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Zoolander is a cheerful and humorously shallow take on the male modeling world. The film is a parody of the shallow male models of the world. After Ben Stiller’s character model Derek Zoolander suffers an embarrassing loss to his model arch nemesis, Hansel, the night before, his three roommates and best friends (who are also male models) do what most good friends do and critique Derek’s enemy. Things are relatively calm in their apartment. The sound is focused on the discussion and some of the background noise of what they are doing while talking. One is doing sit ups, another is using a juicer, and the other is on his two cell phones. When all fails to cheer Derek up, the boys in unison joyously suggest they get orange mocha frappachinos. Derek perks up as the song “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go” by Wham! starts playing. The cheesy song sets the mood of fun and happiness as the four friends are then shown driving along in their open Jeep on that sunny day. The edits are made to show the careless atmosphere. They are shown dancing and driving, dancing while filling up their car with gas, and breaking into a playful gasoline fight. It is hard to differentiate the music since they are dancing, but this music, I assume is non-diegetic. It is the sole source of sound, with their laughter secondary. They pull into a gas station and subsequently have a gasoline fight. The music tunes down while Derek walks towards a magazine cover he is on, seen in a trash near the road. The caption visibly upsets him. He then looks up at his friends who are still laughing and spraying each other with gasoline, and can’t help but smile because he is around nice people who are all having a great time. It seems as though nothing can go wrong at that moment. The feel good music cuts as he watches Brint light a cigarette and screams to try to stop him. When the music stops, that was the turning point of the scene. The song had set the tone as a fun and playful time, so it is a surprise to the audience when his friends then are blown up.
Zoolander is a cheerful and humorously shallow take on the male modeling world. The film is a parody of the shallow male models of the world. After Ben Stiller’s character model Derek Zoolander suffers an embarrassing loss to his model arch nemesis, Hansel, the night before, his three roommates and best friends (who are also male models) do what most good friends do and critique Derek’s enemy. Things are relatively calm in their apartment. The sound is focused on the discussion and some of the background noise of what they are doing while talking. One is doing sit ups, another is using a juicer, and the other is on his two cell phones. When all fails to cheer Derek up, the boys in unison joyously suggest they get orange mocha frappachinos. Derek perks up as the song “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go” by Wham! starts playing. The cheesy song sets the mood of fun and happiness as the four friends are then shown driving along in their open Jeep on that sunny day. The edits are made to show the careless atmosphere. They are shown dancing and driving, dancing while filling up their car with gas, and breaking into a playful gasoline fight. It is hard to differentiate the music since they are dancing, but this music, I assume is non-diegetic. It is the sole source of sound, with their laughter secondary. They pull into a gas station and subsequently have a gasoline fight. The music tunes down while Derek walks towards a magazine cover he is on, seen in a trash near the road. The caption visibly upsets him. He then looks up at his friends who are still laughing and spraying each other with gasoline, and can’t help but smile because he is around nice people who are all having a great time. It seems as though nothing can go wrong at that moment. The feel good music cuts as he watches Brint light a cigarette and screams to try to stop him. When the music stops, that was the turning point of the scene. The song had set the tone as a fun and playful time, so it is a surprise to the audience when his friends then are blown up.
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