This
opening scene in Before Sunset starts of with somebody saying “We just have a
time for one last question”, and this was said by an old man dressed in a
formal blazer and shot using a medium shot. The hundreds of books behind him
suggest that this scene is set in a library or a book store. The next words
said was “Where is your next book?” . This was said by a young man, also in a
blazer and smart shirt, wearing glasses. This shot uses a medium shot and also
denotes several people next to him and behind him. This group of people
suggests that there is interview taking place. At this point we aren’t shown
the interviewees face – making the audience curious to what he looks like. His
accident also tells that audience he is from France which could hint that the
movie will contain love and romance because France connotes the ‘City of Love’
and romance.
The
interview suggests he is one of the main characters in Before Sunset. After the
young French male asked his question, the interviewee then goes on about his
next book. A medium shot is used to show the interviewee sitting on the desk
and talking about his book. The lighting in this scene is bright and uplifting
indication that this movie is not a horror or action film, bur most like a
romance film. The colours in this scene also denote a lot of red – from the
table cloth, books and the wine glasses on the right. The colour red connotes
love and roses however it can also connote death, blood and violence in some
circumstances. We can tell the movie will note contain death, blood and
violence scenes because the lighting of the scene points towards a brighter and
more romantic film rather than a barker and violent film.
During
this interview, you can also faintly hear the rumbling and screeching sound of
the cars outside. This ambient dietetic sound is effective because it’s so
quiet you can hardly hear it, but still there to give the impression that you
are there in the scene with them.
To
make this interview less boring, it has been edited to show several shots
throughout the interview of different things, keeping the audience interested.
One of the shots was a medium/close up shot of the French man who asked the
question. This shot was used to show his facial expression because he seemed
very interested by the interviewee’s speech on a new book. Another shot
included an over the shoulder shot of the interviewee speaking to lots of
people about his book.
About
a minute into the film we are then shown an over the shoulder shot of the
interview when he was a young teenager with a girl, dancing and smiling. Then
an over the shoulder shot if the girl. This indicates to the audience that he
is part of the romance in this film – along with the girl. In these two shots
we can only hear the voice over of the interviewee as he’s still talking about
his book. Later on another shot of the two young teenage couple is shown then a
medium/close up shot after of the young girl, now a young adult, at the man’s
book interview. The shot after this is a medium shot of the man sitting on the
chair. He turns round and sees her – seeming shocked. Then it cuts back to the
lady who is now smiling and these sequences of shots indicate that she is the
love interest and they are the romantic couple in the film.
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