Put aside the plot and just talk about the composition

Katheryn 2022-01-20 08:02:58

Aside from the controversial plot, I found that the director deliberately arranged the first half of the film.

For example, the following screenshots: The female protagonist Bitlitz is in the middle of the screen, with his back to the camera, out of focus. On both sides are white people who are more than half a head taller than her, really focused. It makes people feel the oppressive feeling of racial discrimination.

Even if the heroine turns to face the camera, it is also a huge gap caused by the obvious height difference.

Several characters are walking in the courtyard, using the panorama. The whites were in hordes, tall and well-dressed. The heroine is single, short and plainly dressed. The gap between the two is huge and the contrast is obvious.

Shooting the heroine alone, shooting at a depression angle, shows the heroine's shortness and low social status.

Even when shooting the heroine from a flat angle, her eyes are upward

This kind of composition is to tell the story in the language of the picture. I think the first half is very well told, which makes me full of expectations, but how did it turn into resisting the demolition of developers and animal protectionists to save the planet?

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Extended Reading
  • Pierce 2022-04-19 09:02:44

    The narrative of the film tries to incorporate too many political elements into Beatriz and every other character, which makes the narrative of the film reflect more on the relationship and conflict between the different classes and political camps symbolized by the protagonist and other characters. The political accusations of the exploitation of the third world by the first world are conveyed in a high-profile and clear manner. However, the narrative that relies too much on political conflict also makes the film ignore the deeper and multi-dimensional excavation of the characters.

  • Bertha 2022-04-21 09:03:15

    It's not about class and race, it's about the tit-for-tat between Shenjingbing and Shenjingbing. If it really kills doug and still has the surreal and crazy taste of Spanish movies, I can barely give 3 stars, this reversal is too low.

Beatriz at Dinner quotes

  • Beatriz: [to Doug] I think all your pleasures are built on other's pain.

  • Beatriz: All tears flow from the same source.