500 days of summer image

image analysis of a scene from 500 days of summer

500 days of summer is a mixture of drama, comedy and romance. The image is of the couple in a park. The mise-en-scene, of the image that is the costume of the actors are very casual, suggesting a very natural look feeling it’s a very casual day, this helps the audience relate to the characters as they have a casual normal look. furthermore the lighting of the image is more of a high-key lighting( more filler lights) to suggest the hot summer bright day, also there might be more use of the natural light from the outside to again bring out the more natural theme. moreover the actors are giving a in direct mode of address showing there are not connecting with the audience as the hero is looking at the actress showing a sense he is deeply in love as he can't look at anything else and the actress is looking at something else showing a contrast as she isn’t looking at him not giving the same romantic feelings. Next the makeup is very natural and neutral to give the natural day-to-day look not making it look extra. Lastly the props are of a picnic mat showing there are on a picnic giving us the romantic date feeling and there are books on their laps showing that the actors are intelligent which means audiences from the A1-B might relate to them as to their clothing looks very classy and the books showing the sense of intelligence however they might not be able to relate with the park atmosphere as the high bands might go to fancy restaurant for a date. Also couples will like this image as it gives the romantic scene and very natural day feeling as it’s in the park people are running around in the background, giving us a typical American park feeling also young couples will be able to identify as the actors are also young and new actors. And according to demographics American audiences might be able to relate to the audience as to the location, clothing style etc.