FORREST GUMP
By: Antía Formoso, Iván Casal, Pablo Vázquez and Sabela Rey.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.
INTRODUCTION
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2.
INFORMATION
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3.
2.1.
Director.
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2.2.
Cast.
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FILM SYNOPSIS
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3.1.
Story.
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3.2.
Structure.
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3.3.
Point of view.
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3.4.
Tone.
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3.5.
Setting.
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3.6.
Sound.
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3.7.
Genre.
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4.
CONVERSATION
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5.
POSTER ANALYSIS
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6.
TRAILER ANALYSIS
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7.
CHARACTERS
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7.1.
Jenny.
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7.2.
Bubba.
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7.3.
Dan.
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CONCLUSION
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8.1.
Antía’s conclusion.
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8.2.
Sabela’s conclusion.
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8.3.
Iván’s conclusion.
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8.4.
Pablo’s conclusion.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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1. INTRODUCTION We chose this film because it caught our attention and we heard good comments about this film. In this project we are going to talk about the film, write a conversation using a phrase that appears in the movie and analyze the poster and the trailer of the film. On the other hand we are also going to talk about the director and the cast of the film.
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2. INFORMATION 2.1.
Director.
The director is Robert Lee Zemeckis. He was born on May, 14th 1952 in Chicago. Robert started as a screenwriter thanks to the television. With a domestic camera he began to capture images and he knew that thanks to that he could start his profession. His success came in 1984 when he published ”Romancing the Stone” He got good results and the critics didn’t mind him. Today, Robert is a director, producer and screenwriter.
2.2.
Cast.
Tom Hanks (Forrest) the protagonist. Robin Wright Penn (Jenny) is a friend and the great love of Forrest. Gary Sinise (Dan Taylor) is the leader in the Vietnam war. Mykelti Williamson (Bubba) is Forrest’s best friend in the army. Sally Field (Mrs Gump) is Forrest Gump’s mother. Haley Joel Osment (Forrest Gump Jr) is Forrest and Jenny’s child. 3
3. FILM SYNOPSIS Forrest Gump is a man with some mental and physical problems who fell in love with a girl when he was a child. Despite people laugh at him, he was happy. In his life he lived a lot of adventures and he met a lot of people that were important for him, but also he lost them.
3.1.
Story.
In the movie we can see a man, that is the protagonist, who is sitting on a bench. He did a lot of things throughout his life. He met many people and didn’t care what their race were, since he became a black man's best friend.
3.2.
Structure.
The story has flashbacks while Forrest Gump tells the people the story of his life: from when he was little until that moment in which he is telling the story. I think that there isn’t any climax moment, but when there is more tension, for example, is when he went to the war.
3.3.
Point of view.
In this film there is a narrator, who is the same Forrest Gump. This way of telling us the story, makes us realize that Gump lived the moments that he is telling. He tells us the other characters’ life.
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3.4.
Tone.
The funniest parts of the work can be seen when he talks with important people and he says stupid phrases. In this movie the humor is comedy. It is based voc on incongruity. In “Forrest Gump” there is not so much ironies. In this movie all the characters give us a good impression, there is not a character that produces us negative impressions.
3.5.
Setting.
The action takes place in America in 1950. The setting leads to some expectations. It influences the character with the customs of that time and that place. In the story the Catholic religion and the idea that white people are better than black people are assumed.
3.6.
Sound.
In this film there is music. The music is important to reflect the cultural evolution. The types of music that appear are rock, country, folk…
3.7.
Genre.
The genre is comedy, romance and drama.
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4. CONVERSATION “My Mama always said you've got to put the past behind you before you can move on” https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zIWPJNtOT4IAv-JANT0dVuRcVcdrgfQq
Forrest: Mom, Jenny has left me. Mrs. Gump: You have got to put the past behind you before you can move on.
Forrest: You’re right. I would like to meet new people. Mrs. Gump: Ok Forrest, surely you will meet anyone who will be very important for you.
(Bubba phones Forrest) Bubba: Hey Forrest! What are you going to do today? Forrest: I don’t know. Bubba: We can go to a party tonight if you want! Forrest: Hmmmm… I’m not very sure… Bubba: Come on Forrest! Forrest: Okay… My Mama always said you’ve got to put the past behind you before you can move on.
Bubba: Your mother is right, let’s go! 6
5. POSTER ANALYSIS The slogan of this film is “The
world will never be the same once you’ve seen it through the eyes of Forrest Gump”. We think that it can mean that after you see the movie you will appreciate yourself and you will think that you musn’t be influenced by the bad things that people think about you. We think that they chose this image because in the film he is waiting for the bus and we think that the background is in white because it maybe wants to transmit hope, to stand out the bench and the character. In the poster his real name appears in red colour and in blue his name in the film which is the title of the film.
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5. TRAILER ANALYSIS The scenes that were chosen for the trailer, are scenes in which the most important and intense moments of film are. For example when he met Jenny, went to the war, helped his friends in the war, a moment with his mother… The trailer shows this to convince the people to watch the film. This trailer lasts 3’ 57 minutes, it shows scenes in which there is suspense (when they were in the war and the enemies were bombing them), drama (when Forrest’s mother and Jenny died) and love (moments with Jenny) When you watch the trailer, you can see the theme, the genre and the contents of the movie.
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6. CHARACTERS 6.1.
Jenny.
Jenny is Forrest's best friend. For him, she is always his girl, his friend, who defended him from people who wanted to abuse him and who pushed him to run. Jenny was sexually abused by her father when she was a little girl, this situation marks his life. Jenny comes out in defense of Forrest, but has a low self concept, has no goals in life and is not a self regulated person. Jenny observed when Forrest was intimidated by the children of the school, and even she was attacked by her boyfriend. She shows a marked phobia towards her loving relationships and mainly towards Forrest, because she is incapable of becoming involved with him. Finally, Jenny improves a lot regarding her self-regulation, even the experience of being a mother leads her to have new goals.
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6.2.
Bubba.
He is the man that Forrest Gump met in the war. He was his best friend. Bubba is black. He usually wears a uniform. I think that he has a strange personality but I don’t know why. He is a big talker. He doesn’t stop talking about prawns. He knows all about them. The business of prawns had gone through many Bubba’s generations and he wants to follow with it. I think that this character is a big example for us. He had the things clear, he was very secure of what he wanted to do in his life, and he never surrendered. This character has the same personality from the moment the film starts until it finishes.
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6.3.
Dan.
Dan is a boy who is a little prepotent and bossy but over time he changes and becomes a good person. He looks like a guy with so much experience in wars and this kind of things. He is respected by all his soldiers. He wears camouflage clothes when he is in war but after the war in some scenes we can see him wearing a white shirt, a brown jacket, brown trousers and using his wheelchair. We learn of Dan a different way to live the life, to never give up and to have the ability of rectify your errors and decisions. Dan’s ideas are expressed with prepotent tone and clarity at the beginning but in the final are expressed with optimism and charisma. Losing his legs and Forrest innocence made him other different person. Dan is realistically represented. Dan is described like a prepotent guy who is in the war to fight for his country. I think he is a character with an obvious strong personality and it permits you to judge him. In this movie Dan has an important role and for me he is believable. Dan changed totally over time physically (Lose his legs) and psychologically (Changes his personality and the way of live the life too)
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7. CONCLUSION 7.1.
Antía’s conclusion.
This project needs a lot of attention when you watch the film because you have to know all situations, characters’ expressions, moments on the film, etc. I learned to analyze the film, the poster and the trailer. I also felt as if I was taking part in it. For me, the most difficult part of the project was to write the conversation and to empathize with the other people of the group.
7.2.
Sabela’s conclusion.
In this project I learned how to analyze a film, and I liked it. I didn’t know that there were so many things in a film. This movie in particular seemed me very interesting. For me, the most difficult part of the project was to analyze the trailer, and the easiest, to write the dialogue. I think that the phrase that there is in the poster is true, because before watching the film, I didn’t give much importance to the things as I do now.
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7.3.
Iván’s conclusion.
I liked this project because I like to look at the details and to understand the real meaning of things. I learned many things doing this project. For example how to analyze a poster, a trailer, a film…, also to describe a character. This project made me think in other films in a different way.
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Pablo’s conclusion.
In this project I learned how to analyze a film in all aspects. I watched many movies but I had never analyzed any movies and I like analyzing them. I watched this movie years ago but I didn’t remember the content and the theme of the movie.
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