Linda does not have on a shirt, and is wearing a modest bra. In one scene, Linda and Chris are shown in the bathroom getting ready for work.
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While this movie is rated PG-13, there is absolutely no sex in this movie, however, Chris is living with his girlfriend. Chris has a fight with his girlfriend, she says she is not happy anymore, and she leaves Chris and their son. He picks himself up, over and over, and continues on. But what really makes Chris a remarkable person is that he is able to find joy in some of these bad situations. He is portrayed as a normal person who makes some good choices and some bad. It was easy to identify with Chris in this movie. They end up evicted and sleeping in various places like the subway or a mission. Chris takes the position and juggles the internship, medical sales job, and caring for his son. He is chosen for an internship as a stock broker at Dean Witter, but this 6 month position does not pay and Chris is on the brink of financial ruin. He exhibits fierce determination throughout the film to protect and provide for his son. He wakes every morning and continues to pound the pavement even when faced with rejection after rejection.Ĭhris states that he met his father for the first time when he was 28 years old, and he wants to be a better father than that. Linda is worried about money, but Chris seems to be the eternal optimist. (The father-son bond is evident on screen.) Chris is trying to make a better life for his family by selling medical devices. Movieclips.“Pursuit of Happyness” opens in San Francisco where Chris Gardner (played by Will Smith) is living with his girlfriend Linda ( Thandiwe Newton) and son Christopher (played by Will Smith’s real life son, Jaden).Berkeley : University of California Press, c1992. This text is a Constellation™ course digital materials (CDM) title. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc. Even though we the audience knows that these are actors portraying someone else’s life with this choice of lighting style it gives the impression that we are actually glimpsing the life of the real character. If the intention of the movie is realism natural light will be used and in the case of this movie that cinematographer intended to create the most realistic subway feeling possible for the audience while also controlling what the audience pays attention too.” Three-way lighting reduces the appearance of harsh shadows and creates the fuller, more three-dimensional”(Goodykoontz & Jacobs, 2014). If it is a horror movie there will be a brighter light on one side of the camera and a softer light on the other to cast very sharp shadows. The main reason that cinematographers choose to use this lighting style is because it can be altered depending on what style of movie is being made. Also because this movie is a biography and intended to chronologically depict the life of Christopher Gardner it is shot in real time so the audience feels like they are actually witnessing the life of the character unfold. “ Each scene has a job to do and that is to bring the characters from one state of affairs to the next” (Kawin, 1992). The lighting style chosen for this scene propels the story forward which is the whole purpose of each scene to get the audience from point A to point B. It also allows for a shot that doesn’t have to be cut or editing so there are no jumps which gives a more seamless and realistic transition from one place in the scene to the next which also adds to the realism. This was probably chosen to emphasis the interaction between the two and creates a dramatic effect within the audience. This shot was created using a telephoto lens due to the fact that the character both father and son are very sharp and the background is out of focus. The bland coloration of the scene and lack of extreme light or shadow was used to expression a sense of desperation and allow the audience to feel the depressiveness of the situation. The cinematographer was intending to create a feeling of realism since there are no overly bright lights in a subway. The light is fairly soft and in just this shot alone you can’t tell if its night or day because it is an interior shot. The lighting is mainly from fluorescent lights above the characters on the ceiling, and a light off to the right of the camera is used to cast a shadow off to the side of the characters but not too sharp of a shadow to detract from the overall feeling of the scene. This specific scene in the Movie “the Pursuit of Happyness” uses the traditional three-point lighting. The movie The Pursuit of Happyness uses a great many different lighting styles like three- point, natural light, and even under-lighting in a few of the scenes but for the sake of a thorough analyses this single scene will be dissected.