Pieces of April

Pieces of April Opening scene Acoustic steel guitar give route track Close up of April in bed= implies non spry to get up This is your big day we dont want to miss this opportunity Bobby drags April from the bed, shoves her in the shower No Bobby Bobby starts making the nutrition while April sits on the trick saying Im coming Costume- black eyeliner -black nail polish -tattoos -black boyfriend April is a rebellious person needs some iodine to help her (in deportment) egg- Bobby Meeting the family No music No Joy in bed JOY JOY bring in tool of father sounding through the house for disrupting his family franti check overy looking for Joy both on and daughter Join in look for Joy is found in the dark alone in the elevator car (passenger seat) Miss en scene everyone get ready Joy is controlling.Starting to prep be convey Giving dinner Bobby in control-stirring, reading packets (close up on Bobbys hands) April seems ham-fisted -drops bomb calorimeter, cant cut onions, hu gs whole celery in turkey Theyre probably not even going to come Cross cut to family If not nowadays when mom) What makes her estimate she can cook all of a sudden (Beth) April is the worry (Beth) Everyone questions Joy closely how she is feeling- we realize she is not well (two shots) Bobby shows all the stuff he brought Be allotful theyre worth more than you are how a lot did they cost They werent cheap. Accents. Mimi got yourself a deal April throws them in the bin-still hurt by past experiences, broken relationship with her give Food as a motif April is cooking Thanks giving dinner Joy asks her take did you eat as a greeting Family stops to buy a lot of donuts- Implies they will be hungry because April cant cook. They dont deserve decorations (April) April rips up the place card when she writes Mom replacing it with Joy exhibit that he does not see Joy as her mom April is made to seem helpless- Bobby gets her up and ready -Bobby starts cooking Bobby has organized the decorations -when April discovers the oven doesnt work the first of all thing she does is call out the window for Bobby-making mashed potatoes with uncooked potatoes April goes door to door in her flat block looking for help (later this is an example of her resourcefulness Some rude(a) piercing, some new ugly tattoos, we can experience the disaster that is her flavor and go home Glimpse of hope/change apparently this clapperclaw Bobby reminds her of me the girls got problems- implies that a young middle class girl has an easy life When April reveals her mothers impending death the neighbors change the POP one last fortuity to be with the people you love you dont get along do you full(prenominal) angle shots of April Cooking the turkey You chip innt been back Believe it she prefers it that way Im the first pancake Discussing about what she is cooking stuffing from a box and cranberry act from a can enforces the idea that April cant cool (helpless) besides overly implies she was not cared for her by her mother We onto want to be early Joy -choosing a different route to make the trip Worth the time Group shot of April in among the neighbors in their kitchen as they rook and discuss their naught special menu when April discusses her menu, she makes it seem too simple- really nothing special showing the contrast between the intent of making a special last family meal and not pitting much thought into it. Have you done it forrader? Then its not nothing Being taught how to make cranberry sauce implies April has not had this type of experience with her own mother Aprils perseverance in try to find an oven to chock her turkey shows her change in thought about having a successful last meal- this is also reinforced when they continue to affirm thanks giving when her family dont turn up Photo motif capable memories Since when was she in the picture? -taking a Christmas photo, fake smiles, ling delay, everyone there but April When Joy gets the family to s top and pretends she wants to talk to them about preparing for her death but or else mocks how full-grown she expects Aprils cooking to be how each of you in your own way is going to handle(pause) discarding your uneaten DOD -shows her need to manipulate/control her family Irony- Joy thinks April is a screw up but at the same time we see her eating Junk food, smoking dope and alluding to a very sexually promiscuous past. Neighbor Wayne talks about the care you need to return with cooking a turkey (hes annoying) while April is trying to take care with what shes cooking- she mocks him tick tock showing her meaner side (like her mother? Memories 3 shot- Joy leans on Tommys shoulders showing her closeness with her son Motif- photographs (album)- Joy insists on slowing her mother the photos (that Timmy took) f her surgery (breast removal) this is my favorite (without breasts) Series of close ups April putting food in oven putting up table setting table decorating the flatcar black st aircase shows she does expect her family to turn up That you stop -contrast between Joys look of illness and Beets look of hurt at her mothers words- you feel intellect for them both Who are you? My daughter is kind Dotted not any longer Joy then I dont know you Dotted Reflection I am so critical why am I so big(a) (on Beth) -Joy reflects on her relationship with her children I can only think of one vivid beautiful memory- turns out that all her good memories of April are really about Beth That makes Joy angry/panic forcing them to stop their expedition Petulance, shoplifting, fire in the kitchen, flicking matches at Beth, using a lighter to nice Tommys hair, the drugs. no wonder I have cancer shes the cancer I cant have another bad experience Vive had too more bad experiences Insight into Aprils criminal past when she tries to break into Wanes apartment with a crow bar Bad girl (Wayne) When she discovers he has stolen a forking she attacks him uniform a bad girl a very bad g irl No Im not (sitting alone on the steps (high angle)) The nub of Thanks Giving the first year on their own was hard Really really hard -implying this was true for herself as well This one day where everyone seemed to know they needed each other They knew for certain they couldnt do it on their own. - implying that this is true for April on this day.Retrieving the turkey salt n capsicum shakers implies she wants to put the past behind her Have a fake turkey leg to replace the missing one implies that everything can be unyielding Contrast- April excitedly descends the stairwell to meet her family Theyre ere. Theyre here April sadly ascends the stairwell after seeing they have left (destroying her decorations as she goes) Resolution when Joy witnesses a woman leaving her young girl (abandoning her) in the bathroom (with her knickers still approximately her ankles) she realizes that she has been abandoning April all her life -she is at fault Mom, mom (echoes of the past) Freeze effect (still shots) of everyone having thanks giving together- no dialogue (nothing needs to be said) final examination family photo (with Bobby)= one last euphoric memory implying only happy memory before time ran out (sound of the camera sound)