"Expanding the Image Breaking the Narrative"

The movie that I watched was Eternal Sunshine directed by Micheal Gondry.

The clip from the movie that I chose the main character, Joel, is going to see Dr. Mierzwiak for his first treatment to forget Clementine. It starts with Joel sitting in a chair in one of the rooms of the office, hooked up to a machine. There are two doctors who are putting objects from Joel's relationship on a table to get him thinking about the memories attached to those specific items, so that the memories can be erased. The is a cut from Joel in the chair in the office to him in his bed in his home, hooked up to a different machine with one of the doctors erasing the memories he is having while he sleeps. From this point on, there are many dream-like/flashback sequences that Joel has about his memories with Clemetine.

The transitions used between shots to go from what is actually happening in the scene, to what Joel is seeing in his head, are non-sequitor in nature. One of the shots is of Joel watching himself during the first proceedure, and then as time passes, what happens makes less and less sense. For example, there is a shot of Joel coming out of his apartment with two trash bags, on his way to the doctor's office, and then the shot changes from a medium shot to an over the shoulder shot, and we see Joel sitting on the sidewalk hooked up to the equipment. The shots are quit cuts, and the tempo is sped up a lot as time moves along during the time we're on Joel's head.

Overall, I was impressed with the way the whole movie came together in the end.
I liked the way the music was used as a way to add to the mood of certain scenes... I think it helped me relate to Joel's character since going to a doctor to have your memory erased isn't something people can say they have done. Sometimes the music added to the overwhelmed/anxious mood of a scene...