Perfect Blue Film Analysis

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The scene I have decided to look at is the scene in which Mima is acting out a rape scene for the television show she is filming. I found the scene interesting because, as the viewer, you know that it is fictional and that the character is acting within the film you’re watching. And yet it’s still something horrifying and almost too uncomfortable to watch. One of the things that I noticed was that the scene is quite busy. There are lots of people in the scene, actors and television crew. Usually there's a sense of safety in numbers which almost contradicts the act of rape that’s about to happen. That being said, there’s something in Mimas position and facial expression that is quite lonely. Once the director calls action and Mima gets into position, you can see that she is lying on a circular podium and that she’s surrounded by men. A typical scene for a strip club I’m sure. She begins dancing/stripping and the view cuts to the workers behind the scene as they watch the filming. You can hear in the background that the scene being filmed has taken a turn for the worse and the scene cuts back to Mima. The men surrounding her have overpowered her male companion and are now grabbing at her. The angles of the camera vary here a lot, changing from view to view giving a very frantic look to the scene. The camera tends to be either above her eye line or below it. The director calls cut and the noise of the scene cuts out, everything calms down. The camera stills for a moment and takes in the scene around her. The camera then shows a close up of her face and then shows the lights above her, showing the viewer what Mima is seeing from her position. Once the director calls action again, the noise begins again and the camera shows a close up of Mima and her 'attacker'. The camera cuts from view to view, and then shows the men around her podium. the lighting here I very

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