Thursday, April 3, 2014

This shot is at the end of the movie and Suzy and her brothers were called down for dinner. Sam has just left through the window that is in the background and Suzy is deciding whether she wants to go down for dinner. The design of the house is very standard and normal with beige and yellow walls and crown molding around the edge of the walls and ceiling. Almost everything in the image has a yellow such as the suitcase, Suzy’s dress, the wall in the background, the chair in the back room, and the device on the table to the right. We can also see that there is an impeccable amount of symmetry in this room where almost everything seems to balance. The bookcase on the left is balanced with the table and bookcase on the right. Even the books on the rug are displayed radially making the book on the left balance the book on the right. Despite the symmetry of the objects in the room, Suzy clearly unbalances the composition which complies with her role in the household where she never seemed to fit in with the rest of her family. Despite her unbalancing the picture, she does comply with the yellow theme in the room which makes the viewer come to believe that the household has come to accept her. As a result, the mise en scene appears to resemble Suzy’s position and role in the movie. 

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