Requiem for a Dream, by Darren Aronofsky, is a truly amazing film. Every aspect of the film is finely honed to create a sensory overload in the viewer. From quick cuts to showing the viewer familiar clips over and over when certain things are done, it is truly a unique viewing experience. Sound also plays an important role in conveying important events to the viewers as they hear reoccurring sounds in certain situations. Everything Requiem for a Dream does to the viewer during the movie adds to the intense feeling of the movie and makes it even more moving.
             The overall structure of the movie is very important to make it as intense and moving as possible. Extreme close-ups add an "in your face" style to the movie. The movie also makes use of fast forwarding to make it seem like time flies by during the slower parts of the movie when characters are just wasting time. Waist-mounted cameras and frequent use of split screens also change the feel of the movie from just an average story. The shots are all bound together by fast paced action, moving from each characters story to another. Harry, his mom, girlfriend, and friend all have drug problems. As their stories diverge, the movie will move from one part to another, showing how their lives are all leading to a horrific conclusion.
             The dark mise-en-scene is very apparent in this movie. The entire movie has an overly gloomy look to it. The colors are rather washed out and the scenery and set are almost never bright and flashy except for the television show Mrs. Goldfarb dreams to attend some day. One of the only brightly colored things that appears in the movie is the red dress in the picture which Mrs. Goldfarb is hopeful to fit into. Even as she holds the dress in real life, it appears as if the color as gradually faded from her dress as it once was. Other things like the grass and sky in scenes with Harry and Marion add a relaxing colorful element to break t...