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make it look a part of Amelies surreal, dreamy world. This added an important
aspect of Paris through the colours and almost personifies the city, which is
mostly known as the city of love, and helps to develop this theme of
happiness. The clichd and imagined Paris provides the audience with setting
that makes them believe that the quirky quest for love could be achieved. If the
setting had been shown exactly as it is in reality and not imagined to be more
suited to the situation, Amelies happiness would not have been as believable
and she could have remained a lonely, introverted and isolated individual.
The soundtrack composed by Yann Tiersen also plays an important role in
fulfilling Amelies happiness. The music alternates between the melancholic
piano and the whimsical giddy accordion strains that add buoyancy and zest to
the fluidity of action that moves effortlessly from scene to scene. Tiersens music
with its accordions and harpsichords is unavoidably French, but connecting with
my setting of Paris, its a few fanciful degrees removed from reality, more a
depiction of the unreachably romantic idea of France than of France as it is. The
repeated musical themes take on a metaphorical value and sets to mood of the
scene for the audience. For example, L'autre Valse d'Amelie is a typical French
laid-back accordion waltz which was played at the end of the love scene between
Amelie and Nino allowing the audience to connect with the successful mood of
the scene.