I used McKee’s technique in my analysis of the scene from Sex, Lies, and Videotape. John drives the scene and establishes his authority and control at the beginning of the scene. His desire is to get rid of Ann and Graham so that he can spend time with Ann’s younger sister Cynthia. The opening value is power. John makes demeaning remarks towards both Graham and Ann. Graham changes the subject more than once in this scene to escape John’s remarks.
The mood of the scene changes when Graham decides to stop changing the subject and tells a lawyer joke that’s aimed at John. The next line of dialogue is packed with subtext. John thinks for a moment and suggests to Ann that she take him out to look for apartments and show him around the city. This request sounds harmless enough, but the audience knows the deeper meaning behind those words from subtext and past events in the story.
Discussion Questions:
1. Which technique do you believe is more helpful to use to analyze a scene? Weston or McKee. And why?
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