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A 3 page essay that comments on the mis-en-scene elements and cinematography of Walter Salle's Motorcycle Diaries (2004), which portrays an episode from the life of Che Guevara, as a young man. Guevara's politics do not play an overt part in the film. Rather, the focus of the film is to show how his political attitudes developed. As this principal theme of the film is unstated by the characters, it is largely conveyed through mis-en-scene elements, and primarily by the cinematography. No additional sources cited.
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who is nicknamed "Che," is the principal protagonist. He and his friend Alberto Granado (Rodrigo de la Serna) graduate from a Buenos Aires medical school and decide to take a
trip around South America, with some stops as working doctors in some communities with which they have been corresponding. They end up walking, but they start their journey on the
broken-down motorcycle that provided the title for Guevaras autobiography, on which the film is based. Guevaras politics do not play an overt part in the film. Rather, the focus
of the film is to show how his political attitudes developed. As this principal theme of the film is unstated by the characters, it is largely conveyed through mis-en-scene
elements, and primarily by the cinematography. It is a startlingly beautiful film. The lighting changes with the varying weather conditions. When the sun is out, the greens of the lush
environment are vibrant, which contrasts with the dabbled blue of the sky. In the sunlit scenes, the solid lighting reveals the texture of things, such as clothing, as well as
highlighting the primary colors. Che and Alberto have never previously left their native Buenos Aires. The beginning of the film is light-hearted and the cinematography and mis-en-scene elements convey
a camaraderie that is more reminiscent of Huck and Tom than future revolutionaries. However, as they begin to see the poverty and misery that characterizes much of South America, close-ups
of their reactions, particularly focusing on Guevara, indicate that the sights and sounds of the continent are having a profound effect on his consciousness. One particular scene captures the
essence of how this director uses all the mis-en-scene elements to create a feeling in the viewer of how and why Che Guevara, a middle-class doctor, would become a revolutionary
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