Tonight we filmed Shanshan's scene and ran into several issues. Mainly our problems arose from lack of planning, as the original idea was very vaguely translated into a script - mostly just emotions and feelings. We had timing issues as well, due to the smoking scene, since you cannot light an already-lit cigarette, so we went through a lot of those. But Shanshan's friend Martin and his flatmate John were kind enough to let us film at their place, so at least we got it done in one night.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
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Monday, July 18, 2011
Pulp Fiction Scene Concept
Uncomfortable Silence (working title)
My group's chosen scene from the popular film, Pulp Fiction, is referred to as the "uncomfortable silence," and is a dialogue between two main characters, Mia and Vincent (Uma Thurman and John Travolta). The original scene is, for the most part, a seductive power-play, where Mia holds Vincent's undivided attention with the help of a maraschino cherry. The main components of this scene are long dramatic pauses, seduction, imbalance of power between the two characters, an uncomfortable silence, and a conversation starter. In my concept for recreating this scene, there will be two characters: one male, and one female – the female will hold the power in the scene. The concept scene is a date at a café or similar, during which there is an uncomfortable silence, for which it is not clear whom holds the responsibility, and it is broken by the arrival of the female character's dessert beverage, after which she seduces the male character into a hypnotic state and leaves him behind, finished with him. I feel that the balance of power in favour of the female character is a necessary component from the original scene which makes it unique and interesting. Though the original scene is dependent on dialogue, I want to explore and attempt to redo the scene using as little dialogue as possible, essentially creating a much more uncomfortable, dramatic silence. Along with less dialogue, I feel that the aspect of seduction should be emphasised and become an hypnotic element. The scene will incorporate in-camera edits to cut between characters, and especially so it can focus on and enhance the small aspects of seduction: the female character's lips, taking a drag on her cigarette and exhaling slowly, her eyes and the emotion she conveys through them, etc., and to switch to the male character showing his hypnosis and pathetic responses to the female character's words and motions. The filming will highlight the actions more than the dialogue in an attempt to convey the raw emotions to the viewer, and will be entirely closeup, but angled up to the female character, and angled downward to the male character, in order to portray the uneven balance of power. The lighting will be natural whenever possible, and only contrast will be enhanced to give a surreal feeling to the scene, and any sound will only be diegetic, to give the scene believability. I think that by concentrating the emotions and actions from the original scene, it is possible to make the scene successful and believable, in the eyes of the viewer, even without the context and story from the original film.
My group's chosen scene from the popular film, Pulp Fiction, is referred to as the "uncomfortable silence," and is a dialogue between two main characters, Mia and Vincent (Uma Thurman and John Travolta). The original scene is, for the most part, a seductive power-play, where Mia holds Vincent's undivided attention with the help of a maraschino cherry. The main components of this scene are long dramatic pauses, seduction, imbalance of power between the two characters, an uncomfortable silence, and a conversation starter. In my concept for recreating this scene, there will be two characters: one male, and one female – the female will hold the power in the scene. The concept scene is a date at a café or similar, during which there is an uncomfortable silence, for which it is not clear whom holds the responsibility, and it is broken by the arrival of the female character's dessert beverage, after which she seduces the male character into a hypnotic state and leaves him behind, finished with him. I feel that the balance of power in favour of the female character is a necessary component from the original scene which makes it unique and interesting. Though the original scene is dependent on dialogue, I want to explore and attempt to redo the scene using as little dialogue as possible, essentially creating a much more uncomfortable, dramatic silence. Along with less dialogue, I feel that the aspect of seduction should be emphasised and become an hypnotic element. The scene will incorporate in-camera edits to cut between characters, and especially so it can focus on and enhance the small aspects of seduction: the female character's lips, taking a drag on her cigarette and exhaling slowly, her eyes and the emotion she conveys through them, etc., and to switch to the male character showing his hypnosis and pathetic responses to the female character's words and motions. The filming will highlight the actions more than the dialogue in an attempt to convey the raw emotions to the viewer, and will be entirely closeup, but angled up to the female character, and angled downward to the male character, in order to portray the uneven balance of power. The lighting will be natural whenever possible, and only contrast will be enhanced to give a surreal feeling to the scene, and any sound will only be diegetic, to give the scene believability. I think that by concentrating the emotions and actions from the original scene, it is possible to make the scene successful and believable, in the eyes of the viewer, even without the context and story from the original film.
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