Film Form Analysis: Meshes of the Afternoon
Assignment 2 Film Form Analysis
Meshes of the Afternoon: The first scene I chose to analyze is the scene where the woman, who is the only person in the film, is falling out of the bedroom window. We come to realize that she is, in fact, falling inside of the house rather than outside of the window, causing confusion for the viewer. The camera is out of focus for a moment and is used at a Dutch Angle or Dutch Tilt Shot, giving the impression that the world in frame is out of balance, which is the explicit meaning. This gives credence to the fact that the woman’s state of mind is also “off balance” which is the implicit meaning of the scene. By using the Dutch Camera Angle this causes confusion for the viewer, helping us to relate to the implicit meaning of the scene. The next scene I chose to analyze is when she stands in front of the window, watching herself chase after the hooded figure. She then pulls a key out of her mouth. Here the implicit meaning is one for the whole film, which is that she holds the key to end her suffering. The next scene is directly after she pulls the key from her mouth, and the camera pans around the room and, again, at a Dutch Angle to cause confusion as the film cuts to the woman stumbling up the stairs, struggling to keep her balance, yet another implicit meaning. The camera at one point uses a close up on the woman’s face, as she discovers the knife in her bed, and a moment of clarity comes over her face. The clarity is that she now knows how to end her suffering. The overall composition of this film, in my opinion, was that the woman, appeared to have great anguish over her mental illness and felt unstable and confused. The woman’s internal struggles were made prominent by use of camera angles and composition. She seemingly suffers from multiple personalities, hence her being able to view herself from multiple points of view. She sees a large knife in different locations throughout the house,
Meshes of the Afternoon: The first scene I chose to analyze is the scene where the woman, who is the only person in the film, is falling out of the bedroom window. We come to realize that she is, in fact, falling inside of the house rather than outside of the window, causing confusion for the viewer. The camera is out of focus for a moment and is used at a Dutch Angle or Dutch Tilt Shot, giving the impression that the world in frame is out of balance, which is the explicit meaning. This gives credence to the fact that the woman’s state of mind is also “off balance” which is the implicit meaning of the scene. By using the Dutch Camera Angle this causes confusion for the viewer, helping us to relate to the implicit meaning of the scene. The next scene I chose to analyze is when she stands in front of the window, watching herself chase after the hooded figure. She then pulls a key out of her mouth. Here the implicit meaning is one for the whole film, which is that she holds the key to end her suffering. The next scene is directly after she pulls the key from her mouth, and the camera pans around the room and, again, at a Dutch Angle to cause confusion as the film cuts to the woman stumbling up the stairs, struggling to keep her balance, yet another implicit meaning. The camera at one point uses a close up on the woman’s face, as she discovers the knife in her bed, and a moment of clarity comes over her face. The clarity is that she now knows how to end her suffering. The overall composition of this film, in my opinion, was that the woman, appeared to have great anguish over her mental illness and felt unstable and confused. The woman’s internal struggles were made prominent by use of camera angles and composition. She seemingly suffers from multiple personalities, hence her being able to view herself from multiple points of view. She sees a large knife in different locations throughout the house,