The Fabelmans, a film is about young aspirent filmmaker Sammy Fabelman, who throughout the film made many movies with his beloved camera. The movies made by him make thematic impacts in film and used as metaphors that represent many things.
The Fabelmans is a project by director, Steven Spielberg, has chased all his life. The semi-autobigraphical account offers a tender peek into the life of Jewish family with geniuses of both sides of science and art. Sammy Fabelman, protagonist of the story make movies with his camera. What was the purpose of those movies in the film? and what was the significance of his beloved camera? What they contributes in narrative?
Throughout the film Spielberg make pattern of movies made by Sammy. In the midpoint when Sammy saws things differently, there are one camping trip movie called “Escape to Nowhere” made impact on Sammy’s way of thinking and used as strong metaphor that represent many things in film. This is the key moment where we can see the pattern of film.
Camera as a Metaphor-