Amelie film analysis

Amelie, a long but worthwhile movie to see, is one of the best camera works i've seen. Amelie does a great job of connecting to the audience to plot of the story in more ways than one.

Camera Analysis:

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The movie Amelie contains several different kinds of camera work. Mathieu Kassovitz (the director) uses speedy close-ups to make us focus faster on the character. The way Mathieu does such a great job in grabbing our attention is by first using the Kuleshov effect.

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First, he puts the camera on Amelie, then he puts the camera on what she is looking at. After, this sequence is repeated a couple times, the climax to the scene occurs.

Sometimes, Mathieu directs the camera man to zoom into an extreme colse-up in about one second. In this matter, it makes it very easy for the viewer to know what he or she should be focussing on.


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In this movie, foreshadowing plays a great part to the development of the plot. In this scene Amelie is looking for the guy who owns a photo album that she is trying to return. The man she is looking for is the man under the skelton mask.

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The way foreshadowing is used during this first encounter, is by placing these two characters in an extreme close-up with both of them in the same shot. This shows a strong and focused connection that lets us infer that later on in the story these same individuals end up falling in love.