Found Scene #1
Lars and the Real Girl is a movie directed by Craig Gilesppe following the story of Lars and his mannequin girlfriend Bianca. The scene is of the two at their first outing at a friends house party.
The scene opens with a reverse over the shoulder shot of a conversation between 2 friends with Lars standing on the outside. The shot has Lars as the main focus even though he is not participating in the conversation. The scene then cuts to a medium close-up of Lars and then to one of Bianca sitting in the next room framed really nicely by the doorway. These shots alternate a couple of times with the continuous tendency of the camera moving closer to the faces of Lars and Bianca. I love how this moves the conversation between the other two characters as quite a secondary motif to the love between Lars and Bianca. The final cut from Bianca to Lars is really special as it sticks on Lars for quite a bit longer with a slow smooth ‘zoom/movement’ towards his face. This personally makes me feel like the shot is trying to catch a moment in time as if everything is frozen but still very much alive. The scene ends with a dance between Lars and Bianca in the living room to the song ‘this must be the place’ by talking heads. It is one of the most beautiful sequences I have ever seen, more the music and accompanied by the acting but the long shot, something I haven’t really delved into too deeply, is absolutely amazing.
