Wolf of Wall Street Film Analysis - Klevis

  

If I had a pound for every time I've watched the Wolf of Wall Street I'd be as rich as Mr Belfort. This is my all time favorite film of all time and only because Kye is managing the blog, its ranked at number 3 of our top 10 films.

Its directed by the genius Mr Martin Scorsese. This film has every single trick of Martin Scorsese's book over the last 25 years and that's what I'll be breaking down. There is so much to write about and I'm so passionate about this film I won't simply be putting all this analysis into one blog post but rather many.

Freeze Frames:

A Martin Scorsese great and his great use of this effect links to another trick of his but we'll get to that later.
Martin Scorsese in the opening scene of the film uses freeze frames as a effective use of character identification.
 

The freeze frames serve a kinetic, as well as narrative, function. They deliver a visual that can't be filled with video and also signpost moments which Scorsese wishes to call our attention to as these are key features of his character.
In the above an example is the use of a close up on Dicaprio's face. Scorsese does this because we the viewer don't who is currently speaking so freezing right on Dicaprio's aggressive face, we're told two things. One we know who is speaking and who probably is the mean character and the type of person he is. A very aggressive man high on his own testosterone amongst others as we the audience further will learn in the film.