Amelie

Amelie

In this short scene, Amelie sees her hopeful lover, Nino, collecting photos under the booth.  Jean-Pierre Jeunet uses a swish pan when Nino bumps into her in order to cause a bit of confusion to the viewer.  The swish pan blurs the frame, highlighting Amelie's anticipation and then disappointment, when Nino treats her like she isn't even standing there, while she is currently obsessing over him.

In this scene, the Amelie shows the homeless blind man what the world around him is like with vision.  She captures the small scents and details of her surrounding through speech, and the camera cuts to the man's face occasionally, marking am action/reaction shot.  The camera cutting to the man's face shows his look of wonder, displaying the magnitude of what Amelie has done for this man in 30 seconds.

In this opening scene, Jean-Pierre Jeunet uses an aerial shot, when panning over the waterfall to Amelie skipping stones.  He also uses tight frames and up close shots to draw attention to the details of her small little pleasures, like cracking the creme bolet or dipping her hand into the seeds.  This makes the viewer almost crave these pleasures, because they can see now the tiny significance of these, so they can feel them for themselves.

In this scene, when Amelie takes her first glance at the Mystery man, Jean-Pierre Jeunet uses anticipatory movement when Amelie looks down and identifies this man.  This all being in slow motion, captures her very exited reaction.  Later in the movie the viewer finds out that she was happy because when she looked down, she saw a toolbox.  This meant he was a booth repair man, solving the mystery.  This anticipatory movement emphasizes her idea which brings her closer to Nino in the end.

In this clip, Jean-Pierre Jeunet uses the fast-motion type of mechanical distortion of film.  It encapsulates the finale of the built up emotional tension between the two thought the movie, because it makes the scene seem like it has been going on for longer, like it happens often now that they are together.  Difficult to explain but the fast motion makes it as if this deep intimacy is a common occurrence, and it will last forever.