Observation 10

1. The film Perfume main argument is to show the contrast between the upper and lower classes in society and their differences in living conditions.  The film shows the filthy living conditions the lower class lives in by the use of colors and filth seen all around.  The upper class, however, lives in much better conditions and can be seen by how nice they dress, where they live, their daily lifestyle, etc.

2&3.  The film portrays the different smells through the use of a variation of colors and images.  In the beginning of the movie, the images of filth, dead animals, grimy conditions helps to envision the stench and filthy conditions the lower class are a part of.  When Jean Baptiste goes into the city, the colors change and everything becomes brighter.  For example, the perfume shop lights up and is very bright compared to the slums around it.

4. Every time Jean becomes obsessed with a women and her scent, the girl always ends up dead.  It doesnt phase him about what he is doing, and the uproar it is causing because of his obsession with scent.