The first scene after the credits stop rolling, the camera zooms in to show Ben sitting in front of a fish tank in his bedroom. Later that same night, his face is shot through the aquarium as he stares into it. These scenes show Ben’s feelings of drowning and a loss of direction in his life. At the bottom of the fish tank we see a plastic deep-sea diver, which foreshadows the next scene involving water. It’s Ben’s 21st birthday party and he has reluctantly agreed to model his birthday present--a new scuba diving suit. He moves through the crowd of guests and jumps into the pool. He surfaces, but his parents push him back down. They are assisting in his “drowning” this t

I really enjoyed this film. I had seen it before a few years earlier, but never noticed the details and themes within each shot. Viewing this movie helped reinforce what I had learned in class, and put a meaning behind definitions I had read in the book. The film aided me to understand why a scene is shot a certain way, to conjure up a certain emotion or portray some sort of energy or feel to the scene. I would suggest this movie to anyone studying film, or anyone who just wanted to watch a brilliant story.

ime. To escape them and the rest of the crowd gathered to honor him, he sinks to the bottom of the pool. Another scene where Ben uses the pool to escape his parents is when they suggest that he take Elaine out for a date. Their prodding forces him to slip into the pool and he swims underwater beyond their reach.

After Ben and Mrs. Robinson’s initial affair, there is a montage sequence of images that show either Ben in his pool or in a bedroom (his or at the hotel). Ben enters his house from the pool and the scene jump cuts to him entering the hotel room with Mrs. Robinson. We know this because a hotel towel is placed in the mise-en-scene, hanging from the bathroom door. There is a close-up shot of Ben staring blankly into space. He then rises from his bed to shut the door to his parents’ dinner. After he returns to bed, the scene, once again, jump cuts to Ben in the hotel room, lying in bed. An out of focus female (Mrs. Robinson) walks past in front of him, dresses, and leaves the room. Next, we see Ben exit his bedroom and pass his mothe

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