- Scottie attempts to change Judy into Madeleine and forces her to dye her hair blonde
and dress like Maddie → Judy suffers from identity crisis but gives in because she loves
him → women are subservient to men → disturbingly sexist → Scottie’s mental health is
in question → just came out of catatonia → mentally disturbed due to ptsd and doesn’t
know what he wants → mental state causes him to become irrational and unlikable
compared to Act 1
- Gavin’s only implied motive for killing Maddie is money→ implied in his mentioning how
Maddie’s ancestor Carlotta was cast aside by a powerful man after the man got tired of
her and caused her to commit suicide → possible motive → men do things to women
simply coz they could during that time period→ Maddie was killed simply coz Gavin was
tired of her and wanted a fresh start/insurance money (probably) → sexist and
misogynistic
- Mise-en-scene → french for “placing on stage” → everything that is being shown on
scene
Shots
- Establishing shot → establishes setting/ tone and mood
- Long shot → more detail → hints about setting → body language
- Medium shot → from the waist up → focus on facial expressions
- Two-shot → focus on interaction between two people
- Close-up → focus on one part → specific details (e.g. an object/ a body part/ a small
animal)
- Extreme close-up → specific detail
- Over-the-shoulder shot → puts viewer in narrative
Camera angles
-eye level
-high angle → used to show vulnerability or power and control
-low angle → character’s point of view
Scottie → has acrophobia but wants to overcome it→ feels restless due to lacking a sense of
purpose after his retirement; is eager to get back to detective work → has a close relationship
with Midge → no tension or distance → are comfortable within each other’s company (Scottie
sits comfortably in Midge’s couch and Midge just casually allows a new bra she helped design to
hang within view of Scottie when this isn’t usually what women did in front of men at the time) →
change of angles; don’t have a sense of who is in power or has authority → trust and confide in
and dress like Maddie → Judy suffers from identity crisis but gives in because she loves
him → women are subservient to men → disturbingly sexist → Scottie’s mental health is
in question → just came out of catatonia → mentally disturbed due to ptsd and doesn’t
know what he wants → mental state causes him to become irrational and unlikable
compared to Act 1
- Gavin’s only implied motive for killing Maddie is money→ implied in his mentioning how
Maddie’s ancestor Carlotta was cast aside by a powerful man after the man got tired of
her and caused her to commit suicide → possible motive → men do things to women
simply coz they could during that time period→ Maddie was killed simply coz Gavin was
tired of her and wanted a fresh start/insurance money (probably) → sexist and
misogynistic
- Mise-en-scene → french for “placing on stage” → everything that is being shown on
scene
Shots
- Establishing shot → establishes setting/ tone and mood
- Long shot → more detail → hints about setting → body language
- Medium shot → from the waist up → focus on facial expressions
- Two-shot → focus on interaction between two people
- Close-up → focus on one part → specific details (e.g. an object/ a body part/ a small
animal)
- Extreme close-up → specific detail
- Over-the-shoulder shot → puts viewer in narrative
Camera angles
-eye level
-high angle → used to show vulnerability or power and control
-low angle → character’s point of view
Scottie → has acrophobia but wants to overcome it→ feels restless due to lacking a sense of
purpose after his retirement; is eager to get back to detective work → has a close relationship
with Midge → no tension or distance → are comfortable within each other’s company (Scottie
sits comfortably in Midge’s couch and Midge just casually allows a new bra she helped design to
hang within view of Scottie when this isn’t usually what women did in front of men at the time) →
change of angles; don’t have a sense of who is in power or has authority → trust and confide in
