Film opens with combined “talking heads” and action. Shots of his feet to show his nervous tension. Lots of tight close ups. Travel in the van with other characters to show conflicts among the group.
Introduces the WT building by using split screen. Petit on one side, the building on the other. Then to the dentist sequence to establish character’s motivation. First his girlfriend describes him; shows his practice wire in France. She follows him on the wire.
Closeup of his feet and how he balances first; then a long shot to show the whole scene.
Old fashioned movie animation to show the journey from Australia to Paris. Lots of still photos used throughout film. Story is not told totally chronologically. The “coup” is intermixed with other footage of preparation and interviews.
Re-enactments are used to show what happened the day before and the night of the preparation.
Still photos only of the wire walk at World Trade Center; these shots are mixed in with the observer’s comments. Emotion very high at that memory, especially since Petit went on to fame and abandoned them.
A painter’s hand with a pencil means a man’s dream; Different people’s talking have same feelings: it’s so unbelievable and impressed; Kicking off his dentist shows the walker’s strong ambition; Sighting from the bottom of the building to its top in fog highlights the unusual height; Practising again and again with his friend’s intentionally interrupting in a wild ground indicates the wirewalker’s inevitable success; A plane flying withen the buildings shows us the dangerous surrounding for wirewalking; Outlines of men with cable and devices moving in the dark displays us the action’s difficulties; Policemen’s detecting with flashlights give the walker more prevention; The crowd’s stunning to a wirewalker in the sky tell us a miracle’s occuring.
This film achieved perfect harmony with the contrast of dynamic shots and static photographs. The massive amounts of still photos collocating and intermixing with the segmented action shots (especially the split screen between motion footage of WT building construction and still photos of Petit early growth) presented both movement and stillness. The transition from archival footage to action shots, earlier times to present, French country field practices to indoor re-enactments blends in seamlessly and cohesively. Close-up and long shot switching freely from the variety of angles is the one of the feature of film using in many scenes. The music is matched to every different scenario. Tense when the people try to sneak and hide on the top floor at the night and cheerful after a successful practice in the backyard. To follow the path of success, the subject matters are selected around: dream, love, encouragement, collaboration, and action; the type of film is definitely a documentary, but it cleverly intersperse with stories. The ending of film lead us to ponder how sad it is!--to be famous but he abandoned his friends; the irony is that the pride of WT building Petit conquered as gone as his girl friend left him.
I really don't like this movie except the title, Man on Wire. I have seen too many similar "successful" stories in China. Some people used illegal methods to achieve success. I thought it was not a good symbol or example for our society. In this movie, he left his friends who helped him succeed after he became a celebrity. In my opinion, one person should be loyal to his friends.
Man on Wire Notes
ReplyDeleteFilm opens with combined “talking heads” and action. Shots of his feet to show his nervous tension. Lots of tight close ups. Travel in the van with other characters to show conflicts among the group.
Introduces the WT building by using split screen. Petit on one side, the building on the other. Then to the dentist sequence to establish character’s motivation. First his girlfriend describes him; shows his practice wire in France. She follows him on the wire.
Closeup of his feet and how he balances first; then a long shot to show the whole scene.
Old fashioned movie animation to show the journey from Australia to Paris.
Lots of still photos used throughout film.
Story is not told totally chronologically. The “coup” is intermixed with other footage of preparation and interviews.
Re-enactments are used to show what happened the day before and the night of the preparation.
Still photos only of the wire walk at World Trade Center; these shots are mixed in with the observer’s comments. Emotion very high at that memory, especially since Petit went on to fame and abandoned them.
Qin He
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April 4，2015
Notes of Man on Wire
A painter’s hand with a pencil means a man’s dream;
Different people’s talking have same feelings: it’s so unbelievable and impressed;
Kicking off his dentist shows the walker’s strong ambition;
Sighting from the bottom of the building to its top in fog highlights the unusual height;
Practising again and again with his friend’s intentionally interrupting in a wild ground indicates the wirewalker’s inevitable success;
A plane flying withen the buildings shows us the dangerous surrounding for wirewalking;
Outlines of men with cable and devices moving in the dark displays us the action’s difficulties;
Policemen’s detecting with flashlights give the walker more prevention;
The crowd’s stunning to a wirewalker in the sky tell us a miracle’s occuring.
This film achieved perfect harmony with the contrast of dynamic shots and static photographs. The massive amounts of still photos collocating and intermixing with the segmented action shots (especially the split screen between motion footage of WT building construction and still photos of Petit early growth) presented both movement and stillness.
ReplyDeleteThe transition from archival footage to action shots, earlier times to present, French country field practices to indoor re-enactments blends in seamlessly and cohesively.
Close-up and long shot switching freely from the variety of angles is the one of the feature of film using in many scenes.
The music is matched to every different scenario. Tense when the people try to sneak and hide on the top floor at the night and cheerful after a successful practice in the backyard.
To follow the path of success, the subject matters are selected around: dream, love, encouragement, collaboration, and action; the type of film is definitely a documentary, but it cleverly intersperse with stories.
The ending of film lead us to ponder how sad it is!--to be famous but he abandoned his friends; the irony is that the pride of WT building Petit conquered as gone as his girl friend left him.
I really don't like this movie except the title, Man on Wire. I have seen too many similar "successful" stories in China. Some people used illegal methods to achieve success. I thought it was not a good symbol or example for our society. In this movie, he left his friends who helped him succeed after he became a celebrity. In my opinion, one person should be loyal to his friends.
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