Mise-en-scene
A lot of outdoor lighting was used, during the day and at night, which creates a naturalistic feel. A bar was also well re-created early on in the film with the use of dim lighting. Costume was also adding to the naturalistic tone of the film by having dinner uniforms being used. Casual wear was also worn in the bar, creating more realism as people who attend bars tend to not be too smartly dressed. Darrel, a character in the film had his sloppy image potrayed by the use of just a vest and some shorts.
Sound
There was a mixture of non-digetic and digetic music and sound in this film. Digetic examples include water sprinklers outside one of the houses, a live band inside the first bar that Thelma and Louise visit, the tv in Darrel's home and various jukeboxes in bars/diners and the car radio. The most popular non-digetic sound in this film was the ambient/country guitar string-bending theme when the two were on the road, which was also repeated throughout the film.
Cinematography
A lot of different camera angles were used. My favorites includes the shot/reverse shots over the phone to show two different locations, as well as characters, the fixed shots during the car journey so that the character's faces were not bumped about, the close-ups of the bar dancing to show the detail of it, the CCTV point of view during the shop robbery and the pan across the scene to show all of the police cars at the end of the film.
Editing
Cross-cutting/parallel editing was used to show both Thelma and Louise packing for their departure. This meant that we saw two different locations ans well as how differently the two characters pack. the 180 degree rule was kept intact when the police where watching tv at Darrel's house, just showing what they were all looking at. Montage editing is used to rotate between Thelma and Louise and the car when driving at night, possibly to show time passing and shots of the truck exploding were repeated at different angles for emphasis. As the two continued to drive off the Grand Canyon at the end of the film, the screen flashed to white into the ending credits.
My comments
Throughout, I enjoyed how realistically the diners and bars were portrayed as I could picture the employees and customers being real, as well as the environments themselves. I especially enjoyed the inclusion of a live band and at first I wasn't to sure if the music in the bar was digetic or non-digetic, but after a few seconds it is revealed. Darrel was also well interpenetrated as a sloppy character and I could picture people like him living in that area of America. The white flash at the end, however, left the question of 'did Thelma and Louie live?' quite open to me at the time, but I now feel that maybe it is a sign of their death - the white light represents Heaven.
Overall, an enjoyable film indeed.
Cinematography
A lot of different camera angles were used. My favorites includes the shot/reverse shots over the phone to show two different locations, as well as characters, the fixed shots during the car journey so that the character's faces were not bumped about, the close-ups of the bar dancing to show the detail of it, the CCTV point of view during the shop robbery and the pan across the scene to show all of the police cars at the end of the film.
Editing
Cross-cutting/parallel editing was used to show both Thelma and Louise packing for their departure. This meant that we saw two different locations ans well as how differently the two characters pack. the 180 degree rule was kept intact when the police where watching tv at Darrel's house, just showing what they were all looking at. Montage editing is used to rotate between Thelma and Louise and the car when driving at night, possibly to show time passing and shots of the truck exploding were repeated at different angles for emphasis. As the two continued to drive off the Grand Canyon at the end of the film, the screen flashed to white into the ending credits.
My comments
Throughout, I enjoyed how realistically the diners and bars were portrayed as I could picture the employees and customers being real, as well as the environments themselves. I especially enjoyed the inclusion of a live band and at first I wasn't to sure if the music in the bar was digetic or non-digetic, but after a few seconds it is revealed. Darrel was also well interpenetrated as a sloppy character and I could picture people like him living in that area of America. The white flash at the end, however, left the question of 'did Thelma and Louie live?' quite open to me at the time, but I now feel that maybe it is a sign of their death - the white light represents Heaven.
Overall, an enjoyable film indeed.
Excellent work Greg, I am glad you enjoyed the film, Ridley Scott is a great director, Try to comment a little more on the cinematography and editing lang, mainly so I can see how you are progressing!
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