Mis-en-Scence of Daddy Day Care

Can you imagine a man attempting to perform the primary care of a lot of children at once? Most people would argue that the primary care of any child should come from his or her mother. In the case of Charlie Hinton (Eddie Murphy) opening up a daycare was his best idea yet. Charlie and his friend Phil (Jeff Garlin) get layed off from their jobs from a large food company in product development. After being layed off Charlie ultimately becomes a stay at home dad which motivates him to open a daycare. Charlie knew that this would not be possible with some kind of help so Charlie asks Phil to join him knowing that he was layed off as well. From product development to day care the men open and try to start a successful business but near by competition begins to hear about their success and imediately trys to wipe out their competition (Daddy Day Care).
The Mis-en-scence of this film relies very heavily on costume and make up. With the costume in make up in the movie it would be somewhat hard to recognize which student belongs to which day care considering the fact that daddy day care didn't require any type of uniform while Chapman Academy did. These served a a distinctive difference throughout the movie. The parents of the children also played a huge role, just from what the parents of the children wore you could almost guess their social class. Some parents dressed in expensive clothing and other's dressed in clothing that was more simple giving the impression that one parent might belong to a different social class than the other.
The lighting in the film for the most part was extremely bright because alot of the scenes took place outside, leaving light to be projected from all types of angles. Frontal lighting and it's tendency to eliminate shadows are used alot throughout this film. An example of frontal lighting in this film is when Charlie takes one of the children from day care to the bathroom and he says "he missed". When Charlie opens the door frontal lighting is used to ensure that the audience can see his facial expressions and what he is trying to implement throughout the scene.
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Time and space can also be implemented throughout the same science because the director chooses what we get to see and for how long. We as an audience never saw the actual mess that the boy created. Non verbals are very apparent which allows us as the audience to put the hints together to come up with the conclusion that the bathroom had to look really bad. When Charlie looks up this creates the illusion of shallow space. The ceiling looks way closer than it actually is, because the camera angle doesn't move allowing us to believe that the mess on the ceiling is directly above him possibly only inches from his head.
The movement and performance of the actors worked well with what they were trying to portray. All of the characters personality fit their roles and the movement throughout the movie coincides with what is actually going on. The setting of the movie takes place in current time setting which makes it easier for the audience to identify with. In today's modern society most women and men believe that the mother of a child would do better at taking care of children than a man would so therefore a lot of thoughts and misconceptions care be explored. The evidence that proves that this took place in current times is expressed through the casts attire and environment. Daddy daycare was a success, which was probably done on purpose by the director to not only have a happy ending but to prove a point that men can take care of children just as well as a woman can.

Sources:

Murphy, Eddie, perf. Daddy Day Care. 2003. Davis Entertainment. DVD.

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