A Wonderful Love Story

Rating: 9/10 (24 March 2017)

The Notebook was a film released in 2004 where a young worker Noah Calhoun who is played by Ryan Gosling a girl named Allie who was played by Rachel McAdams fell deeply in love but her parents seemed to not approve of Noah. Noah was then sent to fight in the war and the relationship seemed to be on hold. Noah would write to Allie every day and would not receive any replies from all his letters. This is mainly because of her parents hiding the letters that were sent. Allie would soon meet another very well off man named Lon Hammond Jr who was played by James Marsden. This was obviously approved by her parents as he was very wealthy and were ecstatic when they become engaged.
Soon after Noah returned home from the war he would then return to his home and attempt to fix his home in an effort to pursued Allie to want to be with him. When Allie hears about him attempting to fix the house she visits Noah in the town on Seabrook where they have dinner. This is where Noah finds out about her engagement. This is where Noah is not sure on the authenticity of their relationship and wants to see her again the following day. The next day they go rowing at the lake and after they remnant over their memories of spending the summer together Allie asks why she had not received any letters from Noah when he had left for the war
This is where the next day Allies mother admits to hiding all the letters that Noah had written in an effort to let Allie find a wealthier man. Allie would at that point chose to leave Noah and pick to be with Lon. When she goes to Lon and confesses all the things she has done with Noah. Lon forgives Allie for all the things she has done but in the end, she ends up picking to be with Noah. The Notebook is written by Nickolas Sparks who also wrote another love story called Dear John (2010). This is similar to The Notebook as it also was similar in showing how war can affect relationships. Throughout the film there were many types of techniques used in order to show the theme of the movie. Some of the widely-used techniques included lighting and the angles of the scenes. Low levels of lightning were used for sad scenes where there were tough decisions made and sad moments. The film also excelled at using bright lighting for the parts of the film where there was happiness. This was to accentuate the scene and show the level of emotion that was being portrayed. There are many types of camera angles that were used in the film. The main styles of angle include close up and wide angle. There were many serious points of the movie where close angle shots were used to show intimacy between the characters. Also, the wide angle was used to show the environment in the scenes. The film is a wonderful love story where Noah and Allie find a way to love each other even when there are a lot of factors that are preventing them from being with each other.