DEPARTURE (Yojiro Takita)
21 May 2011 Leave a Comment
in Film Review Tags: departure, yojiro takita
This film mixed its storyline and film techniques very well. The picture of Daigo when he was playing his cello in a broad view of mountain is the best I like. This scene was shot from a high angle and in 360 degree. Daigo was playing his cello and the shot of his surrounding was so beautiful. A landscape of snow-covered-mountain. A cinematographic technique of this movie I noticed was used in almost all the scenes was the deep focus.
Music in this film was important part. Some of the classical songs chosen gave the scene more emotion and brought back memories for Daigo. A scene in the office, when Daigo was playing his cello in celebration of Christmas, proved that music wasn’t just music. There were some close-up shots of Daigo, Uemura, and Sasaki. They were together in the room, but once Daigo started playing his cello, everybody were having their own thought on their mind.
A scene of Daigo’s childhood when he was with his father and mother, was shown for several times. In the first and second time, face of Daigo’s father wasn’t shown clearly. Then in the last scene of the film, when Daigo finished the make up on his father, those scenes were inserted but what different was the clear shot of Daigo’s father. It was a time when Daigo finally confessing his love to his dad implicitly.
