You can use it to direct your steps for a page about a friendship or love story.I actually think that MFEO makes for a fun little story starter. And it may very well have been a little joke with myself, but there you have it. Verbal ability is a highly over-rated thing in a guy and our pathetic need for it is what gets us into so much trouble. We’re very excited about meeting you in New York on Valentine’s Day and seeing if we are M-F-E-O. MFEO is something that stuck with me from the film “Sleepless in Seattle”…it comes from the scene wherein Annie (Meg Ryan) reads the letter from Sam (Tom Hanks), (which is really from his son Jonah with help from his friend Jessica), but ANYway…the scene goes like this:Īnnie: “Dear Annie, thanks for your letter. Film: From watching to seeing (2nd ed.).M.f.e.o release means and so I figured I’d share at the risk of further deeming myself a HUGE geek. The lighting gives the scene a romantic candle light kind of appeal which brings the viewer into the film and gives it creditability that this could really happen. If it would have been broad daylight outside, it would not have been believable at all. The radio scene would not have had the same effect if high-key lighting would have been used because the darkness of the living room and the car sets the mood of loneliness and longing for love. And as with all romantic comedies, they live happily ever after. The audience is rooting for Sam to once again find love and for Annie to realize she hasn’t found it with Walter. The moviegoers can see into their hearts and know that Sam is ready to move on and Annie isn’t happily engaged. The director was trying to create a romantic moody longing in the characters and he succeeded with the placement of lighting on their faces and the dark backgrounds with muted shadows. As a viewer, you know the feelings are there, even though it seems absurd.
#Scene from sleepless in seatle movie
The whole movie is about the obsession Annie has to meet Sam when all she knows about him is what she heard on the radio. The lighting technique is the only one that could be used in this scene as the director is trying to create the connection of Annie to Sam. The viewer can feel Annie’s connection to Sam. The low-key lighting with the high contrast works well for this scene as she is driving down a dark street with only the street lights to show her face.
The viewer is able to see how she is reacting and feeling towards Sam’s dilemma. The lights from the street show her face as she listens intently to Sam on the radio. The darkness in the house with the Christmas lights illuminated behind them reminds the viewers of the family that they once were and are not anymore.Īnnie is in her car on her way to meet her fiance and family for Christmas Eve dinner.
The radio host by forcing Sam to say how he feels out loud makes him realize that he does need to take his life back and move on especially since it is affecting Jonah. It sets the mood of sadness and longing in the main characters. The background is muted and light is shown on their faces so that the audience can see the emotions. The lighting technique used in this film is low-key lighting which the text describes as “high contrast lighting dominated by deep shadows with a few bright highlights” (Goodykoontz & Jacobs, 2014, Chap. The lighting in the radio scene of Sleepless in Seattle is dark with just enough light to see Sam and Jonah in their living room in Seattle and Annie in her car in Baltimore.
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