The Good Son Directed By Joseph Ruben - 1629 Words

Many people may say the greatest fascination and thrill for any person is the study of human psychology and behavior. Psychological thrillers films are a sub-genre of thrillers films and are extremely popular. Psychological thrillers have been around since before 1940s. Some of the most famous psychological thriller films include Fight Club, Black Swan, Psycho, Shutter Island, and many more. Despite the astounding technical aspects in the Psychological Thriller film, The Good Son directed by Joseph Ruben, some believe an ethical issue may have ruined a good movie. The Good Son is based on an 11 year old boy, Mark Evans, who lost his mother to a long battle of cancer and was forced to stay with his aunts family while his father traveled†¦show more content†¦Macaulay Culkin brought a huge audience to the movie. After his fame from Home Alone, people were excited to see him in his next movie. Also actors like Elijah Woods, Wendy Crewson, and David Morse brought an audience to t he movie. The mies-en-scene of the movie The Good Son was extremely impressive and brought a large audience to see the movie. Joseph Ruben, the cinematographer for the film The Good Son, used the cinematography to help tell the story and construct a realistic film. Many elements of Cinematography , such as points of view, depth of field, and camera movement were used extensively in the film. A subjective point of view is used in many different sense to add a dramatic effect. An extra of a subjective point of view occurs in the beginning of the film. While Marks mother was dying in the hospital bed talking to Mark, subjective points of view were being used. Also, through the movie we see Ruben use the depth of field to make realistic scenes. Rack Focus, when the focus shifts rapidly, is used in the ending scene of the movie. The focus shifts from Mark, to Henry, to Henrys mom multiple times causes a dramatic scene. The cameras movement is what stuck out the most. Multiple pans, tilts , and zooms were used throughout the film. Overhead shots were also a huge aspect in this film. Just in the first 15 minutes there was over 10 overhead shots. The first shot included an overhead shot of Mark in the mountains of Arizona. A lot of these shots