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Interpreting the Brokeback poster
RossInIllinois:
That photo was taken during a special still photo shoot intended for publicity. 100s of photos were taken of them someone choose this one shot as "THE ONE". The shoot was done at a studio and the mountain scene in the back is added in for a visual effect.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: RossInIllinois on November 17, 2007, 05:55:04 am ---That photo was taken during a special still photo shoot intended for publicity. 100s of photos were taken of them someone choose this one shot as "THE ONE". The shoot was done at a studio and the mountain scene in the back is added in for a visual effect.
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Wonder what they were directed to be doing/thinking when the shot was taken?
Brown Eyes:
Yes, it's abundantly clear that this image in the poster is fabricated, staged, etc. There's no question that this image exists outside the normal context of the film. This is one reason why it's so interesting to me.
I just watched BBM tonight... and while I was watching I paid special attention to Ennis's jackets. He seems to wear the same jean jacket throughout the years (much in the same way that he seems to wear the brown corduroy jacket for many years). The jean jacket that he wears (seen in the drive-in movie scene, the fireworks scene, the "three-hands" scene, etc.) has a brown/ tan lining on the inside of the collar. The tan collar... is exactly the color I associate with Ennis. In the poster, it's interesting to me that the collar is turned up. My continuing question is about whether the jean jacket in the poster is ever seen in the film. And, because the collar is turned up... it's almost impossible to tell.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: atz75 on November 17, 2007, 08:27:11 pm --- He seems to wear the same jean jacket throughout the years (much in the same way that he seems to wear the brown corduroy jacket for many years).
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And yet it never seems to get worn or ripped or stained, which you'd think it would given Ennis' jobs. A blooper?? ??? ;D
--- Quote --- In the poster, it's interesting to me that the collar is turned up. My continuing question is about whether the jean jacket in the poster is ever seen in the film. And, because the collar is turned up... it's almost impossible to tell.
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I wondered about the turned-up collar, too. I assume they did it that way just because the composition works a little better visually than it would, I think, with the collar down. But it also fits Ennis' character -- kind of guarded, cautious, hidden. An uncovered neck in this shot would look vulnerable, very un-Ennis.
Also, the turned-up collar keeps it from looking like two heads coming out of the same body. :laugh:
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on November 18, 2007, 12:21:44 pm ---
Also, the turned-up collar keeps it from looking like two heads coming out of the same body. :laugh:
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Good point. :)
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