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Examining the Imagery of Kajillionaire For FILM 456: The Video Essay, as taught by Dan Simpson, I wrote and produced a video essay detailing my analysis of one particular scene in Kajillionaire (2020), dir. Miranda July. In using multiple aspects of cinematic language, the evening scene early on in the film provides subtextual evidence detailing the emotional abuse and neglect inflicted on the main character, Old Dolio, by her parents. The mise-en-scène of an office cubicle separates her physically from her parents’ domestic sleeping area, as well as visually playing on their smalltime heists consuming their whole lives. The dialogue within the scene reveals her parents’ simultaneous infantilization and dismissal of her and her ideas. And the lighting design represents her sheltered and fearful relationship to the outside world, thanks to her parents' opinions and lifestyle. |
