For the Love of Close-Ups!

Based on the 2015 Brooklyn film!

For the love of close-ups!

By Danielle Peters

The most recent film I saw was Brooklyn (2015). I thought this film is great! It was emotional, inspiring, funny (at times), and exceptional. The actors and actresses that were casted performed wonderfully well; Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, and Jim Farrell expressed their characters completely. It is a really good movie and I recommend seeing Brooklyn. If you have HBO, it’s on there.

What I noticed in Brooklyn are the lingering close-ups that lasted a good 30 seconds or so. Eilis, played by Saoirse Ronan, was the center of these close-ups. Her face expresses so much about what she is thinking about without even saying a word. Eilis faces a lot of conflicting decisions that she is unsure of. For example, Eilis going to America – there are close-ups of Eilis before she left expressing her mind through the art of facial expression. I believe that close-ups are very communicative and personal yet silent. 

Photo credits: 
Left: http://www.cine365static.com/assets/img/peliculas/2251/6/extra/32420-Brooklyn6.jpg
Right: http://www.alexnoiret.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Brooklyn-The-Movie-2.jpg
Middle: https://67.media.tumblr.com/39cfd1a557b15cb027c2a25d957a03f3/tumblr_nyltzke3ol1qzmvsio3_250.gif