A Hard Day's Night

A Hard DayЎЇs Night-Analysis

Chris Liu

BLK: F

Start: Just before the rehearsal of ÐŽ®And I Love HerЎЇ, right after the scene where the Grandfather wanders into the lower backstage and appeared on the stage by riding the elevator of the trap door, disrupting the rehearsal of an opera. The five-minute clip I chose starts with Norm and Shake sitting in the hotel room waiting for the Beatles to return.

End: When the Beatles finish ÐŽ®And I Love HerЎЇ and the T.V. director says, ÐŽoThank you, very niceÐŽ­ÐŽ±

A Hard DayЎЇs Night is a mockumentary about a day in the lives of the four renowned Beatles. The intention of this film was to bring the idolized Beatles closer to the hearts of their fans and also to advertise for the band, as it was made to attract new audiences while maintaining their existing audiences at the time. The film was very successfully made, and the five minutes I chose in this film greatly demonstrates this fact.

One of the more noticeable themes presented in ÐŽ®A Hard DayЎЇs NightЎЇ is its laughs at the conflict between ÐŽ®the young and rebelliousЎЇ and ÐŽ®the old authority figuresЎЇ. My five-minute movie clip begins with the manager Norm and assistant Shake worrying about the missing mischievous Beatles. In this scene, the manager is the authority figure and he is an iconic sign that can be related to extra meanings such as: the past, stubbornness and the maturity of elders. The Beatles on the contrary, with their fast thinking and swift action are an iconic sign associated with: the future, energy and liveliness. Therefore, a large part of this filmЎЇs comedic content is based on the clash of cultures between the young and the old.

During the rehearsal of ÐŽ®And I Love HerЎЇ, the Mise-en-Scene that Director Richard Lester uses is very interesting. During the song, the Beatles are dressed-up in dark-colored suits and the background consists of bright-white hexagons that in a black and white film, creates great contrast of color against the band members. The characters are positioned according to their roles in the song: Paul stands on a platform right in the center of the group, as he is the main soloist for the song; George is positioned