1. The main argument of Perfume is to display the differences in lifestyles between the lower class in the slums of Paris and the upper class in the city. The film attempts to portray the lower class as dangerous and dirty using many visual strategies.
2 & 3. Color is a very important rhetorical strategy used to force their argument. When showing scenes of the lower classes, they use dark, and ominous colors. When Jean Baptiste travels to the city, there are brighter colors present. People are wearing red, green, blue and the streets are not nearly as drab as what he was used to. When he finds the perfume store, it is painted bright blue and everyone inside is clean and clothed in bright colors. The perfume bottles are also brighter colors to emphasize how expensive and rich the setting is. When Jean Baptiste travels to the new town, everything is even brighter than in Paris because it is where he desires to be most. Also, the girls that Jean Baptiste thinks smell so nice, have pale skin and bright red hair emphasizing their importance and visually emphasizing their smell.
I think that the last part was a very good observation of the women pertaining to their skin and hair. I feel he was probably attracted to everything he wasn't use to such as raggedy hair dark and dirty skin. So when he found a woman with such pale and glowing skin and bright noticeable hair he felt like he needed to be in her presence.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Julia when she talks about how the bright colors come when he got to Paris and how it seemed like it was full of opportunities. I noticed that he was drawn to red heads too. The vibrance of their hair just made it seem bright and smell good!
ReplyDeleteIt is true that Jean tend to be attracted to women who have red hair and pale skin. It shows the rhetoric strategy the movie used. It's as if, you could smell what Jean is smelling as they show the differing colors between the lady and the environment. There is also a contrast between the prostitute, brown hair and what not, from the other girls.
ReplyDeleteI think that was you explained to be the main argument was on target and explained exactly what the film intended to bring across. Also, i think your description on color was very detailed and also hit it on target. I didnt think about how it was always red heads with pale skin that he tended to be attracted to. I think color was a very good visual rhetoric strategy.
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