Ok in my coursework im am going to be looking at Adam Sandler and how his screen persona has developed throughout his career. I'll be looking at the film "Going Overboard" in which Adam Sandler Played his first Star role, taking notes and observing his screen persona at that time in his carrer.
Next i'll take a film from the mid of his carrer, "Mr.Deeds" which will be my focus film in which i will look at how his screen person is at that point, how it has changed, what has remained the same.
I will then take Adam Sandlers most recent film "funny People" and observe how his screen persona is shown in this movie.
I will then make comparisons between the three, and based on my findings i'll be able to create a good presentation on how Adam Sandlers Screen persona has developed with age. and developed much like the way he and his personality have developed from boy to man.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Adam Sandler Research.
From looking at my research of Adam Sandler my conlusion is simply this.
I think Adam sandler's screen persona has aged along with him. To be honest i think that the humour in his films arent intentionally put into the films. I think its just expected because of Adam sandlers personality. For example when Sandler married his wife, he made his dog Meatball, the best man at his wedding, dressing him in a tux, and even letting the dog have the responsibility of taking care of the rings. (insane)
In earlier films such as 'Going Overboard' and 'Shakes the clown' Sandler showed a real childish, punky teenager approuch in all of his humour. But with such films as 'Funny people' It seems to have matured and devoleped into adult humour, but more relaxed as if its simply Adam himself playing himself in a film. It doesnt appear as him acting.
This is also proven in my research where sandler made a statement saying when he played as zohan in 'Dont mess with the Zohan' After he finished filming, he said because of the type of humour within the film, it made him feel dirty knowing his children were going to one day see this side of their father. A side he didnt like to show anymore with valgaur language, and highly 'Blue' comedy.
Also, before hand, Sandler made a statement about how money is everything. Clearly as he has grown, his opinion of money has changed seeing as he consistantly donates to charity, in one case he donated over $1,000,000 to the 'Boys and Girls charity' in his hometown. I think this is also shown in his more recent movies when he simply appear to play as himself, and doesn't ''TRY'' to be funny. He just well, is.
In the first 10-12 films that Sandler Starred in, He sort of seemed to develop this 'voice' that was like a childs voice, especially shown in ''Billy madison'', ''Mr.Deeds'' & ''Happy Gilmore''. They all showed this sort of childish, really immature side of Sandler with his voice and scripts and even the roles themself. It seemed as if the director cast him for these roles because of the fact that they knew he could be childish. But it just didn't seem right him parading around like a child, talking in a ridiculous voice. I think at this point Sandler himself started to realise this because after these films in particualr his humour seemed to take a different approuch. A more adult way of doing things whilst still remaining funny.
In his early carrer he made a breif attempt at becoming a stand up comedian, and his humour then, being yound, was in fact childish which is why i suppose he found it nessasary to continue his childish personality in his films. Because he realised people enjoyed watching him be this ...child. Although i think it grew tiresome not only in his movies, but with him as a person. Having children and getting married possibly made him realise he had to grow up for his wife and children. Although he still maintained the humourous side to his life with his dog meatball as his best man at the wedding.
Most of this was from my own knowledge, other the the fct that a few minor things such as his donation to a charity was found on wikipedia under the search "Adam Sandler"
I think Adam sandler's screen persona has aged along with him. To be honest i think that the humour in his films arent intentionally put into the films. I think its just expected because of Adam sandlers personality. For example when Sandler married his wife, he made his dog Meatball, the best man at his wedding, dressing him in a tux, and even letting the dog have the responsibility of taking care of the rings. (insane)
In earlier films such as 'Going Overboard' and 'Shakes the clown' Sandler showed a real childish, punky teenager approuch in all of his humour. But with such films as 'Funny people' It seems to have matured and devoleped into adult humour, but more relaxed as if its simply Adam himself playing himself in a film. It doesnt appear as him acting.
This is also proven in my research where sandler made a statement saying when he played as zohan in 'Dont mess with the Zohan' After he finished filming, he said because of the type of humour within the film, it made him feel dirty knowing his children were going to one day see this side of their father. A side he didnt like to show anymore with valgaur language, and highly 'Blue' comedy.
Also, before hand, Sandler made a statement about how money is everything. Clearly as he has grown, his opinion of money has changed seeing as he consistantly donates to charity, in one case he donated over $1,000,000 to the 'Boys and Girls charity' in his hometown. I think this is also shown in his more recent movies when he simply appear to play as himself, and doesn't ''TRY'' to be funny. He just well, is.
In the first 10-12 films that Sandler Starred in, He sort of seemed to develop this 'voice' that was like a childs voice, especially shown in ''Billy madison'', ''Mr.Deeds'' & ''Happy Gilmore''. They all showed this sort of childish, really immature side of Sandler with his voice and scripts and even the roles themself. It seemed as if the director cast him for these roles because of the fact that they knew he could be childish. But it just didn't seem right him parading around like a child, talking in a ridiculous voice. I think at this point Sandler himself started to realise this because after these films in particualr his humour seemed to take a different approuch. A more adult way of doing things whilst still remaining funny.
In his early carrer he made a breif attempt at becoming a stand up comedian, and his humour then, being yound, was in fact childish which is why i suppose he found it nessasary to continue his childish personality in his films. Because he realised people enjoyed watching him be this ...child. Although i think it grew tiresome not only in his movies, but with him as a person. Having children and getting married possibly made him realise he had to grow up for his wife and children. Although he still maintained the humourous side to his life with his dog meatball as his best man at the wedding.
Most of this was from my own knowledge, other the the fct that a few minor things such as his donation to a charity was found on wikipedia under the search "Adam Sandler"
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
400 Blows (Les Quatre cents coups)
In the opening scene, there were a few key clues as to the general mood of the film. These included the natural low lighting and the gritty, dirty scenes of the city of paris.
The child, Antoine, on first appearance is just show to be a bit of a Delinquent in school, the joker of the class. Just a bit further in the film however shows a deeper side of his life. His mother clearly is very hard on him whether its because she dislikes him or just cant be bothered to deal with him shows that maybe he misbehaves for the attention he receives as a consiquence. His mother also seems to use the child as a deflect for her own guilt, often when she is put under pressure for her own actions she brings up something about Antoine to shift the pressure from herself onto him, shown in the scene after he see's the afair when she claims to have been driven home by her boss. When clearly its obvious she is having an affair.
There are alot of long shots showing lonliness and how this child who appears so hard on the outside really feels about his life. He has one friend in the beginning who almost seems to guide him in his "quest" for freedom. Ironically, he gets taken to a behaviour correction facility which is ironic because in his jouney for freedom he is actually locked up.
During the film towards the missle, the two parents switch roles of authority, the father at the beggining appears to be more on the childs side rather then the hard mothers, yet there comes a point in the film where the father enters the childs school and slaps him in the face for "bunking off school". From that point forward the mother almost seems to love the child unconditionally defending his every action. Whether this was to protect herself from the deception she has been involved with from her husband is another matter.
At some points during the film there were a few "mismatched" or music which seemed unappropriate. For example when the child was being taken away, the music seemed more happy and giddy then depressing which the scene clearly was.
There seemed to be quite a few reaction shots or close ups, when the child seemed unphased by what was happening around him. When his mother was telling the father to place the child under the care of an orphanage, there was a close shot of the child and the child facial expressions didn't seem to change at all, they just seemed like his usual miserable same expression.
The child, Antoine, on first appearance is just show to be a bit of a Delinquent in school, the joker of the class. Just a bit further in the film however shows a deeper side of his life. His mother clearly is very hard on him whether its because she dislikes him or just cant be bothered to deal with him shows that maybe he misbehaves for the attention he receives as a consiquence. His mother also seems to use the child as a deflect for her own guilt, often when she is put under pressure for her own actions she brings up something about Antoine to shift the pressure from herself onto him, shown in the scene after he see's the afair when she claims to have been driven home by her boss. When clearly its obvious she is having an affair.
There are alot of long shots showing lonliness and how this child who appears so hard on the outside really feels about his life. He has one friend in the beginning who almost seems to guide him in his "quest" for freedom. Ironically, he gets taken to a behaviour correction facility which is ironic because in his jouney for freedom he is actually locked up.
During the film towards the missle, the two parents switch roles of authority, the father at the beggining appears to be more on the childs side rather then the hard mothers, yet there comes a point in the film where the father enters the childs school and slaps him in the face for "bunking off school". From that point forward the mother almost seems to love the child unconditionally defending his every action. Whether this was to protect herself from the deception she has been involved with from her husband is another matter.
At some points during the film there were a few "mismatched" or music which seemed unappropriate. For example when the child was being taken away, the music seemed more happy and giddy then depressing which the scene clearly was.
There seemed to be quite a few reaction shots or close ups, when the child seemed unphased by what was happening around him. When his mother was telling the father to place the child under the care of an orphanage, there was a close shot of the child and the child facial expressions didn't seem to change at all, they just seemed like his usual miserable same expression.
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