You can totally add traditional filmmaking elements into your next screenplay, and Céline Sciamma has shown us how to do just that. There is no better modern film that captures the gaze better than Portrait of a Lady on Fire. The film is cinematic excellence that plays with the power dynamic between two main characters, Marianne (Noémie Merlant) and Héloїse (Adèle Haenel), and their budding relationship. One scene stands out in the entire film as a pivotal moment in the two women’s relationship. As Marianne attempts to paint Héloїse, the two exhibit how closely they’ve observed one another, and the female gaze transforms the tangible tension into a moment of will they, won’t they. Thanks to a Tumblr page that translated Portrait of a Lady on Fire’s screenplay into English, Lessons from the Screenplay breaks down how Sciamma included the camera work and pacing into her screenplay to create a visual and verbal representation of the shifting power between observer and the observed: Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 17 June, 2021