As the feather was CGI, the camera would have had to film the whole sequence without a feather and to then layer the CGI version over the top. As the feather then went over cars, the editors would have had to make a reflection of the feather in the window of the car like it would do in real life. What was so incredible about this shot was that it was continuous and so it seemed as if the feather was real. Tom Hanks even picked up the feather so everybody thought that the feather was real. CGI wasn't very advanced at the time, so to pull off this shot was not only the hardest shot in the film, but one of the best shots of all time.
The use of the feather was extremely clever as the camera had to follow it, which meant that we had a fantastic stabling shot of where we were and the time period this film was set. This shot also brought up a lot of questions, mainly about the meaning behind the feather. Some people thought that the feather was going on a journey through the years and as at the end, Tom Hanks releases the feather again, the film almost comes back into the cycle and because of this, people thought that the film was told backwards. Some others thought that the feather was foreshadowing the story because the feather was sometimes high and low and also in danger.
My favourite aspect of the feather was that it didn't give anything away and it was only at the end that the audience realised that the feather was a metaphor of Forrest Gump as he is quite dumb, gets pushed around a lot and is a minority in the world.
The music was very light and peaceful which supported the lightness of the feather, this gave the audience the feeling as if they were in a dream. This concept was also brought back at the end with the release of the feather as it was Forrest Gumps' way of saying goodbye to the audience.
Other people have different endings for this film and some include Forrest dying while running to where he needs to be but I prefer the feather ending as it links the whole film together.
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