La La Land Scenes Flashcards
Key Takeaways: Overture
-Theatrical and Musical style shown through long tracking shots, introduces the genre
-Choreographed dancing and bright costume colours
Key Takeaways: Seb’s piano sequence
-Spotlight on him as he plays his own music, as well as camera slowly zooming on him as the restaurant around him dims to focus on him
-when he stops we realise we have been aligned with Mia while she watches him, he proceeds to ignore her
Key Takeaways: Seb and Mia’s date
-Mia is isolated at the meal so leaves to find seb at the cinema
-Mia stood infront of screen foreshadows her stardom
-the start of their intimacy shown via xtrm Close up of hands
-They dance romantically through observatory and float up into the stars as a homage to the broadway style
-Little dialogue to focus on the visual element
Key Takeaways: Seb and Mias fight
-Green lighting, connotations of unease or toxicity
-shot reverse shots that get closer and closer, isolating and dividing the couple
-diegetic sound of jazz, quiet
-fire alarm breaks the tension and Mia storms out
La La Land Key takeaways: Closing sequence
-Mia and her husband arrive at Sebs club, they make eye contact and he plays their theme, prompting her to imagine a life had they stayed together, which is shown through a montage
-film advertisement shows mia is now a global star, shows Seb and mia both achieved there dreams
-the dreamlike montage shows references of musical theatre through it’s mise en scene and choreographed dancing, clarifying this dream is a fantasy
