Boyhood: Blog Post

Boyhood is filled with different cinematic elements in different unique ways, giving the movie some perfection with elegance and reach into your heart with family matter. The element I would like to focus on from the film is on editing.

In the film, editing was used effectively when the main character Mason was moving out from his home at a young age always from his friends and the friends that he knows with his family. The scene transitioned from Mason being at a very young age and moving out to the impact it has had on him in the next scene which taken of him the next year. It shows Mason being impacted with living in a new home in which his mother meets her new husband Bill and Mason's family moving in with them. The editing was shot well with them moving out and how it impacted the family with moving in with Bill's family and Mason personally changing with his personality and his attitude.

Another important moment where editing was important was the scene where Mason arrived home late while his mother was throwing a party. Mason has dramatically changed from the previous scene he has been in with being normal and behaving very shy and the mother being concern for her child to Mason's mother throwing a party and Mason coming back home past curfew and telling his mom the truth that he has being drinking and smoking with his friends. The editing went from Mason and his mother being innocent and having a strong between them to Mason and his mom being separated and Mason behaving like as if he doesn't care about anything in the world. The editing shows how much as one year can have an impact on the individual and who they really are.

The scene where it was least effective was towards the and of the end of the film when Mason was talking with a girl about the moment and their opinions on the subject. This coming from the previous came almost out of nowhere with this small inspiring conversation about "moment" and jus Mason and the girl talking. The scene wasn't that necessary when compared to other scenes where Mason himself was dragged into the pitfalls of his life as well as the joys. This was barely introduced when he went to college and met his roommate along with his friends. Another film that used this concept almost in a similar way was Ratcatcher. in the film, the family were relocated into a new neighborhood and lifestyle when moving out. Although it doesn't show a big time lapse, it does show the scenes where and how the family is affected with the moving out and experiencing the different scenario.