Introduction
The Moonrise Kingdom is a 2012 American film directed by Wes Anderson, written by Anderson and Roman Coppola. This is a story of love between two children, Suzy and Sam, who accidentally meet each other and decide to run away together.
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In the Moonrise Kingdom, one can find dialogues of different types and functions. In the majority of cases communication between Sam and Suzy helps the audience to get to know some information about their personalities and the way they live. New decisions are made on this basis and thus the story moves forward. Just like in the dialogue near the sea, when the children confess that they love each other (Anderson 74). As both of them look for adventures, they get such an opportunity, and the events proceed. In their dialogues, Sam and Suzy relive certain experiences about their personal histories and relationships with people they know, describe their worldview, and in some cases emotional state. The last one, however, is more vivid, when is conveyed through mimic and moves.
Plant and playoff are the things awaiting the audience while watching the film. As usual, the knowledge that is hinted at leads the audience down the wrong path, so later this knowledge is revealed through some actions or talks, for example, a brooch on Sam’s jacket. It is there all the time, and most likely no attention is paid to it by the viewers till the moment when Suzy asks about it and finds out that the brooch belonged to the boy’s mother (Bowen 27). Thus, the audience notices the object that seemed to be useless and gets to know new information about Sam.
As a rule, the audience is prepared for future events, because everything happens consistently. Sam and Suzy meet, so they communicate; they are not satisfied with what they have and want to be together, so they ran away; as the children are missing, the adults go to find them. The viewers expect such a thing to happen, and nothing is surprising for them. However, the main characters face new unthought-of difficulties that must be immediately solved, like a violent storm (“The Moonrise Kingdom” par. 1). These engage the viewers without letting them become bored.
To give an accent to the peculiarities of that time (1965), the director and the writer describe in detail various locations, use specific costumes and furniture, even create books that were up to date then (Vari par. 3). The attention is also paid to the music that plays in the background in some scenes, like Françoise Hardy’s “Le Temps de l’Amour” (Juzwiak par. 4). These peculiarities allow the viewers to feel that atmosphere and to recollect some remembrances from their own lives. The Moonrise Kingdom is an extraordinary film full of action and activity. The most interesting is that these two elements coincide and then even merge. It can be seen while talking about the process of exchanging letters. At first that activity reveals the characters, they seem to be romantics who feel lonely communicating with other people around them (Kunze 102). But then this valueless letter writing turns out to advance the plot, as Sam and Suzy agree to run away from the camp and home, to meet and live their own lives together. The action of escape is the most dramatic one in the first part of the film because it is a starting point for all other events.
Conclusion
Thuswise, now it can be seen how the named four “writer’s tools” were used by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola in the film the Moonrise Kingdom and in what way they work to influence the audience.
References
Anderson, Wes. Moonrise Kingdom, London, England: Faber and Faber Limited, 2012. Print.
Bowen, Gerald. 109 Moonrise Kingdom Secrets You’ll Remember, Aspley, Australia: Emereo Publishing, 2015. Print.
Juzwiak, Rich 2012, Innocence in Amber: Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom. Web. 2015.
Kunze, Peter. The films of Wes Anderson: critical essays on an indiewood icon, New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. Print.
Moonrise Kingdom 2015. Web.
Vari, Adam 2012, Moonrise Kingdom: Wes Anderson’s animated take on the film’s imaginary books. Web. 2015.