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OPENING SHOT - it’s another fake show biz opening, complete with camera movement. starting over replica of Reata, to all the James Dean paraphernalia
Openiing Shot
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she’s chasing fly, instead of following her, camera moves up to show all the dresses
she's chasing fly
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Cher already said it hasn’t rained in 20 years – but move into the mirror is our tip-off that this is a flashback, also that the dialog repeats
move into the mirror
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framing them in glass – this is a mirror shot too, right? lots of the flashback things are (makes it like a stage) – also a zoom in
framing them in glass
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coming back to the present – that’s through the mirror too
coming back to the present
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the mirror again is how we first know a flashback is starting
mirror again
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coming out of this flashback, we move along the mirrors until we see that “light bulbs” is backward, then we see the reunion sign in present in the right direction (also the song in the past ends)(but sound from the past overlaps into present)
“light bulbs” is backward
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starts on photo - now mixing past in present - *the mirror becomes like a movie screen – but characters in the present are still there – a pretty fancy effect! – turns out the picture is being taken that we were just looking at – and what she describes without looking is what we see – so it’s like her memory come to life – then we hear the sound of the photo being snapped – which is when we go back to present SEE PRINTED NOTE
*mirror becomes like a movie screen
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we start to learn that when things are in the mirror, they’re in the past. also the music is usually a cue. and here there is a really beautiful light change – great example - (Juanita is the name of the woman)
things in the mirror are in the past
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Mona (Sandy Dennis) looks from present at Joe in the past – very neatly done too (another where she looks from a photo to motivate the flashback) – it’s still her in the present looking, but it’s matched perfectly
still her in the present
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“deja vu” - matching the 2 zooms – that’s all it takes to be a great film-maker – just two camera movements on 2 faces – nothing fancy – just clear command of cinema!
*“deja vu” - matching the 2 zooms
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then this is a match of the same person (we find out later), right? – then zoom in to make it even more pronounced – and then when Karen Black turns, she’s hurting the same way.
match of the same person
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around the time of the revelation that she’s Joe, good cutting between past and present where she’s reliving the moment
good cutting between past and present
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good tracking shot into the past, another very nicely done one – we go from Joe in present to Joe in past in the mirror –then it’s pretty fancy because she matches positions again when we dissolve back to the present – it continues further – but you get the idea – combines tracking shot, mirror shot, and dissolves to visually match Joe in the past and the present - it ends by matching the first camera movement back into the present (pretty well done!)
good tracking shot into the past
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a sort of double match – before and after a zoom shot - and it’s more complicated because we see Mona reflected in the mirror too - all in one shot – watch the fancy matching cigarettes!, and then she turns to match even further
sort of double match
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last track around the room, going from the mirror (continues over final credits)- down to the torn down party stuff (continues from there, but this gives the idea)
last track around the room