(More will be added to this as the rest of the group posts)
- Speech of others
- Gesture
An example of this would be the different postures of Margo and Eve throughout the film. Margo was relaxed and her limbs were usually spread out -- aiding in her dramatic style and showing her ease and oft-used ability to fill a space with her presence. Contrastingly, Eve usually had her hands clasped close to her face and walked with her feet in a straight line, which helped her come across young and more fleeting.
- Action
- Structure
- Mise en scene
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ReplyDeleteSpeech of Others: The maid in the movie, All About Eve, has an angry and a resentful tone towards Eve, such as in the scene of her first encounter of Eve at the backstage. She is loyal to Margo, by speaking in both blunt but caring tone. Margo has a hostile, aggressive style of speech throughout the movie, which indicates her fear of aging.
ReplyDeleteGesture: Covered by Jonathan
Acton: In the scene where Margo arrives to the theater late for the audition, Margo demonstrates her fear of aging and perhaps resentment and jealousy towards Eve (since she can play various roles, whereas Margo can now play limited roles) through her action of flinging the arms and lying with despair on the bed.
Structure: There is a loop or spiral-like structure in the movie, All About Eve. The first part/act of the movie--a young Eve telling her story to Margo, the star--is repeated at the last part/act of the movie, where a young reporter approaches Eve, the veteran, for stardom.
Mise en Scene: Compositionally, three people make up the scene. Thus, tension exists between figures to perhaps indicate the third-wheeling of an unwelcomed person (Eve). Also, there is a contrast in lighting between Margo's and Eve's face. Eve has a soft light hitting her, having the dreamy old-movie feeling to her, whereas Margo's face is hard-lit, where her facial features, such as baggy eyes and wrinkles are eminent by the shadows.
The spiraling structure touched up illustrates Margo literally spiraling out of control.
ReplyDeleteWhen Eve and then the young girl at the end imitate who they aspire to be by holding up the clothes and bowing we see the importance of gesture used to illustrate character development.
Also, for speech of others Eve places the call to Margo’s husband on behalf of Margo for his birthday thus showing her literally taking on Margo’s role and thus her star persona.