An American In Paris Analysis

An American In Paris Analysis

The film I chose to analyze was the 1951 MGM film 'An American In Paris, directed by Vincente Minnelli, written by Alan Jay Lerner and produced by Arthur Freed. This film, shot in Technicolor, is a MGM musical narrative of the life of an American named 'Jerry Mulligan' who, after his service in the military, stayed in Paris to pursue his desire to be an artist, directed by Vincente Minnelli; starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Georges Guétary, Nina Foch and Oscar Levant; featuring music from the Gershwin Brothers. To briefly summarize the plot; 'An American In Paris' is a well told old–fashioned love story, of a man 'Jerry" Mulligan, played by Gene Kelly, and a woman, Lise, played by Leslie Caron, who is involved with another man named Henri Bourel, a popular nightclub performer who ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...There is one key scene in this film that left a lasting impression because of its artistic and overwhelming production value is the ballet scene. In what is called the 'American in Paris Ballet', a story is told through various settings in which the characters 'Jerry" and Lise intermittently dance and is a representation of a painter thinking about Paris.

This ballet is broken down into sequences shot in a different color scheme, costumes, sets and choreography with the backdrops of works of art created by famous painters, such as Renoir, Van Gogh, Rousseau and Lautrec. There were many repeated techniques including silhouetting and deep shadows which drew the viewer's attention away from the crosscuts which producing dramatic and suspenseful results. Throughout the ballet there were rapid shifts between different lighting effects and colors within a single shot are impressive and impactful. The final sequence is set around a fountain similar to the fountain in the Place de la Concorde in

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