Aesthetics homework (non-movie review)/watching notes

Zane 2022-03-21 09:02:47

Through the movement of the characters, let the characters move from the distant view to the close view.

The floor is slippery, and the leather chairs are too high to sit on, reflecting the capitalism of the time.

Receiving people, but putting people in a room and waiting for a long time. Events are not dealt with in chronological order, but by social class status.

On the contrary, high-ranking personnel are better at receiving people from lower-ranking personnel in the United States.

Create depth of field with walking cars and tall buildings.

Create a maze effect with glass reflections.

The architectural complex and characteristic buildings and blue sky form the vista.

Different groups of people showcase the diversity and inclusion of Paris.

The glass reflects the Eiffel Tower.

various consumers.

Showing busyness by moving the toes of the person in the wheelchair constantly.

Put the characters in a glass house, like a shop window, and passers-by look at them as if they were looking at the merchandise (the voices of the characters are not heard, only the sounds of the roadside are heard).

The characters are watching TV in the room, and the people on the roadside are watching them through the glass, as if watching TV too.

The protagonist slips on the floor in Paris twice.

The glass reflects the Arc de Triomphe.

The protagonist and the person he's looking for have been missed up close, dramatic effect.

racism.

Characters fill the screen to show that the characters are crowded and crowded.

The glass was broken, and he opened the door with a doorknob.

child labor issue.

The newly opened restaurant is full of loopholes.

Model melting expresses high temperature.

Different styles of music create different atmospheres.

Fine dining restaurants become drunken places.

The tall buildings in the distant view are almost all over the screen, there is a person standing to the left in the middle shot, and the half of the door left after the foreground is defocused and shattered.

At the beginning of the film, the female protagonist was unsuccessful in filming a roadside flower shop, and at the end of the film, with the help of the male protagonist, the filming finally succeeded.

The glass reflects the castle.

Through the rotation of the glass, the reflection also rotates.

The flower in the hostess' hand is the same shape as the street lamp outside the window. (Bell flower..?)

Kind of like "Mr Bean".

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Playtime quotes

  • Barbara, Young Tourist: How do you say "drugstore" in French?

    Monsieur Hulot: Drugstore.

  • Monsieur Hulot: [in English, to Barbara] I'll be back.

    Old Woman 1: [in French] What's that mean?

    Old Woman 2: [in French] I've no idea. Can't they use French?