The smell of a woman: an analysis of the colonel's amazing appearance

The Smell of Women is a masterpiece in terms of script, photography and scene design. As for Colonel Frank, the hero played by Al Pacino, his acting skills are amazing and sighing.

The colonel's wonderful, from his first appearance to the end of the film, has been there.

It's not the first time that the colonel appears in the film. And Charlie, his classmates, the headmaster, then the colonel's niece family, and then it was the colonel's turn to play. The play is not afraid of being late, and the appearance of the colonel can be called "amazing".

From the perspectives of script, photography and scene, this paper analyzes why the colonel was impressive as soon as he appeared.

The colonel's arrangement before his appearance.

One is that my niece introduced the situation to Charlie, and the other is that Charlie heard the colonel's voice before he met him. These two designs are very special.

At 7 minutes and 48 seconds in the film, my niece took Charlie to the colonel's cabin and felt a little uneasy. On the one hand, she is worried that Charlie will give up if he talks too much, on the other hand, she thinks it is not good not to introduce him clearly. So now she still hides half her face behind the guitar so that we can't see her, and she only picks the most important one-my uncle is a veteran, and then she talks about the most critical "minefield". "Don't call him Sir, don't ask too many questions. When he can't stand up, don't help him, me.

My niece's introduction aroused the interest of the audience. What kind of veteran has so many "taboos"?

In the second design, the niece picked up the cat in front of the door and knocked on the door carefully. "Do you want Tommy to come in or go out?" Then, there was a violent noise inside. "Let him out, he's chasing wild cats again!" "A neutral voice, but this line is really embarrassing. My niece turned to Charlie and smiled helplessly. Please.

"Don't be afraid, in fact, he is as sweet as sugar." Charlie, can you believe it?

Then in a different scene, Charlie entered the room, but the camera was still on Charlie's side and did not shake at the colonel, so the audience was still in the situation of hearing his voice before seeing him.

What the audience saw was Charlie, who was a little nervous and at a loss.

What the audience heard was that Charlie broke the taboo at the first sentence when he entered the door, "sir", and then he was greeted by a shout "Don't call me sir!"

Charlie keeps making mistakes, "Mr." keeps shouting, and the shouting over there keeps escalating, and it has reached the stage of shouting "idiot"

In a series of "firecrackers", I finally heard an informative "Colonel. After serving for 26 years, no one has ever dropped me four levels. "

It turns out that this madman is really promising!

With a "come in. Idiot. " The audience finally met the rude colonel.

This composition is a bit interesting. The camera went over Charlie's shoulder and photographed the colonel sitting on the single person sofa. A strong beam of light came in and shone on the colonel's face and upper body.

Although the colonel is in the foreground, the beam is focused on him like a spotlight. Although Charlie is in close range, he can only be in the back.

The colonel told Charlie to come forward and sit still. Charlie's back moved forward.

Stiff Charlie was completely passive in front of the majestic colonel. The colonel choked on Charlie sentence by sentence, as if Charlie would make a mistake when he spoke.

Although in front, Charlie was already familiar with the faces in front of the audience, as soon as the colonel appeared, it became the colonel's home court completely, and the camera, lines and gas field were completely biased towards the colonel.

Look at the next shot, close-up, the colonel's upper body, brightly combed hair, dark gray shirt, with a cigarette in one hand and a bottle in the other. On the arm of the sofa, there is an ashtray and a wine glass. The light in front of him is not particularly clear, but he is super handsome and incredibly cool!

Look at his action design. He put the cigarette in his mouth, then fumbled for the cup with one hand and poured the wine with the other. At the same time, he also has a line, "I know where your body is, and what I value is your brain." That's super reasonable, isn't it? I just think he is still a little profound, and the next second his image will be greatly damaged. "Playing football is bad for the brain?"

Grumpy, rude and overbearing, but with a true temperament, people really can't like it and hate it.

Then the colonel told Charlie about his experience, the wonderful part. What a conceit! Moreover, I don't respect others and say that my parents "count sawdust?"

What a nuisance! Fortunately, Charlie lived up to his expectations. Although he doesn't have a glamorous family background, he works hard. When he said, "I also won a young American light scholarship," the colonel suddenly shouted, "Hoo-hoo."

Does the colonel appreciate this young man Charlie? The audience really can't guess the colonel's mood.

Then came the third important scene after the appearance of the colonel.

The little girl's interruption outside the window.

This scene is designed to be very interesting. It can be seen that at the end of the film, there is a scene that is compared with this scene before and after to show the change of the colonel's mood.

That lovely little girl outside, what does the colonel call her, "the little one".

The little girl is making faces outside. Some are cute and some are naughty, aren't they?

But anyway, I didn't expect the colonel's reaction to be so strong. He threw a pillow and shouted, "Tell her to go away!" " The pillow hit the glass, and the glass seemed to hit the little girl in the face. I don't know whether she ran away laughing or crying.

Do the little girl and the colonel usually play more, or quarrel more and spend more time angry?

The camera turned to the close-up of the colonel's face, and the lines were even more amazing: "I can't believe it turned out to be my own kind, lazy IQ and female ghost demeanor." Her father is a mechanic and her mother is a housekeeper. He knows a lot about cars, but the cookies she baked are crisp and fragrant, and the children she gave birth to are idiots. "

Is there such an evaluation of the next generation of elders? Not only Charlie was shocked, but also the audience was as shocked as Charlie. How much resentment in his heart made the colonel swear.

In the smoke, the colonel's face is not clear, but the resentment in the colonel's heart is particularly clear through his language.

How to evaluate this madman?

The last conversation the colonel showed up.

The colonel kept asking Charlie, what are you doing here?

Charlie said what I want is a job where I can go back for Christmas. Very real and honest thoughts.

The colonel is obviously not satisfied! The music played and the marching orders were issued.

In the following story, the audience can clearly understand why Charlie couldn't satisfy the colonel at first.

What do you really want in life? A job? Is that what you really want?

Charlie can only leave! But notice that the camera here does not follow Charlie, but continues to be placed on the colonel's side. Or the scene design when Charlie walked into the room. The colonel is on the right side of the picture, and a beam of light shines on the sitting colonel.

The colonel who was so annoying just now seems to have endless loneliness at the moment.

After Charlie left, the colonel was the only one sitting there!

Charlie had to follow the colonel's instructions and leave to report the failure of his trip to Mrs. Ross.

At this point, the movie went to 15 minutes and 50 seconds.

Eight minutes, a few simple scenes and two dialogues perfectly present a colonel who is grumpy, grumpy, rude and lonely, but has some true temperament and is really cruel.

Because the colonel made such an amazing appearance at the beginning of the movie, I like movies a little more.