mise en scene

Question 1

Gutter(loss)

Answer 1

Tense music opening on a high contrast shot zoomed in on the gutter stencilled with sunset BLVD, highlights how there careers are ‘kicked to the curb’ and are left to be forgotten as Hollywood evolves

Question 2

Crumbling mansion(loss)

Answer 2

The crumbling mansion highlight Norma’s crumbling career

Question 3

Betty’s nose

Answer 3

Shows how mosygonistic Hollywood used to be, Wilder demonstrates

Question 4

The pool

Answer 4

Recurring motif throughout the film, starts ther and ends there

Question 5

Chiaroscuro lighting while watching movies of herself

Answer 5

“dont they know what a star looks like” Chiaroscuro lighting used to emphasize her anguish at Hollywood

Question 6

pictures of herself around mansion

Answer 6

shows her narsistic personality

Question 7

Ms Havisham

Answer 7

Alludes to Ms Havisham a character in great expectations, which locks herself in her house. Through the allusion, wilder portrays Norma

Question 8

BPM GC

Answer 8

B:
- Betty’s nose
P:
- Pool
- Pictures of herself
M:
- Ms Havisham
G:
- Gutter
C:
- Crumpling mansion
- Chairscuro lighting