Some visual beauties, baby
When i mentioned my script to my crazed cinephile of a sister, she recommended The Usual Suspects.
Now, i don’t know whether it’s because i’m an effing genius; constantly suspicious of everyone; or because of films like Scary Movie or Saw (see below); but it was SO obvious from the beginning. The second you see the ‘cripple’ on the screen, it’s like, BLAM, THIS FILM IS RUINED. Obviously that’s an overstatement, but i know i couldn’t help but scream to the characters on screen that they should open their god damn eyes (i don’t get out much). Anyway, the relevance is that i love Spacey’s character. He plays it ever so well. It’s how i perceived Sam from MAZE once the group’s script had been revitalised.
Incredibly naive. But there’s something you can’t quite place your finger on. Something odd.
I keep staring at that photograph.
I also watched Se7en, to inspire myself with cinematography, and i must say, ever since i’ve become aware of The Rule of Thirds, i catch myself not enthralled by the film and its revealing narrative, but more-so how the characters or objects have been placed on screen. In hindsight, it’s a good thing, i can see how it affects how the audience feels or are supposed to feel, but i can’t actually watch films anymore.. just to watch the film.. Saw had already ruined this for me. If i would have seen it before the Saw series, i would have been blown away with its creativity and commentary on ‘religious’ issues. Whilst i did watch this on a Sunday night at 2.40am, i was surprised i had made it through all of it, not thinking ‘oh, what a disgusting film’ but more with a feeling of un-satisfaction lurking in the pits of my belly because of how the film ended. I was really expecting there to be some sort of deeper conspiracy as to the reasons why Doe had chose the people he chose. Perhaps it’s because of Saw, but i think it would have been nice to have some emotional empathy with, hah, the victims. They were just unknown crime victims to me, so i was really looking forward to bigger picture being revealed.
Rant sort of over. Se7en is my main resource for visuals. The key is really off-screen character placement. I’d always wondered why i would frame my photographs in this sense all these years, as well.
