1)Perfume was written to with the intentions of comparing and contrasting the lives of the lower and upper classes of France. It shows the living conditions of the lower class as slum like and dirty and almost unlivable. While the upper class lives in a nice world with nice clothing, clean skin and beautiful and colorful street markets with decadent foods.
2&3) The film uses his sense of smell to relate with different scenes. It also uses colors to distinguish between the different classes. When showing the lower classes the screen was always dark as opposed to when the upper classes were being showing the screen was vibrant and full of color. Also you can see when Jean Baptiste was just learning and exploring his since of smell he just looked like a dark individual but when he was taken under the wing of Master as Master taught him things Jean's skin began to brighten. It happened as if the more he became enlightened the more his skin began to brighten.
4) The movie is very informative about how perfume use to be made and shows the importance and it's value during that time period.
I liked how you said that the movie showed how perfume was seen as a delicacy during that time period.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on your main argument for the film as well as the use of colors and smells depicted throughout the video. I like how you talked about how Jean's skin began to brighten up when he came under the control of his master, showing how life was beginning to brighten and get better for him.
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