Pleasantville

The plot of the scene we saw of this movie was of a husband and a wife having an intense discussion. The man is telling his wife what to do. He is telling her she must go to a meeting and that every night she must be home at 6 with dinner ready for him on the table. The conflict arrises when she doesn't agree to these terms. She defies him and tells him that he can heat up his own dinner, and that she is leaving. The lighting is intresting in this film because the husband is in black and white but the wife is in color. This comments on the emotional state of these characters because the woman is freeing herself from the ties of her controlling husband. Her dress is bright blue and we can see her flushed face and red lipstick. There is no music in the scene and is just of the two of them talking quietly. It makes the scene even more intense and brings strength to the characters conversation. The costumes go along with the era that this movie is portraying/made in. It definitley of the olden-days, probably around the 50's or so. The woman is wearing her hair perfectly up, with her makeup done and her dress tight and tidy. The genre would probably be a considered a classic or a drama. The body language is also intresting to note because the two characters are never on the same level. If they are both standing up, he sits down, and after she stands up. This is a symbol of how they aren't ever emotionally on the same level and they disagree with certain subjects.