Amelie Textual Analysis

Color Correction

In the film, Amelie, there is a lot of use of color correction. Jeunet believes that every shot should be a painting, so he used a lot of highly saturated color correction. In Amelie there were many objects in each shot that was color corrected to stand out and show the magical realism. The colors used most in this film are green, red, yellow and some blue.

Tinting

Throughout the film, tinting is used. Tinting in the film is used to show the characters being joyful in order to get the audience engaged into the film. It is also used in the film to change the lighting of the scenes, so that the color scheme would match throughout the film. This adds to the magical realism because the locations look different than they do in real life. Tinting in this film was used to show and emphasize the character's emotions.

Breaking the 4th Wall

In the film, Amelie continuously breaks the 4th wall and talks to the audience. This helps bring the audience into the emotion of the film and engages them to want to pay attention to the film. Breaking the 4th wall allows the audience to enjoy the fiction as if they were observing real events. Jeunet uses this to show the romantic comedy side of the film. This allows the audience to feel closer to the character since the character is telling the audience their feelings or thoughts directly.

Narration

In the beginning of the film the narrator tells the audience a lot of information in a short period of time. Also information that is random like that Amelie likes to stick her hand in a bag of beans. Narration in this film is used to introduce the characters and quirky things about their personalities. The weird things about the characters mentioned help bring the audience into the film. The dialogue picks up more towards the middle and end of the film; Jeunet uses narration in the beginning of the film so the audience can start a relationship with the characters and understand their personality then use dialogue to back up the narration.