Duration:

1:13;30—1:17;15

Overview

It’s the middle part of the movie, the director arranges a dispute here, it’s the first and the only altercation between Lenny and Natalie in this film. In this part, Natalie walk into the house, first hide all the pens in the room to her bag, then get angry with Lenny, humiliate Lenny’s wife. As a result, Lenny goes mad, hit badly on Natalie’s face and knock her on the ground, Natalie stop shouting, walking out the house with blood on her face and the bag within pens, then sit in the car. After watch Natalie walking out, Lenny try to find a pen to make a note about Natalie, but all the pens are in Natalie’s bag. With the sound that Natalie close the car’s door, Lenny’s disease attack him again.

Contrast Dominants:

Shot Type

Master shot

Camera movement:

Flowing Natalie.

Camera angle:

Eye level

In this scene, Natalie come into her house, Lenny see her, from his eyes, we can find he doesn’t know Natalie at all, just pretend to care about Natalie. Here, camera changed, looks like from Lenny’s angle, let audiences see what Lenny sees, feel what he feels.

After Natalie come in, though Lenny’s eyes, we can see Natalie pretend to look outside the window and close all the curtains, a few shots built up a smart person immediately. And camera change to Lenny.

Contrast Dominants:

Shot Type

Master shot

Camera angle:

Eye level

Lenny is curious on what Natalie doing and try to care about the woman he doesn’t remember. As the arrangement of the director, Lenny looks so relax, because he doesn’t remember he is the right one who kill Dodd’s partner and take the money. Director create a special sense, one side is irritable Natalie, another side is peaceful Lenny, just like the calm before the storm, something big will happen immediately.

Contrast Dominants:

Shot Type

closeup

Sound:

Some soft, oddly music

Camera movement:

Move with Natalie’s hands

Camera angle:

Eye level

Before Natalie goes crazy, she collect all the pens in the room, camera flowing Natalie’s hands, director want to telling us what’s Natalie doing now, let us think why Natalie do that and make us keep on watching this film, and let what happen next is logical.

Contrast Dominants:

Shot Type

Master shot

Camera movement:

Jump cut between Natalie and Lenny, and the camera is waving.

Camera angle:

Eye level

From this scene, Natalie finally get mad, she looks like lost her patient. First, she crates a story about Jimmy and Teddy, then want Lenny kill Dodd and ever pay for it. Natalie changes here, make everyone doubt, director let us guessing again: what’s Natalie really is?

Contrast Dominants:

Shot Type

Close up

Camera angle:

On shouder

In this part, Natalie start humiliating Lenny’s wife, camera jump cut between two roles constantly, audiences can feel the tension in this moment. Each time camera jumps, we can find Lenny getting more anger, he try hardly on control himself, a storm is coming.

Contrast Dominants:

Shot Type

Close up

Camera angle:

On shoulder

Lenny understands Natalie is a bad women, but unlucky, he lose his pen. Director plan this part, let us know Natalie is a smart and evil person. but we still feel unsure about why Natalie doing this.

Contrast Dominants:

Shot Type

Mater shot

Sound:

Some soft, oddly music again.

Camera angle:

Eye level

In this scene, Lenny hit Natalie, all the mysteries that director had set is clear, audiences contact every clue, director grasps audiences’ nerve successfully. Audiences can have a shot break, and waiting for next storm coming.