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BLADE RUNNER - THE "SEDUCTION" OF RACHAEL - Coggle Diagram
BLADE RUNNER - THE "SEDUCTION" OF RACHAEL
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Side profile shot
Perfection, beauty
Unchained POV
We, the audience, are gazing obsessively at Rachael's beauty
Rachael's asserting to-be-looked-at-ness
Resembles that one shot in Vertigo
Low angle
The hierarchy of power in gender dominance is about to change
Soft, white light in this scene
A serene, meditative and earthy atmosphere in this scene
Camera becomes handheld at this moment
A chaotic and tense moment
Low key lighting presented to Deckard
Shadow self
Letting out his id side
Audience are positioned behind the blinds
The morality is more ambiguous because we're viewing behind the blinds, and not the whole pictures
A veil of safety to morally distance us from Deckard
MISE EN SCENE
Deckard has a lot of Leon's photos
Replicants apparently "have a strange obsession with memories"
Foreshadowing the Deckard's a replicant
Visual exposition - PURE CINEMA
Taking off her shoulder pads
The business look was given by Tyrell
Forging her own identity
Losing her masculinity
Becoming more "desirable"
Random perm
Letting her hair down, metaphorically and literally
Becoming less masculine, and intern more "desirable"
Venetian blind effect
Rachael is trapped
Deckard is in the wrong
PERFORMANCE
Large eyebags underneath her eyes
Leaving behind the once perfect image she had
Rachael barely blinks in this scene
Showing she's a replicant
Rachael refuses to kiss at first
Confused, naive (she's less than 4 years old)
Devil's advocate for the rape
Both Deckard and Rachael are under 4 years old, and don't have maturity or knowledge of the real world
So at this moment, both of them resort to their own binary animal sexual characteristics
Deckard becomes angry and dominating (very hard body action style)
Rachael becomes timid and scared, and tries to escape
Blurred lines of consent - PROBLEMATIC
"I can't rely on my memories"
Confused, out of her comfort zone
EDITING
Pace of editing speeds up at this moment
A more chaotic and tense moment
Cuts away after they kiss
Sex is implied in the edit
SOUND
Sensual sax throughout the scene
Establishes to audiences what kind of scene is coming up
Twinkly bell synths
Childlike and innocent piano
Gives the scene a sensual and romantic feel
Music turns into the minor key when Rachael tries to leave
Something's wrong
Painting Deckard as a villain
Music alternates between minor synths and romantic sax
Shows the emotional confusion that Rachael feels
