Number of Shots in Selected Scene: There are four shots in this selected scene. The first one is a close-up shot to show Eliza’s face in frustration with her speaking lessons. The second shot is the long shot which is used for showing all the servants work.The third shot is the medium shot which is used to show Professor Higgins eating and drinking tea while the servants sing that “he doesn’t eat.” The fourth shot is over the shoulder with the camera placed above Eliza’s shoulder showing Higgins giving Eliza marbles in her mouth in order to learn how to talk “properly.” The camera is pointed to see Eliza’s face in shock and going back and forth to see Higgins’s calm face.This scene ends with a close-up shot of Eliza’s face in discomfort. …show more content…
Eliza tries again. Higgins can’t hear what Eliza is saying because Pickering is talking over her. Eliza accidentally swallows a marble and tells Higgins but he responds with “it doesn’t matter, I got plenty of more… open your mouth.” He then counts more marbles he puts it into her mouth. Higgins finds it necessary for her to learn how to speak this tortuous way. Transitions (cut): 1 cut from Eliza reading her paper. 1 cut to the fire burning up the paper. 1 cut to Eliza’s face continuing reading. 1 cut to the servants cleaning the room to the entrance of his house.1 cut from the servants working to Higgins eating and drinking a cup of tea. 1 cut to Higgins’s back turned on Eliza as he speaks to Pickering (all we see is Higgins’s back and Pickering’s face). 1 cut to Eliza and Higgins. 1 cut to Pickering. 1 cut to Eliza and Higgins. 1 cut to Eliza’s disappointed face, 1 cut to pickering’s face. 1 cut to Eliza and Higgins. 1 cut to Higgins and his bird. 1 cut to Eliza’s animal like behavior. 1 cut to Higgins and his bird, 1 cut to Eliza, 1 cut to Higgins’s servants working, 1 cut to one of Higgins’s servants going up the stairs, 1 cut of two of
in four of the scenes, Act 1 scene1, act 3 scene 1, act 3 scene 5 and
The director mainly used eye level shots, to leave it up to the audience to judge the two main characters of the movie, although certain power struggles in the film are shown from high angles to illustrate someone dominating a conversation or argument. Figgis also uses some point of view shots to show the imbalance during Ben’s drunken periods where the camera is placed at an oblique angle to show tension and approaching movements. The images in the film are in high contrast with streaks of blackness and harsh shafts of light to underline the dramatic events that occur.
ELIZA: I have nothing to say to you Mr. Higgins. You’ve made yourself quite clear with where we stand during that conversation between you and the Colonel.
Eliza changed herself for the better. In act 5, she told the two men to start calling her “Miss Doolittle” and that was the beginning of learning her self worth. She was done being treated like a “live doll” and began to see herself like a Duchess, like Higgins
NOW list the events in the SEQUENCE in which they are PRESENTED IN THE STORY (the orchestration of PLOT).
Furthermore, the position of the camera is a high angle shot from the Samuel’s perspective looking down at his mother and Amelia’s perspective is eye-level when the camera looks at her. It shows that Samuel is standing up and his mother is on her knees dressing him. Once Samuel hugs his
details. One example of this is in the beginning of the story. In the play,
Overall, this essay is going to be directed towards informing the readers about all the different foreshadowing events that occur during the play. For example, there are subtle hints in every known conflict and plot twist. Some are very clear, while others take a few times of reading to realize. To make things easier, chronological order would be most helpful.
* Act 4 Scene 1 Lines 1-104 (Shaming of Hero), Lines 105-247 (Plan by Friar Francis) and rest of the scene (Beatrice and Benedick)
Eliza hears how happy Henry and the Colonel were that it was over. Elliot hears Hannah and Colleen saying that they can just drop him off at a Bruins game with a case of beer. This is when both of the Doolittles begin to feel used in their respective stories. Then Doolittle argues with Higgins about how they were treated, mainly about how Higgins treats Doolittle like someone from the gutter, and that Pickering treats them like a lady or gentleman. After the fight Higgins and Doolittle both realize that they actually need each.
Higgins tries to take all of the credit for Eliza’s transformation into a lady. In his mind, Eliza did nothing and without him, she would not have been able to accomplish this task. Mr. Higgins continues to express his dominance by telling Eliza what to do even though she does not work for him. Eliza does not like the way that Mr. Higgins treats her and leaves his house, angrily. After searching for Eliza, Mr. Higgins finally finds her and tells her that he paid for her services and she needs to finish her job. In this way, he treats her as if she is
In the movie, Higgins targeted phonological features proper of Eliza’s Cockney dialect. According to Higgins, Eliza’s accent should be modified to “transform” her into a fine lady. The undesired behavior was weakened by a series of reinforcements based on punishment and reward. Eliza was offered chocolate, for example, when she correctly pronounced a set of sentences. Once Eliza achieve the “correct” pronunciation she was offered multiple rewards. For example, she attended the Ascot Horse Race, for which she was offered a new wardrobe.
The shot transitions are cuts which maintain the flow of the narrative and the character’s actions.
Finally, Eliza went to his house while he was listening Eliza’s voice from the recorder. When she directly spoke dialect to him, Higgins recognized she came back to him and then the movie was ended. Actually when the movie ended, I didn’t recognize it was finished because of vague ending. But it was really nice and interesting movie. Also, I could understand the London’s life during the movie time like Eliza or Eliza’s father’s life. And also I could get a lot of fun from the movie. To be frankly with you, I really enjoyed watching ‘My fair lady’ through the
Eliza, in the climax scene vulnerably asks Higgins, why he made her a sophisticated Duchess if her never cared for her, and why did not he thought of the trouble it would make for her, on which Higgins shocking reply says: