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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  • Harley 2022-02-24 08:02:17

    (20180801 has a five-star rating: I don’t know how many times I’ve watched it, so I’m sure I want to give it five stars.) One more rating: I’m not only sure that it’s five-star, but also that Bresson is more modern than Dreyer, with better ideas and better technology. The words of Joan of Arc can no longer be praised by "wisdom", but must be "sacred". The appearance of the puppy became an opportunity to transform the sound environment, such a subtle technique, worshipped.

  • Ashleigh 2022-04-21 09:03:29

    Bresson's use of old-fashioned methods in video editing and sound-picture processing tries to avoid the possible pitfalls of platitudes of subject matter. Rather than referring to Joan of Arc, it would be better to say that Joan of Arc's suffering all fits in with Bresson's self "world"

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.