On Isolated Bodies in the Image: The Mise en scène in There Will Be Blood (2007), By Paul Thomas Anderson
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Cinema. Mise en scène. There Will Be Blood. Film Style. Paul Thomas Anderson.Abstract
The article aims to investigate elements of mise en scène present in There will be blood (2007), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, associating them with the functions of film style described by Bordwell (2008). From a qualitative approach and using film analysis as a method, the research was based on three moments of the movie, chosen from our interest in studying how Anderson leads the positioning and movement of actors within the frame. As a result, we observe that the filmmaker, based on a constant interest in the minimum aspects of the two-dimensional image, bets on a recurring game of watching and unveiling in which not only bodies and faces are concealed and assumed but also important subjective representations that act towards a better understanding of the narrative.
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