Growing up one of my all time favorite films to watch as a young child was and still today is ET (Extra Terrestrial). When I was first introduced to the film by my mom she told me not to be afraid of E.T because he is a friendly Alien, but of course I was to young to understand were she was coming from when seeing him for the first time in the movie. As the film moved on I soon realised that he was in fact just a scared little alien lost on a big unknown planet just trying to get back home hence the saying he uses through out the film I quote “E.T phone home”.

The scene that I would like to talk about is that will always have an joyful emotional connection to is the very last scene in the film were E.T is about Depart from his from people close to him and Elliot a young boy who he had formed a strong connection with whilst being on earth. This area of the film had a strong emotional effect on me as a young child and in fact probably most people who had seen this film when it was released, I remember my mom telling me in fact that I cried whilst watching the film saying that I didn’t want E.T to leave. Come to think of it looking back on the film makes me feel honored to be apart of that journey the film took you on around the time of its huge success.

I believe that this part of the film in relation to the rest of the scenes is the one that is most effective towards the audience emotional feelings. I really think that the emotional success of the movies ending was down to the director Steven Spielberg for shooting the scenes in continuity to bring the young characters true feelings out on camera to show full understanding of the situation.

The People behind the creation of the puppet E.T consisted of a team all operating different areas of the body to make E.T move and look as real as possible.  Every single reaction from the characters in the last is real they were so indulged in the story that they forgot its was only acting. One of the people who operated E.T arms were laying underneath the puppet even felt some form of deep response to it.

The Director and cast years after the film

There is not much lighting in the scene, it mostly emerges from the spaceship especially when the doors open. I cant leave out the most important thing that made this scene so memorable and breath taking, of course which would be the sound track created by John Williams for good bye E.T ending.