In this scene, we see the drug dealer friend of Harry, Tyrone, lying in pain in his prison bed, thinking about his mom, we understand this from the superimposition done by Jay Rabinowitz, the editor of the film. Tyrone takes Harry to the hospital when the wound in his arm gets worse, after seeing the wound the doctor calls the police, understanding that they use drugs. The police takes both of the guys and sends them to prison. Because he has no access to drugs in prison, Tyrone goes through a withdrawal phase that does not allow him to sleep, leaving him in misery.
The mother shot used in the superimposition was showed to the audience before. In the story, Tyrone has a flashback about his mother, reminiscing old days. Contrary to his faux gang member, drug dealer, felon character he is still a mommy’s boy, still needing someone to comfort and protect him. This can be interpreted from the way he is lying on the bed; the position he is lying is called fetal position. The name comes from the way a fetus lies in the mother’s womb.
In the film there is a heavy element of blue, which is the dominant color. In English language blue is used to describe sadness and depression, the same goes for that scene too. The heavy blue tone gives out the pain theme clearly as it resembles depression and helps the audience to understand the characters’ inside world. Contrary to the cold blue, the mother’s image is dominated by the color red. Red indicates love and lust, in this circumstance, love. Tyrone’s pain combined with the love he has for his mother creates a helplessness and misery feeling. The contrast of the two colors makes the color blue pop out more meaning depression and sadness is more important throughout the film than their love towards their mothers which leads them to their end.
In this scene, high angle and dolly out is used to make Tyrone look smaller, and more insignificant than he normally is. To create a miserable mood, this specific camera movement is selected. As the dolly goes backwards, the space Tyrone takes gets smaller, leaving him out of the main thing of the shot. This makes his character look rather unimportant, giving out the message that without his drugs, he is nothing and he is in pain.
The lighting in the scene changes in a matter of few seconds, showing Tyrone’s change of priorities significantly. At first, half of Tyrone’s face is in dark, giving out the message that drugs are dark side’s elements. By the change of lighting, it is understood that he is regretful now that he is in pain. After the light changes, his whole faces becomes very well lit, and the mother shot appears, creating a superimposition.
The props used in these scene are mainly simple things, jail shoes, a bed, and a locker. One thing that catches attention is the X shaped bar on the head of the bed. This bed head being an X directly means something is wrong and creates a negative vibe in the shot.
All of the aspects mentioned above, from the editing to the mise-en-scene, contributes the understanding of the viewers’, by giving them a clear message of the dominant feeling which is sadness and pain.
Collabration with Cansu Antmen from my class.
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