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SPIES - SUICIDE OF DR MASSIMOTO - Coggle Diagram
SPIES - SUICIDE OF DR MASSIMOTO
CINEMATOGRAPHY
High angle as the first shot
Vulnerability
Already weak
Camera moves up slightly when he gets out of bed
Audience are in the mindset of M
AESTHETIC: Subjective worldview
AESTHETIC: Unchained (moving) camera
POV shot of the stolen files
AESTHETIC: Subjective filmmaking!!!
Camera pushing in when he sees the stolen files
The world is closing in on him from guilt
Close up, used for moments of extreme emotion
AESTHETIC: Subjective worldview / unchained camera
High angle statue POV shot
A higher power looking down on him
MISE EN SCENE
Kitty's pillow has an astroburst shape
Poof, she's vanished
Gown is almost the same as the bedsheets
Comfortable in bed, but no longer because of the high pressure scenario he's in
The dead men
Giving M the files
Sending him to his death
Surrounded by the files
Can't leave his mind
Eyes are painted on them
Dead but still watching
Ghoulish
Inescapable stare of guilt
They're higher than him
They died with honor, he will not
The Japanese flag is fading
His pride and honor for the country is fading
THEMES: Dishonor, guilt, betrayal, Treaty of Versailles
Snap back to reality
AESTHETICS: Subjective worldview
Uneven distortion
THEMES: Chaos, shellshock, distorted worldview
The Buddha room
Clean and symmetrical
Divine
Unclear if it's real or not
AESTHETIC: Subjective perspective
The M-peror's new clothes
Black and white, removed subjectivity - he must do what he must
The necklace is similar to the cut M made
Same act, different perspective
AESTHETIC: Subjective POV
The fire going out
M's death was peaceful
EDITING
Jump cut between moments
Time and space are nothing when asleep
Japanese flag cross dissolve / double exposure
He's let down his country
THEMES: Guilt, betrayal, dishonor
AESTHETICS: Subjective worldview / unchained camera
Cut to Haghi
Shows how this moment is from his perspective
Shows who's to blame
PERFORMANCE
The way that Dr M wakes up
Moving slowly, deliberately, like a soldier
Shows his status of power
Controlled and collected character
He's a pawn for the military
Bowing to:
The audience
His curtain call
God
The 3 men
Japan
The emotions gone from his face
Removing subjectivity: fear is the mind killer
Meticulous process to prepare the knife
This is a big deal for him
Cut to Kitty
Gold-digger, cares more about gold than people's lives
Thighs out
Sex object for Haghi
This is from Haghi's POV, fully realizing this idea
AESTHETIC: Subjective POV
Themes / aesthetics of German expressionism
