Post by hollis on Sept 12, 2008 8:16:19 GMT
Okay, Guys - Yesterday we discussed the use of lighting and montage in the sequence, as well as the director's placing of the camera. Let's run over these three again.
Montage (as Team America say, you're gonna need one!)
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The montage of the men bucking barley is intended to show two things, things that montages typically show.
1) The passage of time. This is supposed to be a day's work compressed into 1 1/2 minutes. We obviously don't want to watch 6 hours of Lennie and George bucking barley, but at the same time, we want to see what they're actually doing on the ranch to earn their money. Again, this falls into our 'show, don't tell' category, as the directore chooses to SHOW us how they work. The montage keeps this section brief.
2) To show multiple characters' points of view - We see Lennie as he lifts sacks of barley single handedly. We see Slim's awe at this. We see George finding this all hilarious. The montage is a way to show all of these at the one time.
Very easy stuff. But why is there music over it?
Lighting
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The bunkhouse is very carefully lit in the dog-shooting sequence. Think - the director could have easily brought in 4-5 stage lamps and had everyone appear in bright light. The shadows covering half of the faces of the characters is there to REPRESENT something. It shows the duality of the emotions the men are facing. How many of them want to see Candy's dog shot? And how many of them are hiding behind this? Only Carlson, clear in what he intends to do, is fully focused in light. This shows he has no hidden agenda.
Camera placing
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The camera is carefully placed so that we DON'T see Candy's expression as he weeps. The power of our imagination, thinking about this grief is far too strong to be compared to anything we can see. This makes the sequence far more powerful if we DON'T see Candy crying.
Questions / Comments?
Montage (as Team America say, you're gonna need one!)
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The montage of the men bucking barley is intended to show two things, things that montages typically show.
1) The passage of time. This is supposed to be a day's work compressed into 1 1/2 minutes. We obviously don't want to watch 6 hours of Lennie and George bucking barley, but at the same time, we want to see what they're actually doing on the ranch to earn their money. Again, this falls into our 'show, don't tell' category, as the directore chooses to SHOW us how they work. The montage keeps this section brief.
2) To show multiple characters' points of view - We see Lennie as he lifts sacks of barley single handedly. We see Slim's awe at this. We see George finding this all hilarious. The montage is a way to show all of these at the one time.
Very easy stuff. But why is there music over it?
Lighting
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The bunkhouse is very carefully lit in the dog-shooting sequence. Think - the director could have easily brought in 4-5 stage lamps and had everyone appear in bright light. The shadows covering half of the faces of the characters is there to REPRESENT something. It shows the duality of the emotions the men are facing. How many of them want to see Candy's dog shot? And how many of them are hiding behind this? Only Carlson, clear in what he intends to do, is fully focused in light. This shows he has no hidden agenda.
Camera placing
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The camera is carefully placed so that we DON'T see Candy's expression as he weeps. The power of our imagination, thinking about this grief is far too strong to be compared to anything we can see. This makes the sequence far more powerful if we DON'T see Candy crying.
Questions / Comments?
, just because the dog was old and stunk, there was no need to and its crule and unfair 
+ sam lol 
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