Saturday, November 8, 2014

Shame




Shame

              Brilliant. McQueen starts to use scene transitions as an opportunity to establish character queues. For instance, we’ve established that Brandon often goes to the bathroom to masturbate. Now as a way to transition from scene to scene, we see Brandon simply going through the men’s bathroom doors,  portraying his frequent need and addiction while simultaneously providing a smooth transition from scene to scene.

Director: Steve McQueen
Writer(s): Steve McQueen, Abi Morgan
Cinematography: Sean Bobbit
Year: 2011