Growing up is the state of liberating yourself from oppression. Growing up is the concept that a person has become mature enough to defend and look after him or herself and when someone can protect himself or herself from emotional oppression of the mind. Growing up is when a person can rise above problems that arise and then lead to oppressions on the mind such as sadness and anger.
Also maturity is achieved when people are able to stop craving attention and thinking about themselves and instead think about others, and liberate themselves to look at the bigger picture rather than their petty problems, this then frees the mind and forces away any form of oppression that the mind feels. The movie ‘The Black Balloon’ (2008) directed by Elissa Down meticulously demonstrates the different stages of growing up using the character Thomas. Growing up is the state of overcoming and rising above problems that create oppressions on the mind.
A human with an undeveloped brain are incapable of resolving these issues, therefore this creates a sense of oppression of sadness, anger and many other unwanted emotions on the brain. When a human’s brain “grows up” and develops it is able to think of logical solutions to find out an away of resolving these problems. In the movie the black balloon it demonstrates how an undeveloped brain reacts to a problem or a conflict that arises, in the Thomas’s party scene when Thomas and Charlie have a fight.
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The scene is shot is a shaky hand held camera, the effect of using this method of filming is to demonstrate Thomas mind and how it is unstable and frustrated oppression on Thomas’s mind, therefore proving that his mind is unable to cope with the problem and the only way he knows how to solve it is to fight. Also the camera uses Dutch tilt, to show disorientation, this shows that Thomas is confused and does not understand how to resolve the problem.
This shows that Thomas has an extreme amount of oppression on his mind Maturity is achieved when people are able to stop craving attention and thinking only about themselves and instead think about others, to free their minds from any form of emotional oppression. A person when they are young is in the constant need for attention and love, when they don’t receive this attention it can cause an emotional oppression on the mind and their for cause them to act out to try and regain that attention.
When a person grows up, they no longer need this attention and can instead focus on other peoples needs. This idea is demonstrated in the movie the black balloon in Thomas’s party scene. In this scene multiple times does Charlie steal Thomas’s spotlight and turn it onto him. Even though it is Thomas birthday he still does not have the spotlight in his family and this causes an emotional oppression on his brain of loneliness, the feeling of being unloved and forgotten.
This is shown when the family and Jackie are all sitting around the table, and Thomas is place behind the table in the background of the shot, a long shot is also used, the effect of using the stage set up and the long shot create the idea that Thomas is feeling forgotten and unloved, and how he craves the attention, this is what causes him to then act out later on in the scene.
Growing up is gaining the ability to liberate yourself away from your petty problems and look at the bigger picture within life; this helps humans to free their mind from those petty problems that oppress our minds. Younger humans tend to focus on the smaller things in life and fuss about them as if it was the end of the world, this can create a feeling of worry and stress on the mind. As humans grow older they develop a skills to be able to not worry about the small problems in life but instead focus on the bigger picture.
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In the black balloon this is shown in the animals afloat scene. Charlie does not want to go on stage alone and therefore Thomas has to go on with him, normal this would embarrass Thomas and he would have not wanted to have performed but because he has grown up slightly and he was able to see the bigger picture and that it would make Charlie happy and bring them closer together. In this scene close up, tripod shots are used on the boys to show that they are both happy and are not confused or angry, therefore having no oppression on the mind.
The stage is also well lit, this can symbolism that Thomas’s mind is now free and clear from any emotional oppressions. In this scene over the shoulder shots are also used, the effect of this is to show that there is a bigger picture that Thomas’s petty worry about beginning embarrassed was sacrificed and instead provided enjoyment for both Charlie and the audience therefore Thomas looked at the bigger picture.
This scene has also used a tilt up camera shot on Thomas and the effect of this is to show that he has liberated up to look at the situation from a different point of view and has seen the bigger picture. Growing up is both a physical act and a mental act. Growing up is when you maturity leaves increase and you are able to think and resolve situations before acting in a bad way. The different stages of growing up are demonstrated in the movie ‘the black balloon” through Thomas.
Growing up is when a person is able experience a problem or a conflict but create a mature way to deal with it, because if they choose not to resolve the problem it would result in emotional oppression on the mind. Also maturity is achieved when people are able to stop craving attention and thinking about themself and instead think about others, and liberate themselves to look at the bigger picture rather than their petty problems, this then frees the mind and forces away any form of oppression that the mind feels.
