Blog 4 - Silver Linings Playbook

Silver Linings Playbook

In the scene the characters are shown in their most vulnerable moment. The scene style is a long duration shot in which the characters are shown with a dialogue and a jump cut as a implication of tension. The character Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence) is a widow who everyone regards as “slutty and weird.” The character Patrick or Pat (Bradley Cooper) is a divorced man with bipolar disorder. In the scene, both characters have become more acquaintance with each other and could be described as “friendlier.”

The scene starts with a shot of Tiffany seating at a dinner table. Then, Pat moves into the shot, the movement and the angle of the camera creates the illusion of time. The camera is positioned at a 180-degree angle to project the characters without confusing the viewer. The scene is taken by the style of long duration by the characters dialogue. The scene is important to the movie because it is where both character are becoming more comfortable with each other but Pat is a troublesome character that creates tension throughout the movie. The sounds on the scenes are diegetic because the music played inside the dinner is a part of the scene. The part where Tiffany throws the bowl and the utensils to the floor, the music from the dinner gets lower and the sound of silver and breaking of the bowl takes is higher o imply her anger and to match the movement that the character just created. In the dinning room, the lighting is Hard Key and it used to display the character without any shadows and to show the space and the tone of the dialogue between the characters.  
Tiffany storms out of the dinner and is followed by Pat; there is a jump cut in the scene because it has to create the indication of tension between the characters. The sounds outside the dinner are matched by the traffic and the movie theater background noise. In the street, the lighting in the scene is a Low Key; it is used to create a sort of shadow, tension and it is related to the dramatic scene. The scene is the beginning of the portrayals of each character’s real emotions and the start of a connection between the characters.