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Scene Analysis
3514_james
The Virgin Suicides, 1999 Sofia Coppola
“On the play ground”
I. SCENE OVERVIEW
Firstly, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES is based on mid 1970 which is the story of five sisters.
And this scene is also described love which had a mind of 1970's girls. I think the scene, huge trees are ordered to be cut down which make the youngest of the Lisbon girl tries to kill herself, is similar to this scene. So It affect 'lux' and other girls suicide as well. Because after this event, they cannot going out anymore by the her mother's rule. I can understand that ‘Lux’ try to watch the real world but she was suffocated by the name of ‘adult’ when she almost knows about the real love and the true of life as teenage little girl.
Still the stand-out music by Air is a pretty good consolation to the film's shortcomings. From this scene, the air’s music (play ground love) played which is about lux and trip in the love.
II. SHOT ANALYSIS
#Scene 1
#Scene 2
Shot Size:This is a long full shot and close up then long full shot again. In the first place, I can tell the place from the full shot then it is closed up to focus on lux’s face which we can know the situation, such as what is her status from her face, we can think a part of scene which shows lonely feeling of lux.
Sound:
When lux recognizes her situation, music is start playing. Air’s music (play ground love) which is the major part of back ground music of the film. Even though it is just back ground music, the moment the music start, we can guess that it is lonely scene. It brings me to a lonely feeling that builds an image that kind of loves about depths of the isolation.
Contrast Dominants:There is a main contrasting color would be Lux’s face and white dress with the blue morning. It is in very light blue, white and black highlight the shot and light shining is on her face directly which makes contrasting. The background is obviously a blue lonely play ground and she is blended into the area that we might think her mood all together in this shot.
Camera Angle:The angle of the camera is based on the ground level. Camera Angle is fixed to the ground. When she looks around the play ground, camera is still fixed. From this angle, I know a lonely expression that she gazes on empty ground.
Lighting:The lighting in this scene is very important part.She lay down on the ground, and the light is from the left side of the shot. The light shows the time when is the morning and it emphasizing to show the empty place.
Color usage:From the beginning I can recognize the color blue which means cold and repressed the emotions of lux and Trip that they feel depressed and desperate.
Character Movement:
From the Camera lens she is in the corner, lux maintains a certain fixed place. After the wake up, she looks around to want to find something, and then she recognizes Trip is gone.
Camera Movement:
It is a fixed lens, there is no outstanding movement.
Sound:
When lux recognizes her situation, music is start playing. Air’s music (play ground love) which is the major part of back ground music of the film. Even though it is just back ground music, the moment the music start, we can guess that it is lonely scene. It brings me to a lonely feeling that builds an image that kind of loves about depths of the isolation.
Contrast Dominants:There is a main contrasting color would be Lux’s face and white dress with the blue morning. It is in very light blue, white and black highlight the shot and light shining is on her face directly which makes contrasting. The background is obviously a blue lonely play ground and she is blended into the area that we might think her mood all together in this shot.
Camera Angle:The angle of the camera is based on the ground level. Camera Angle is fixed to the ground. When she looks around the play ground, camera is still fixed. From this angle, I know a lonely expression that she gazes on empty ground.
Lighting:The lighting in this scene is very important part.She lay down on the ground, and the light is from the left side of the shot. The light shows the time when is the morning and it emphasizing to show the empty place.
Color usage:From the beginning I can recognize the color blue which means cold and repressed the emotions of lux and Trip that they feel depressed and desperate.
Character Movement:
From the Camera lens she is in the corner, lux maintains a certain fixed place. After the wake up, she looks around to want to find something, and then she recognizes Trip is gone.
Camera Movement:
It is a fixed lens, there is no outstanding movement.
#Scene 3
Her face is totally different before when she enjoy the time with ‘Trip’. She just bites her crown, which she gets from the competition.
There is no happy mood on her face anymore.
Everything is gone. She would think that the world is the end.
Color usage
The main color is blue which illustrates the cold dawn.
We can feel the cold from the ground and air.
Blue is colored every around the shot so it could make a meaning that we dose not know what is the love and happy.
Lighting
In the dawn, it brings blue lights that only trace the specific area from the sun, which is lighting on her sad white face.
Blue color and mixed light with darkness which is evidence obviously to know that it is early morning.
Character movement
Firstly, she just woke up and tries to understand the situation so she looked around everywhere. When she take a taxi, she dose not move anymore. She just gaze at outside from the window to see somewhere then we can find that only her eyes are moving.
Depth of field
When she wakes up, the shot is focused on her sad face. From the first shot, there is one person who propertied only small part of the shot. She is described small size of character. It means that now she is just the smallest character in the world.
Camera movement
Camera is still stopped to focus her doing. It is fixed for the long shot. After that, camera zoomed in her face. When she is in home, camera is fixed again to long shot.
Her face is totally different before when she enjoy the time with ‘Trip’. She just bites her crown, which she gets from the competition.
There is no happy mood on her face anymore.
Everything is gone. She would think that the world is the end.
Color usage
The main color is blue which illustrates the cold dawn.
We can feel the cold from the ground and air.
Blue is colored every around the shot so it could make a meaning that we dose not know what is the love and happy.
Lighting
In the dawn, it brings blue lights that only trace the specific area from the sun, which is lighting on her sad white face.
Blue color and mixed light with darkness which is evidence obviously to know that it is early morning.
Character movement
Firstly, she just woke up and tries to understand the situation so she looked around everywhere. When she take a taxi, she dose not move anymore. She just gaze at outside from the window to see somewhere then we can find that only her eyes are moving.
Depth of field
When she wakes up, the shot is focused on her sad face. From the first shot, there is one person who propertied only small part of the shot. She is described small size of character. It means that now she is just the smallest character in the world.
Camera movement
Camera is still stopped to focus her doing. It is fixed for the long shot. After that, camera zoomed in her face. When she is in home, camera is fixed again to long shot.
#Scene 4
"We’re suffocating..."
"No. You’re safe, here."
"I can’t breathe in here..."
Sound
All over the sound of the scene is ‘Play ground love’.
‘Play ground love’ music makes calmness and quietness. Each of sounds is well organized to every shot. Hence, background music represent atmosphere over the playground very well. In addition, birds are singing with slow tempo of music that tells us the morning atmosphere as well.
Camera Angle
The first angle is not so high because this angle makes us to check her situation carefully. After that, it is changed to high level to see the entire playground. When she arrive at home, level of camera height is fixed to the normal eye level which makes us to watch every moment briefly that our eyes do not follow anything so we can distinct the happening simply.
Screen graphic/Composition
"We’re suffocating..."
"No. You’re safe, here."
"I can’t breathe in here..."
Sound
All over the sound of the scene is ‘Play ground love’.
‘Play ground love’ music makes calmness and quietness. Each of sounds is well organized to every shot. Hence, background music represent atmosphere over the playground very well. In addition, birds are singing with slow tempo of music that tells us the morning atmosphere as well.
Camera Angle
The first angle is not so high because this angle makes us to check her situation carefully. After that, it is changed to high level to see the entire playground. When she arrive at home, level of camera height is fixed to the normal eye level which makes us to watch every moment briefly that our eyes do not follow anything so we can distinct the happening simply.
Screen graphic/Composition
In the first place, her body is propertied most of the shot. After that she is described the small part of the shot compared to her surroundings. And we can feel the atmosphere of the morning that makes easy understand what the event was. And then we can recognize that she is al
#Scene 5
Script
Trip :
"I walked home alone that night. I didn’t care how she got home. It was weird.
I mean, I liked her. I liked her a lot. But out there on the field...
It was just different then. That was the last time I saw her."
"You know, most people will never taste that kind of love.
At least I tasted it once, right?"
III. Bibliography
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159097/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Virgin_Suicides_(film)
http://www.mattriviera.net/2010/07/life-in-100-films-virgin-suicides.html
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/virgin-suicides
http://www.screenit.com/movies/2000/the_virgin_suicides.html
Script
Trip :
"I walked home alone that night. I didn’t care how she got home. It was weird.
I mean, I liked her. I liked her a lot. But out there on the field...
It was just different then. That was the last time I saw her."
"You know, most people will never taste that kind of love.
At least I tasted it once, right?"
III. Bibliography
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159097/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Virgin_Suicides_(film)
http://www.mattriviera.net/2010/07/life-in-100-films-virgin-suicides.html
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/virgin-suicides
http://www.screenit.com/movies/2000/the_virgin_suicides.html
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