amelie and her family. Such narration facilitates the audience to have the objective view over the characters, instead of falling into their emotions. 