Author: Karina L. Free

The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
Aesthetics: Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty

Exam board		Your challenge	Screen Shot Examples	Analysis
1	How are the elements of film form used to create aesthetic effect?	Find 3 beautiful screen shots / Use film form terminology to analyse why you think they contain beauty?		A montage of archive footage using different coloured filters and saturation levels in addition to the use of slower motion creates a fluid and visually attractive aesthetic to suggest the emergence of Jean-Do’s sense of hope as he talks about ‘emerging from his Diving Bell’.
2	Does the beauty of this moment in the film also propel the narrative forward?	Find 1 screen shot containing some form of beauty that helps drive the narrative forward / Use film form terminology to analyse the aesthetics
3	Does the narrative pause to allow the spectator to appreciate the aesthetic qualities of the film?	Find 1 screen shot in the film where the narrative has been paused and there is focus on the aesthetics rather than the story / Use film form terminology to analyse the aesthetics

Exam board		Your challenge	Screen Shot Examples	Analysis
4	How is the look of the film being created?	What shots depict the look of the film?		Schnabel is a painter as well as a film maker and candidates may refer to the aesthetic use of colour, image and cinematography in some of the non-diegetic sequences, particularly those involving the shots of the Diver where colour filters of blue and green are used to express the sea and the idea of submersion.
5	How is sound design contributing to effect and audience response?	Find 2 contrasting uses of sound. / What effect does the use of sound have on the audience?
6	How is set design contributing to the film at any given moment?	Find 3 different screen shots from 3 different sets (locations) / Analyse how the set design is adding to the film.