1. The main thing that this film trys to argue is the great differences between the upper and middle class people, concerning everything from their living conditions to how their everyday life is and their manners. I think the emphasis is put on perfume, showing through visual rhetoric how the one thing you cant see (smell) into things that represent smell that we can see.
2and3. As we discussed in class, this film shows everything that concerns the lower class in dark colors, and makes everyone seem like they have been rolling in dirt. But, when a scene with the upper class, the colors are vibrant, almost blinding and uncomfortable to look at. The colors are almost gold, maybe to represent the money and unreachable status. Even the music used throughout the film in haunting when Jean is making his perfume. The way Jean lays the girls out across the town almost as if they are modeling, trying to look peaceful. He laid them in places that they would surely be found.
4. This is a very good movie to represent visual rhetoric. Someone mentioned before me about how everyoen that Jean gets close to dies off. I think that is an important aspect to remember with him. He never had the opportunity to get close to someone and have a functional relationship.
i agree with all the things you said in your post. everyone around him does die, however i think that the reason he's not able to have a functional relationship is because he has that gift which has made him irregular and an outcast in a way. I also wish we had seen the end of the movie so I had more relevant things to say...that's all i've got see you in class!!!
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I think you got the main argument of the movie right on target! I agree with your thoughts on how the movie uses lighting, colors, and strategic placement as themes in the movie. I agree that Jean never had the chance to have a functional relationship because either people die around him or he leaves. And although he had a hard life, he still presses on to do what he loves.
ReplyDeleteGood description of the argument of the film. You give a number of ways the producer portrays this argument in order to develop it further.
ReplyDeleteI think you did an excellent job explaining the main argument and used of visual rhethoric. I agree with what you said about how the lower class were portrayed with dark colors, almost like everyone was rolling in the dirt since it gives a good visual picture of the drastic differences in the upper class and lower class.
ReplyDeleteI think you gave a very good explanation about the main argument and the support given by the visual rhetoric seen throughout the entire film. I agree with what you say about him never getting the opportunity to get close and have a functional relationship with someone because everyone he came close to in the end died. I also agree with how the upper and lower class are portrayed by different colors, with the lower being in very dark colors, while the upper are very bright.
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