Movie Notes 016: The Trial of Joan of Arc

Santino 2022-02-24 08:02:17

Narrative:
bell footsteps, mother's appeal, drums -> text background introduction -> oath, trial -> back to the cell, wearing shackles and releasing handcuffs and crying -> trial again (recording, hints and other action details) -> being voiced Wake up, someone peeping -> (the statement of the British military officer before the trial, other priests questioned) trial -> self-talk in the cell -> trial -> cell (pick up the stone that smashed her), peeped -> trial -> trial in the cell -> virgin examination -> trial in the cell -> rejection of women's clothing, bells -> trial, internal contradictions between the trial party after trial -> illness -> visit -> trial -> torture to force a confession -> burning to force a confession to sign -> cell Begging for death -> Communion, packing up -> burning at the stake,

stylized treatment of drum sounds : the
state of the characters who deliberately removed the traces of performance (only speaking lines, doing actions, almost no exaggeration and performance);
except for the drum sounds at the beginning and the end, No soundtrack, appropriate sound effects with actions, occasional moderate ambient sound;
multiple fixed camera positions, medium and close-up shots, head-up, everyday feeling, excluding rendering;
audio-visual presentations of characters' words and deeds, and even complete actions that come and go many times, try to do as much as possible The behavior itself is expressed and the emotional processing is diluted, such as a few paragraphs that only focus on the movement of the feet.

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  • Madisyn 2022-04-23 07:04:32

    It is said that it is a masterpiece of structuralism, I really do not understand, is it using the layout of dialogue to express the tension and conflict between the characters??? I don't understand...

  • Lexie 2022-04-21 09:03:29

    Through unbalanced composition, the space is "fragmented", and there is no complete lens in the space, and it is gradually understood through connection, thereby turning it into a closed but infinite reality, making the outside world like a prison cell. Emotions are not expressed by faces (as opposed to Dreyer), and space does not need to be subservient or analogous to a close-up, but can appear directly in the medium shot.

The Trial of Joan of Arc quotes

  • Jeanne d'Arc: I prefer death to shackles.

  • Jeanne d'Arc: I'd rather die than endure what I'm enduring.