The Butterfly Effect essays

The Butterfly Effect essays The Butterfly Effect is an engrossing unpredictable and original thriller...- Paul Fischer, Dark Horizons. It's one of several reviews by critics around the world. The cinematography, editing techniques, and sound direction help provide vision to an oddly shaped motion picture. Most techniques go unnoticed to just a viewer, but to a film critic, dissecting a movie becomes habit. I believe one of the most important techniques in a movie is the cinematography. There are various little, maybe unnoticeable to some, shots in this movie that try to justify the scene or what the director is trying to convey. For instance, within the first five minutes of the film, main character Evan Treborn, played by Ashton Kutcher, is sitting at the table writing in a notebook. The camera is shooting Evans hand writing in his notebook, which allows us, the audience to see from Evans point of view. Another example of character point of view is when Evan is leaving in the moving van and Kaleigh Miller, played by Amy Smart, is running up to the moving van. The camera is angled at the passenger rear-view mirror shooting Kaleigh running to the moving van. This type of shot also gives us an insight on Evans character and helps the viewers form a relationship with him. There are other scenes in the movie, that can explain an additional point the directors, Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gr uber, were trying to make. In example, nearly thirty minutes into the film, an undefined female character enters the dorm room with Evan and is looking under his bed. At this time the camera is shooting down on her and gives the audience the feeling of inferiority towards the female. While on the next shot, the camera is point up towards Evan, giving us the impression of superiority. These type shots help the viewer learn about the character and his or her role in the motion picture. Not only does the cinematography of a picture affect the...