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Story Telling Directed by Maaz Khan

   

Added on  2020-04-01

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Running head: STORY-TELLING Story-tellingName of the Student:Name of the University:Author note:

1STORY-TELLINGIntroduction: Directed by Maaz Khan, The Most Beautiful Thing is one of the finest short filmsbeautifully portraying the inexplicably beautiful relation between a shy, withdrawn boy,Brandon, and a disabled girl, Emily. Once the movie starts, the audience finds a young teenager,wandering aimlessly over the corridor of his college, unable to strike connection with the youngstudents of his age, and by the middle of the story, when Brandon has already met Emily, hetransforms into a content, smarter and confident person. This is one of the most essential themesof the story- the magical spell that love casts on Brandon; even though he cannot verballycommunicate with his beloved friend, he can sense every iota of happiness arising out of hisblissful union with Emily. The effective use of artificial lighting in alternate scenes, and non-diegetic music is highly consistent with the mood and tone of the story, and helps the audienceunderstand even the most subtle emotions felt by the characters. Summary: Against the backdrop of a clamorous class corridor, where the young students are tooengrossed in talking with each others, or indulging in sensuous activities, the short story TheMost Beautiful Thing starts. The audience, in the very opening scene, is being made aware of theugly scenario of the present world, where most of the people engage in conversations for thesake of it, and lack depth of any emotion. Brandon, a teenage boy, is intimidated by theindifferent attitude of his classmates. On the one hand, the Prom Night is coming up, and peopleare trying to find new partners, and on the other, Brandon is too shy to ask anyone to become hiscompanion. Brandon clearly belongs to another world. Brandon is perplexed, and he fails tounderstand if his friends are too desperate or he requires brushing up his social skills. However,

2STORY-TELLINGno matter how despondent Brandon feels, pitying his own condition, he soon finds a girl, andtries to woo her, by greeting her. However, the girl shows no sign of interest, and apparentlyturns a “deaf” ear to his call, and walked away. However, nevertheless, Brandon is fortunateenough to accidentally meet her on the very next day, and as he approaches her for a secondtime, to his greatest dismay, he discovers that the girl is deaf and dumb. She cannot greet backverbally, and cannot hear a word, in the first place. Nevertheless, they exchange words by simplyusing a notebook, and employing the use of signal language. As days are passing, Brandon isbecoming more confident, and feels drawn towards Emily. While finally the day arrives, whenhe decides to profess his love for the girl, and ask her out for the Prom Night, he is shocked tofind Emily, with another boy, where the latter is trying to kiss her. Repulsed by the very sight ofit, Brandon flees from there, deciding to severe all his ties with Emily. However, Emily, finallyconfronts him, and explains how the boy tried to kiss him, but she hit him, and the unknownfacts were disclosed by Emily, in her own words. Although earlier, she said that she prefers notto try speaking as she fears to be ridiculed, in the last scene, she tries to communicate with all herheart, so as to embrace the love of her life. Character Sketch: As far as the short story is concerned, the characters of the two protagonists, Brandon andEmily have been portrayed in much detail by the writer. Brandon: In the opening scene of the story, it becomes evident that Brandon is more of arecluse, who stays mostly detached with people around him, as they intimidate him. He is ateenager with much depth of feeling, and cannot hang around with anyone, for temporalpleasure. He is shy and withdrawn, and fails to make friends easily. He easily gets perplexed,

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