The scene I chose is when O confronts Julia's character about whether or not she's cheating on him and she gives him that speech. This is a typical fight for a couple. Are you being faithful, I've heard rumors about you, a lot of jealousy flying around. I particularly liked how she tells him that she wants to be with him and if he really wants to be with her then he'd better not speak to her that way again. Very eloquent, wouldn't you say?
Because I watched this directly after reading the lecture on film techniques, I was paying close attention to the way the scenes were shot. I noticed the close-up on Julia's face, with Mekhi in the foreground, his back to the camera and slightly blurry. The way the camera flips back and forth between the two actors makes the scene flow smoothly and it's hard to forget that this scene probably took hours to film, if not more.
This scene is important because this fight is what is called a "relationship adjustment" (I learned this from an author called Jennifer Crusie). In every relationship there are 4 stages to mature love and during these stages, a fight where the couple involved hash out their feelings, but in the end bring them closer together, is termed as an adjustment to the relationship. Of course, some relationships can't survive a fight like this and then they break up. Not so much an adjustment as a relationship ender. Pop psychology at its best, but that doesn't mean it's wrong.
I liked the scene from O that you chose. I really liked that scene because I feel a lot of people can kind of relate to it. Being confronted is tough, she was so bold when she responded back to his accusation.
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