1. Requiem for a dream
... hospital, nothing can be heard but an eerie, hollow sound. This allows the audience to experience the emptiness and loneliness that Sara feels without her family, and without the doctor's attention. The sound of a brewing storm is heard just before Marion has sex with Arnold for money. The threatening sound ... done to cut out all the irrelevant time in between two key scenes. Aronofsky's camera work in this film is phenomenal. He makes use of split screens, revolving cameras, extreme close-ups, distorted angles, goggle vision and repetitive symbols, all in an effort to accurately depic...
- Word Count: 2666
- Approx Pages: 11
- Grade Level: High School
