Tyttö Sinä Olet Tähti - Presentation

Tyttö Sinä Olet Tähti (Beauty and Bastard) is Finnish movie which has made in 2005. Director of movie is Dome Karukoski who is well-known director nowadays in Finland. This movie is his first movie and it was very big hit in Finland when it came out to cinemas. Tyttö Sinä Olet Tähti is very humoristic but still in some cases serious movie. Songs of this film are from best Finnish Hip-Hop artists. Example from Asa and Iso H. Movie won Scandinavian’s first movie-price in Norways Amanda-movie gala.

Movie tells about girl named Nelli who is dreaming career of RnB singer. Nelli’s family is very rich and her parents wants her to go study doctor’s career. Perfectionist family’s girl Nelli meets Sune who is composer of his own Hip-Hop band. Sune consents to produce single for Nelli so she can provide herself to record label. Sune’s secret motive is still to prove his friends that he can get girl like Nelli to himself. Recording plans starts to be more difficult when Sune and Nelli starts to love each others. Nelli’s has to fight against her feelings because she have already big feature plans with her boyfriend and about education what her parent’s wants to her. Finally through many curves plans are still changing and Nelli gets her recording contract and her and Sune’s problems solves with happy ending.

My extract starts from living room- scene where Sune has met Nelli’s parents first time.
In first frame there is very expensive looking stereos on the table. Stereos are playing Nelli’s song. In next picture you can see full shot of people who are in living room. Sune, Nelli, her mom and visitors are sitting on couches. Nelli’s father is standing. Picture changes to another side and you can see another side of living room and stairs. Fittings are looking very expensive and modern. White room colours are giving that kind of gold feeling what Nelli and her parents might feel between each others when they are listening Nelli’s song. Lightning is typical home lightning. You can see in the picture Nelli and her father. Nelli’s father are standing next to stereos with remote and he is looking like disappointed. Nelli is looking very nervous and afraid about parent’s feedback. Next you can see medium shot of Sune and Nelli’s mother whose are sitting on blue couch. Blue colour are very big colour of this picture because there is coming blue lightning from window . Sune is wearing typical rap-clothes and mother’s panther dress and jewelleries are telling very clearly about their richness. When Sune and Nelli’s mother are talking how Sune made song there is showing on again full shot of Nelli and her father which changes quickly to close shot of father’s tense face.
Then comes close shot of Nelli’s face who is watching her father’s reaction. Close shot of visitors whose are watching Sune’s explaining confused and then picture is again on Sune and mother. Editing are replaying these frames of hole discussion. Sune is explaining how he multiplied Nelli’s voice in song and mother says sarcastic way: “Did you heard Kari(Nelli’s father)? Our girl has been multiplied.” Medium shot of father and stereos.  Father shuts down stereos and background music fades out. Quick shot of Nelli’s face reaction. Again there is medium shots and close shots of people when they are talking. Sune tries to defence Nelli and Nelli’s father tries to defence his own opinion how important is to get real job.
Picture changes to another scene. Scene starts with filming to living room through the window where parents and visitors are laughing at jokes. Camera starts to move upper to balcony. In balcony Nelli is explaining to Sune where he can catch the bus. Frame ends to medium shot of Nelli and Sune. Sune starts asking is Nelli okay and he says how Nelli’s parents are pressuring her with her choices. Picture changes to over the shoulder. Pictures are changing in this scene from over the shoulder to close shots. Lightning is warmer than in living room. Background is dark because of night time. Lightning is coming from inside. Sune and Nelli are talking what they were imagining first time when they met and how they were wrong of their imaginings. In this scene there is for actor work very specially part. Sune says to Nelli that she is just a normal girl and Nelli is touched about what Sune is saying. That Nelli’s reaction is something very great acting from Pamela Tola ! I’m not sure that can everyone see that but because I’m actor myself I can say that reaction on her face is something so amazing ! After that Nelli says: “No one has ever said anything that nice to me.” And at the same time starts background music with piano. Their talking continues for a while and at the same time music is getting louder and music fades us to next scene where Nelli is singing this same song in studio.
First frame of these scene is close up of Nelli when she is singing front of microphone in studio. Next frame is close up of Sune who is watching entranced Nelli’s singing. Lightning is warm and somehow magical too in this scene. Lightning is coming straight to actors faces so background is dark what gives this kind of “just me and you” feeling. Disco ball is spinning ahead of actors and this is accentuating love in the air. In hole of this scene frames are very simple which are very beautiful there. There is close shots and little bit bigger close shots where camera is moving just a little bit around of actors. Music is of course giving own wonderful part of that scene. Song, pictures, emotions and everything matches together.

This extract is crucial part of this film and that’s way of course important.
In scene before this extract Nelli was deciding to stop recording and just make one song what was already made. But in this scene Nelli decides not to be controlled by her parents anymore and that’s why she is recording this song. Moreover Nelli and Sune are falling in love there.

Tyttö Sinä Olet Tähti-movie isn’t so special and different movie than other movies but still this is that kind of movie what makes you watch it again and again. Moviemakers should be proud of themselves how they made so touching and still humoristic movie. The most special thing in this movie might be that how great looking movie this is with singing parts because in Finland there isn’t very many of them! Dome Karukoski’s director career is looking very good because of this movie !