Escape.Youth

Scene Analysis

August 14,2010

The Virgin Suicides

Sofia Coppola

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1

I. SCENE OVERVIEW

As the Coppola family, Sofia Well verified the good director Lineageof his family. Although she is not a good actor, but we have to admit she is very successful as a director. The movie is about the five Lisbon girls fled in the youth. Just the way they have chosen to escape is suicide. A dark fable,a Inevitable escape,a movie makes people rethink. Story began in a low mature boys. His slowly voice his memories started a film of fleeing youth. The voiceover admitted that he did not understand what did Lisbon sisters think about.As said,You’ve never been a 13 year old girl. We will discuss about the movie lux and trip in the love Stimulated by hormonal.(shot 1)and the quick JUMP-CUT

Montage(Fragment 2) and The air’s exciting music.

II. SHOT ANALYSIS

Shot 1: 45：54-46：14 20 Seconds

Shot Size:medium-close shot

Sound: The moment the music start,we can hear the joy of lux’s heart. the joy is not only relevant, but also a simple love.

Contrast Dominants: lux’s pink pajamas in the dark give us some bright spots,just like see the flowers, love was planted in our brains.Trip’s White shirts are also quite conspicuous. In the dark background, the pink and white highlights the main body very well, attracting the our attention.

Character Movement: The Character ‘s movement direction is always to maintain a certain fixed direction and in the Camera lens is always in the middle, take people's visual angle. After the dialogue,lux open the door hastily, Leave the lens, and trip Stretched out his hand, want to retain something, then leave Trip alone recall the kiss just happened happily.

Character Relationships: In This lens, lux and trip’s relations have obvious Exacerbation.At that moment,lux and Trip are all

stimulated by hormonal. The difference is that lux evolved into love later, but trip evolved into desire.

Camera Movement: There are no outstanding movement, it is a fixed lens.

Camera Angle: The angle of the camera is at an even eye level.

There is no high or low angle. Present the happened things objectively.

Lens Used: A typical fixed-length lens, into a montage sentence. Ensure the Lux and Trip’s movement’s continuity and consistency.Present the process clearly, Coordinate other parts, Highlighted the people’s inner movement.

Depth of Field:The Lippens’s home was empty of lost. At that moment we will focus our attention on lux and Trip,the house was forgotten by lux,Trip and the audience.

Lighting: With a side light, which is behind Trip, when they two tangled this shadow will also appear in each other's body. With the movements light was Sprinkle in their eyes, hair,and body . Not only make the audience feel ambiguous,also shortened the distance between lux and Trip. Lay the foundation for the contrast caused by Trip’s Departure later.

Color Usage: Cool colors, even though the two people have the passion, but the useage of black, repressed the emotions of lux and Trip. Goes well with the whole film. Also in line with the emotional features: depressed and desperate.

Editing Style: The rhythm is more compact when they kissed,and the rhythm slowed down after lux left. Then leave trip alone recaal the warm kiss just happened.

Subtext: All the information that we gather from this scene,the relations between lux andTrip have an obvious deepen , lux and Trip are all trapped in desire.This is also one of the adolescence’s germinating.

Scene dispatching: Select far-view in the front of Lippens’ house, Lay the foundation for lux ang Trip’s flirt next.The Close-range is selected in the Trip’s car, creating a environment of ambiguity, At the same time to limited the space in the car reduced the lux and the trip’s distance, speed up the feelings of the two people.

Fragment 2: 46：14-48：25

Shot Size:medium shot to over shoulder shot

Sound:This fragment begin with a synchronism,in the first shot,Mr Lisbon was trancing in the desk, but he sound is trip’s footsteps, Played a good role to connect next shot and character’s movement.

Character: Mr. Lisbon’s feeling of Trip was very contradictory. When Mr. Lisbon asked about football, his face shows that he is quite satisfied with Trip.But due to the love and protection of lux,and the ways of Mrs Lisbon’s education, make Mr Lisbon feel too embarrassed when he face Trip. Fast clip this lens make the embarrassment and conflict looks well.

Camera Angle: The subjective lens of Mr Lisbon was shooting from the top,but the subjective lens of Trip was shooting from the bottom. Reflects the different momentum between the two people. Psychologically, Mr. Lisbon is a cowardly,love lux but can’t resist Mrs Lisbon’s education. Trip is a young high school students, some things he think is righteous.

Camera Movement:Move between Trip and Mr. Lisbon,present the two people’s relationship and Trip’s restless.

Lens Used: There are some short quick scenes, Objective lens mixed with the director’s subjective impression. Significantly accelerated the pace of the story, enhanced the movie’s tight feeling.

Lighting:Use 45 degree side light,this is the best light to describe character. Revome the the unnatural feeling of Trip and Mr. Lisbon’s dialogue.

Color Usage:warm color. Because the film is punctuated by memories, so use old color. The story of 70 years should have 70 years colors. The warm colors are used to recall brutal youth with wonderful memories. Memories of the boy's is worthwhile to recall with warm colors.

Editing Style: Use the positive and negative lenses to play fast clip,present the relations of Trip and Mr Lisbon.They are contradictory with lux.But Mr Lisbon prefer Trip,but not Mrs Lisbon.

Subtext: Mr. Lisbon was contradictory with wether shoule allow lux to take the party.As a father,he want to make his daughter happy.But also he want to protect her daughter not to be hurt. As a husband, he would like to recognize his wife.All the things makes Mr Lisbon contradictory.