Close Reading of Film Stills in "Temple Grandin" from Course Film Stills Examples

Film Still One: "Temple Grandin"

 In this film still it shows Temple Grandin inside her hugging machine and her new roommate walks in on her, the picture reveals Temple has weird and is doing something strange. The emotion we see if shes trying to calm down and then gets walked in on. From the back of the roommates head you can tell shes stuck and just looking at Temple and of course Temple doesn't think anything wrong or strange is happening because that's her way to relax. The director chose to show us what Temple looks like from the roommates point of  view. Through this picture I feel its different than the actual film because a lot is being said in just a still verses if you watched the clip of the part you would miss how people see Temple who is autistic. I could use this still to show people how the film portrayed Temple through another's eyes.

Film Still Two: "Temple Grandin"

This film still reveals the shock people have when they see that Temple is autistic and went to college and was so brilliant. The emotions in this still is so touching because it captured the scene beautifully, showing how people are admiring Temple and you can see the hope for there children that are autistic to be like Temple. The director gave the viewers this scene to show how incredible Temple is and its a deep acknowledgment to her through showing everyone elses shock and happiness. I could use this to show how in the end Temple got to make it through her final door and it shows her standing and following her destiny. This film still versus the clip of the scene is completely different because there is so much to look at while its paused and shows the reacts to Temple its almost has like people are shocked because they felt an autistic person could never amount to anything.