This project was a movie essay task. The movie that we studied was the goonies. The goonies is an adventure film released in 1985 about a group of friends who where under threat of eviction from the country club so in a desperate attempt to save the house they go on tressure hunt, looking for money and treasure they found something more important… Friend-ship.

We watched the movie and broke down all the main parts that we were going to work on such as the start, end and middle scenes. Then we wrote the structed and format of the paragraphs. by this point we has memorised the format and we knew them by heart (well I did)

This is the scene analysis that we did for studying.

GOONIES SCENCE ANALYSIS

WHAT HAPPEND	TECHNIQUES USED	WHAT IT SHOWS
The Goonies are sad as they discus losing there home to the country club.	Sad music changes to upbeat when the goonies make a plan.Dialogue “guys what are we going to do about that country club, its killing out parents.	Conveys how important the friends are because they work together to help out there familiesMikeys dialoug3e shows that he is worried about his family they are important to him.
Andy changed her mind about going up the well to troy. She decides to stay with the goonies and continue on their adventure to find the treasure	Dialogue “Andy tells Mikey “I am not a Goonie” but at the end of the scene troy yelled at her “Andy, you goonie” Mikey says “ its our time down here”	Shows that Andy has decided to join the group she sees them as important and good friends.
The goonies are reunited with their families and they are all happy to see each other	The goonies hug their parents (body language) Dialogue – mr Walsh says “you and brand are home safe with your mum and me and that makes us the richest people in Astoria”

 Toward the end of the movie it becomes less about getting the money for there parents and more about bonding as a team and as friends. The movie shows us that being friends doesn’t just mean liking each other it also means helping each other and sticking together no matter what. In the film there was a family of criminals who tried to stop them the whole time no matter what

Nutshell sentence

–à title underlined

–à Director : Richard Donnor

–à Release date :1985

–à Synopsis…

Characters, Plot, Setting

The goonies is an adventure film released in 1985 and directed by Richard Donnor. It’s a story about a group of misfit friends called the goonie lead by Mickey Walsh determined to stay in the goon docks (his home). They set out to find lost treasure. Along the mission they run into a criminal family called the Fratelli’s who try and stop them. The film Utilities the techniques of camera shots, dialogue, music, body language and facial expressions to construct the idea of importance of family and friends.

The film uses the techniques of close shots and camera movements to convey the importance of having friends and sticking with them. An example of how camera movement is used is in the scene when the goonies are stuck down the well and Andy asks Troy to help them. In this scene the camera moves from one goonies face to another and they look at each other with admiration. This movement connects the gap and shows how much they need each other.

 Another technique used in this film is dialogue. This is used in the scene where they notice that Troy is at the top of the well and can help them escape. Mickey tries to convince them to stay but Andy just wants to be safe again she says “I am not a goonie” and micky Walsh remembers what needs to be done and says “the next time you see the sky it will be over another town next time you take a test it will be in another school…”

The idea of family and friends are important is conveyed though the use of dialogue body language and facial expressions. An example of body language is shown in the last part of the movie where the Goonies and their families run towards each other. They hug and embrace each other in a loving way. They all have big smiles on their faces showing how happy they are so see each other, this shows how important the children are to the parents and how important it is to be as a family.

It is evident that The Goonies is a film that explores the idea of the importance of family and friendship. The movies has used a range of film techniques such as camera shots and angles, dialogue and music. The film shows that friendship and family is very important. The goonies is a adventure movie but in my personal opinion it is also a movie about the importance of staying together.