Juno is about a teenage girl, Juno MacGuff, who becomes pregnant after having sex with her best friend Paul Bleeker. After contemplating abortion Juno decides to go through with the pregnancy, and picks a well off couple to adopt her baby. In the end, through out the ups and downs, everything works out in a happy ending.
I enjoyed the creative camera work in Juno. An example of this happening is during the scene where Paul Bleeker is looking at Juno's picture in his passed years high school yearbook (pictured below). At the end of this scene the camera zooms in on what Paul Bleeker is holding in his hand, Juno's underwear. This scene is important to the audience, because it shows us that Bleeker is obsessed with Juno. The camera is trying to show us that Bleeker is obsessed, by zooming in and making Juno's underwear the main focus.
I enjoyed the creative camera work in Juno. An example of this happening is during the scene where Paul Bleeker is looking at Juno's picture in his passed years high school yearbook (pictured below). At the end of this scene the camera zooms in on what Paul Bleeker is holding in his hand, Juno's underwear. This scene is important to the audience, because it shows us that Bleeker is obsessed with Juno. The camera is trying to show us that Bleeker is obsessed, by zooming in and making Juno's underwear the main focus.
Nondiegetic elements, according to the text, Looking At Movies, are those things that we see and hear on the screen that come from outside the world of the story. For example if there is music in the movie that the characters can't hear but we, the audience, can then that would be a nondiegetic insert.
I found it interesting how several scenes in Juno had nondiegetic elements. Juno begins with a nondiegetic insert, when the protagonist, Juno, is walking to the store to purchase a pregnancy test (pictured below). This is also when the opening credits show. The song that we hear as she is walking is "All I Want Is You" by Barry Louis Polisar. She can't hear the song as she is walking, but we can therefore it is a nondiegetic insert. The music adds more to the scene, and makes it more interesting to watch.
I found it interesting how several scenes in Juno had nondiegetic elements. Juno begins with a nondiegetic insert, when the protagonist, Juno, is walking to the store to purchase a pregnancy test (pictured below). This is also when the opening credits show. The song that we hear as she is walking is "All I Want Is You" by Barry Louis Polisar. She can't hear the song as she is walking, but we can therefore it is a nondiegetic insert. The music adds more to the scene, and makes it more interesting to watch.
Nondiegetic inserts happen all throughout the movie Juno, like I stated previously. It happens during many of the scenes where Bleeker is running with the track team. There is an nondiegetic when Juno arrives at the adoptive parents house for the first time. Another example during Juno is when the protagonist, Juno, is giving birth. These are just the few scenes of the many that contain nondiegetic inserts.
One scene, at the end of Juno, that is an example of a diegetic insert is when Bleeker and Juno are playing guitar together (pictured to the left). This is diegetic, because the music is coming from within the story. Juno and Bleeker can hear the music they are playing and so can the audience; therefore it is a diegetic element.
Overall, I really enjoyed Juno. I would recommend it to anyone, over the age of thirteen. I think that Juno teaches an important lesson. Teenagers need to be careful when having sex. The protagonist, Juno, gets pregnant and gives her baby up for adoption. At the end of the movie we see how hard it is on Juno. I think this movie does a good job showing the consequences of getting pregnant. Juno tackles this serious issue through comedy to make the movie more interesting for teenagers. I will say, it is a pretty funny movie. I have seen it a few times now, and every time it gets me laughing.
Overall, I really enjoyed Juno. I would recommend it to anyone, over the age of thirteen. I think that Juno teaches an important lesson. Teenagers need to be careful when having sex. The protagonist, Juno, gets pregnant and gives her baby up for adoption. At the end of the movie we see how hard it is on Juno. I think this movie does a good job showing the consequences of getting pregnant. Juno tackles this serious issue through comedy to make the movie more interesting for teenagers. I will say, it is a pretty funny movie. I have seen it a few times now, and every time it gets me laughing.
WORKS CITED
Pictures:
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Text:
Barsam, Richard M. "Chapter 1-4." Looking at Movies: An Introduction to Film. New York, NY: Norton, 2013. N. pag. Print.
Movie:
Juno. Dir. Jason Reitman. Prod. Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Russell Smith, and Mason Novick. By Diablo Cody. Perf. Ellen Page and Michael Cera. Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2007. DVD.
Pictures:
http://dynamicproduction.wordpress.com/category/comparing-two-teen-drama/
http://www.themoviescene.co.uk/reviews/juno/juno.html
http://frank-diario.blogspot.com/2011/11/juno.html
http://allwomenstalk.com/top-10-most-adorable-movie-couples/4/
Text:
Barsam, Richard M. "Chapter 1-4." Looking at Movies: An Introduction to Film. New York, NY: Norton, 2013. N. pag. Print.
Movie:
Juno. Dir. Jason Reitman. Prod. Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Russell Smith, and Mason Novick. By Diablo Cody. Perf. Ellen Page and Michael Cera. Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2007. DVD.