Gone girl analysis

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After three days there is still no word from Amy, Nick’s wife and the investigation becomes a murder case where nick is seen as the primary suspect for the murder of his wife. At first Nick is seen guilty as suspected because of his mysterious characteristics but it is later revealed that Amy is alive and that she faked her death and framed her husband, Nick for her death. The title Gone girl has different meaning according to the different perspective of the audience. Just as the title says gone girl it simply means a girl that goes missing (VanDerWerff, 2014). The title its self has a deeper meaning than just a girl disappearing. At the beginning of the movie gone girl is similar to any movie and novel, where a beautiful young woman disappears and the husband is the primary suspect.

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After part one the mysterious thing is revealed that Amy is the main criminal for faking her death and framing nick for her death as a revenge for having an affair with Andie. At first Nick is guilty of the murder and disappearance of his wife but the mysterious happen when it is finally revealed that Amy is the one at fault for faking her death and framing her husband for her murder. In the film Gone girl the point of view of the actors is to involve the audiences in the film. The film revolves around Amy and nick battle for the control of their marriage (VanDerWerff, 2014). Even though Amy thinks she has everything under her control Nick suggests that he has not totally succumbed to her powers. This implies that things might not go well as Amy thinks.

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Now that they are expecting a child they will involve their child in the mysterious relationship. Lies and deceit is one of the themes present in the film of gone girl. In reality different people are liable to telling lies. The film is also about a psychopath brings changes to an ordinary life and makes it chaotic. Every scene in the film refers, however indirectly, to real fears, emotions, configurations of friendship and love. However at the same time, it is seen that not a single is supposed to be taken literally as a documentary- like account of how the people are, how they should be and how they should not be. The film is working through primeval feelings in form of blue songs, a pulp thriller, a film noir or a horror image.

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The entire film is shot beautifully, the light forms outstanding mood and supports the story in the best complimentary way. When the truth is finally out on what Amy had done, she is depicted differently and her face is covered in shadow. In every scene in the film, following the story and comparing the lighting choices, it is clear that David Fincher and Jeff Cronenweth achieved the style and supported the emotions using cinematic language. The cinematography in the actions leading to the scene of murder uses the film signature yellow and dark tones, this forms an aesthetic that amounts to the sinister, foreboding quality of the events in the film (McNair and Brian, 2015). The time Desi gets home from work, he finds Amy waiting on the edge of the coach with her legs crossed.

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She greets him with an ill-omened. Fincher tasked Reznor to create the music because he was inspired by the music he listened to at an appointment with a chiropractor. The entire score a combination of calming sounds with noises of staccato electronics. The results of the combination of these sounds are an unnerving, anxiety invoking quality. Reznor worked together with Ross to create the music, the music created was beauteous that it make the horrific, brutal moments in the gone girl film to be more harrowing. Fincher and his team aimed to produce an exceptionally high standard work. It is later discovered that Amy the missing wife is indeed alive and that she faked her death and framed her husband for her murder as revenge because his husband Nick, cheated on her.

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The title gone girl simply shows that the movies is about a girl who just disappeared but is has a deeper meaning. Nick discovers that he did not know the real Amy he married. Lies and deceit are some of the themes present in the movies since Amy faked her death and Nick cheated on her wife. Adults are supposed to watch the movie since it contains scenes that are not suitable to children. Diss. Diponegoro University, 2016. Sa’adah, Naila Nur. AN ANALYSIS OF CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN" GONE GIRL" Movie Script By Gillian Flynn. McNair, Brian.

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