Dipisha PatelPrinciples of CinematographyEssay Project: Narrative Scene AnalysisMarch 4, 2014For this project I have selected A Walk to Remember written by Nicholas Sparks and directed by Adam Shankman. The photography was taken by Julio Macat. The book was released in October 1999 while the movie premiered in 2002. Overall the book and movie tell the same story except for the time period. The book is set in the 1950s, but the film was set in the mid-1990s to appeal to teenagers rather than alienate them. A Walk to Remember is about a girl named Jamie (Mandy Moore) and a boy named Landon (Shane West) who played the lead roles in the film. The film is a good interpretation of the film as it captures the most important points with some additional details. Overall the film illustrates the scenes described in the book well, showing how Landon transformed from a moody and reckless athlete in high school into a loving and caring man. As in the book, the film shows the scene where Jamie warns Landon not to fall in love with her. Jamie even reminds Landon not to fall in love with her when Landon confesses his love for her. When Landon discovers that Jamie is terminally ill, he does everything he can to fulfill all of his wishes until his death. Although the book and the movie tell the same story overall, there are some scenes that are shown in the movie but aren't. mentioned in the book. One of the scenes in the film was with Landon asking Jamie's father, who is a reverend, to trust him in dating his daughter. Landon was asking for permission to date his daughter, but the reverend initially refused because he was afraid that Landon would harm his daughter. The scene may have been added to the film because the director could… middle of paper… The scene was also described in detail in the book, but it did not convey the same emotional message as the scene. movie done. The previous scene described how the rest of the movie was shot because at the beginning of the movie Jamie and Landon were distant. At first the focus was more on the two as individuals than on the couple. But as the story progressed, the camera's attention began to focus on the two as a couple. The telescope scene was important in developing the story because it highlighted the intimacy of Jamie and Landon's relationship. Overall the video transfer was crisp, showing no signs of edge enhancement. Detail was also good and there were a number of views and shades to adjust, focus and lighting used throughout the film. The image quality seemed slightly soft and the colors were a little washed out due to the cinematography but not the transfer.