Three primary actors in the film,The Help Actor/Actress Character Name Emma Stone Skeeter Phelan Viola Davis Aibileen Clark Octavia Spencer Minny Jackson Emma Stone is an actress that I would classify as an Impersonator. In the film, in which she did an excellent performance, Stone seemed to display an actress who went verbatim with the script and did not place much, if any of her own spin on her character. Here is a link to a video clip where Stone (Skeeter) is shown in different scenes within the film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GYmhc8Xk8g. Viola Davis is an actress of whom is classified as … Continue reading Acting and Acting Styles- The Help

Dialogue As defined by Goodyknootz & Jacobs (2014), characters talking to one another in films is known as dialogue. Sound effects Nature sounds and mechanical sounds are sound effects that are typically recorded separately and added into the final film in post- production (Goodyknootz & Jacobs, 2014). Music The crucial part of the movie. Music is the basic element in constructing a movie (Goodyknootz & Jacobs, 2014). In the film, The Help, there are several scenes that show dialogue, which is a category of sound, being used. For instance, the dialogue taking place between Aibileen and Mae Mobley is a … Continue reading The Help-Categories and Functions of Sound

In the movie, The Help, there were two types of lighting used. Those two types of lighting were high-key and low-key lighting. The impact of the lighting establishes the theme by enabling the audience to obtain a more surreal affect of the movie and certain scenes in the movie. If lighting techniques are not used or are the same in each movie, the movie will not have a story of its own. Lighting helps a film tell a story and involve the audience. The benefits of utilizing high-key and low-key lighting sets the mood of the film. For instance, when … Continue reading The Help-Lighting

Title: The Help Writer: Tate Taylor and Kathryn Stockett Director: Tate Taylor Year: 2011 Actors: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, and Octavia Spencer Story: The Help is a 2011 film about African American maids and their view points about the white families they wok for and the struggles the African American women went through on a daily basis. Plot: The story begins with Skeeter (Emma Stone) returning home from college. Skeeter is a white southern girl and she is considered to be of the higher society. Skeeter decides to write about the lives of the African American maids who took care … Continue reading Hello world! The Help