A Thousand Stars: Episode I, Part 34
Sep. 1st, 2022 09:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
matrilWhile our heroes prepare, their adversaries plot as well. Palpatine may have already gotten what he wanted from the queen, but she's still surprising his Sith alter-ego. An unexpected move, more aggressive than he accounted for. He cautions his apprentice to be wary. Then we have this marvelous screen wipe.
It provides an image of Maul literally watching over the heroes, an ominous sight indeed. Other filmmakers rarely use screen wipes like this nowadays. They were very popular in the old serials of the 30s and 40s, but they've fallen out of usage in favor of subtler transitions, probably considered more "realistic." Well, as far as I'm concerned, the more surreal, the better! I love juxtapositions like this. You're not watching literal footage, so why not make it more evocative and symbolic? I think it's delightful.
Side note -- the ancient statues on Naboo have always intrigued me. They seem humanish on first glance, but their association with the Gungans makes me wonder. And did they used to have entire bodies? That would have been an awesome sight, considering the size of the heads. Anyway it's an intriguing tableaux, to have a Gungan standing lookout atop the head.
Next time, more symbolism...
It provides an image of Maul literally watching over the heroes, an ominous sight indeed. Other filmmakers rarely use screen wipes like this nowadays. They were very popular in the old serials of the 30s and 40s, but they've fallen out of usage in favor of subtler transitions, probably considered more "realistic." Well, as far as I'm concerned, the more surreal, the better! I love juxtapositions like this. You're not watching literal footage, so why not make it more evocative and symbolic? I think it's delightful.
Side note -- the ancient statues on Naboo have always intrigued me. They seem humanish on first glance, but their association with the Gungans makes me wonder. And did they used to have entire bodies? That would have been an awesome sight, considering the size of the heads. Anyway it's an intriguing tableaux, to have a Gungan standing lookout atop the head.
Next time, more symbolism...
