The Graduate

The Graduate (1967) directed by Mike Nichols is about a university graduate called benjamin who is seduced by an older women mrs robinson who is the wife of his fathers business partner.Benjamin and Mrs robinson have an affair which ends but then benjamin falls in love with her daughter Elaine.He tells elaine about the affair and she wants nothing more to do with him and goes off to university but he goes there to find her and they get back together until Mr robinson finds out about the affair and tells ben not to go near his daughter.He sends elaine away and she gets engaged to another man who her parents like. Ben drives miles to stop the wedding but she is married but that doesnt stop him he bangs on the window and shouts her name,she shouts his name back.There is a voilent struggle at the church but Ben and elaine manage to escaped together.

The graduate uses alot of different camera shots.we see a close up of Bens face to show the expression on his face.Then it zooms out to show where he is which is in an areoplane.Then there is a tracking shot of him walking with a suitcase we see him walking towards doors with windows in as if he is walking towards us.
Then we are taken to his room,when he is talking to his dad we can hear the fish tank and see it alittle bit.The fish tank links to how he is feeling like the fish just swimming around he is just going around not knowing what to do.
Then there is a tracking shot when he is walking around the house at the party his parents have done for him.There are close ups when people are talking to him and there is a medium close up when he is talking to a man outside we see people in the distance who want to talk to him. This makes us feel sorry for him as we know he just wants to be left alone.Then he goes back to his room and we can see him through the fish tank.
We can see that it is an old fashioned film when he opens the car door for mrs robinson when he has to drive her home.
When he is talking to mrs robinson in the bedroom it shows the back of his head to show the facial expression of mrs robinson.The camera goes from showing him to her to him when they are talking.
when he is in the car mrs and mr robinson are blurred in the background at doorstep.
Then we can hear clapping and man talking but cant see them then it shows Ben in a diver suit he walks acorss the floor with his noisy flip flops.we can see people through his helmet.he goes into the swimming pool which links back to the fish tank.
zooms out to show his whole body then we can see him less clearly.
then we can hear him talking on the phone before seeing him.then we can see mrs robinson face through a table switches between her at table and ben at phone box.
They go to hotel room it goes dark which makes us know they have had sex.then he is lying in the pool.
then we see him lying in bed looking at tv women keeps walking past in different clothes representing different times.shows him lying on mrs robinson then it goes back to him lying on float in pool.



i really enjoyed this film.i thought it went abit slow at times but i thought the ending was worth the wait.