There are two scenes that I saw that were manipulating the most in FC&OOC:
The first scene was the Brooks birthday party scene in which a black and white scene follows Rodney through a corridor when the cheesy inspirational music begins to play, when Rodney enters the room people being to cheer, though you don’t hear it becuase the music is playing. I feel like Morris wants the viewer to feel a part of the moment in this scene. Making you wish that you were at the party having fun with friends and eating cake. I found it interesting that so many people in the class found themselves being manipulated into that theory, however I wasn’t. I felt the scene somewhat inauthentic because of its overly cheesiness. I felt like the scne was trying to hard to make you feel a part of it. Though it was a nice scene, the fact that everyone was wearing the same shirt and the camera was just following him down the hallway on his was to a “surprise” birthday party just seems to simple to me. But maybe that’s just me.
The second scene I fell for completely. The shot at the very end with the gardener George Mendoca walking out in the rain with his hedge clippers on his way to clipping the bush shaped like an elephant. I don’t really know why but that scene really just got me emotional because of how moving it really way. It’s raining, he’s got an umbrella, and his hedge clippers and he just doesn’t care about it raining. He could wait til the next day to clip it when the rain stops, but he made a promise to keep it kept neat and he isn’t going to go back on his word. The dedicationis really moving. Anyone else feel this way?