1. Movie Comparison - Emma and Clueless
Film techniques that Lawrence and Heckerling employed include lighting, mise-en-scene, dialogue, setting, music, flashbacks, camera angles and camera shots and juxtaposition. ... The corresponding responses of disbelief highlight Emma's and Cher's distortion of vision: "I am astonished!... The high angle camera shot on Harriet as she is approached by Knightley emphasizes her vulnerability, while the low angle and middle shot on Knightley, subtle as it is, gives us a sense of his powerful and heroic nature. ... A detailed analysis of four parallel scenes from the two films shows ...
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