Mame Hello, in this week’s blog I will analyze the film Mame. Mame is a musical/comedy starting Lucille Ball. The film is based on a Broadway musical, which was based on a book. The film is about a child (Patrick), who’s parents died and is left in the custody of his aunt Mame who he has not met before. Patrick was raised in a very strict religion family and his aunt is totally the opposite she is fun, careless and open-minded. Patrick lives very happy a while with his auntie Mame until is trustee pays a visit after not having any news about Patrick’s well being. In that visit the trustee learns that Patrick is going to a non-traditional school and is education is being treated very liberate. Patrick is send by the trustee to a boarding school and that same day the market crushes causing auntie Mame to go broke. Mame is heart broken for losing Patrick. Working at a department store Mame met a wealthy southern man (Bow), who she marries. Bow takes Mame to travel the world for many years until Bow dies in a snow avalanche. Mame returns and finds a grown Patrick about to marry a very vain girl whom she does not like. Patrick’s future in laws is worst than the daughter. In a intent to break up the engagement Mame buys a lot the in laws want for Patrick and their daughter so people the label as “the wrong type of people” will not buy it. Mame bought the lot to build a home for single pregnant girls (like Patrick’s Nanny) and indeed broke the engagement, which made Patrick very mad. Patrick ends up marrying one of Mame maid’s. The couple had a child and becomes Mame’s new Patrick and whom she travels the world with. The movie is filled with songs, dancing and comical scenes.   The movie is film with high-key lighting and with many bright colors. The benefits of using this lighting are that scene bright and give it a happy mood. Using this lighting contributes a lot to musical/comedy film brightness is associated with happiness. High-key lighting is suited with comedies like darkness with scarily movies and mysteries. They are a very cheerful dance in Bow plantation with high lighting and red, white and black color costumes. If Mame had been film low-key, light the impact of happiness in the scenes would have been less.   http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi23920665/ Bill Goodykoontz & Chistopher P. Jacobs (2011) Film:From Watching to seeing .Bridgepoint Eduaction, Inc.