Wolf of Wall Street 500 Word Evaluation

A positive aspect of my presentation is that I talked about the significance of the camera angles in the ‘Wolf of Wall Street-I’m not leaving’ scene, such as when Jordan Belfort gathers all of the office workers into the main room, the wide angle shot shows all of the people that work for him and respect him. In addition, I also talked about the use and significance of an over-the-shoulder shot (or a dirty shot) when Belfort was making his speech because it made the viewer feel that they are also in the room listening to his speech and the camera was also mainly focusing on him because he was the centre of attention when he was making his speech. To improve this aspect of my presentation I could have talked about a wider range of camera angles and shots used in the scene and how they are effective and significant. I could have also analysed the scene in more detail and in context towards the rest of the film.  

Another way I could have improved my presentation would have been to talk about the significance of Jordan Belfort not leaving and what it meant towards the end of the film. I could have also talked about the plot of the film in a bit more detail such as how Belfort lived a crazy lifestyle that included taking drugs while having sex with women at the same time. He also sniffed cocaine while he was working in a stock exchange and still did while he was boss of his own stock exchange.

A further way I could have improved my presentation would have been to talk about why Leonardo Di Caprio was picked for the role of Jordan Belfort and I could have also talked about why Jonah Hill was cast as Belfort’s assistant in the film. I could have also talked about the relationship he has with the people that worked for him and inferred that from the scene that I chose to analyse. His relationship is clearly positive and shows togetherness with his workers when he starts humming and banging his chest with his fist. This is significant because when he talked to the guy that gave him his job at the stock exchange he started humming and banging his chest and then Belfort joined in when the guy told him to. Moreover, this was foreshadowing to the scene I analysed for my presentation when he also starts humming and banging his chest with his fist.

An alternative way I could have improved my presentation would have been to talk for a bit longer than I did because I only analysed 3 parts of the scene in minimal detail. I could have also talked about the significance of Belfort’s relationship with the people that work for him and what it meant throughout the movie, even though I did not analyse it in my quite short presentation. I could have also talked about how passionate Belfort went when he said that only a SWAT team could have brought him down and it also showed that he was confident and adamant that his company would stay in business.

Overall, I think that analysed most of the key parts of the scene and how the camera angles affected those parts but I still didn’t talk about the context of the scene in relation to the rest of the film, before and after the “I’m not leaving speech” scene. I could have also talked about the relationship he has with his workers and the guy that got him into the stock exchange business.