After reading and re-reading the scene from Sex, Lies, and Videotape, I feel that it is extremely crucial to character development. The major conflict in this scene is the tension between John and Graham. John appears to be very condescending towards Graham and even Ann as well. Although Ann barely says a word in this scene, I feel that she is the character who is driving the scene. The value at stake could be the friendship between John and Graham as well as Ann and John's marriage; therefore it holds a negative tone.
After breaking the scene into beats, I found myself using negative words such as insulting, questioning, defending, prying, mocking, and doubting. The end of the scene ends on a more positive note when Ann agrees to help Graham go apartment hunting; however you can sense a hidden motive behind John's suggestion. I feel that after locating the beatsm that the major turning point is when Cynthia is brought into conversation because it makes both John and Ann feel uneasy.
I preferred Weston's approach to scene analysis rather than Mckee's. It makes me analyze the scene more in depth. She raised alot of questions that really got me to thinkat the characters and the subtext in a different way. She also put alot of emphasis on the lawyers and liars part between John and Graham.
Discussion Questions
1. What was your first impression of Ann? Did it change throughout the script?
2. In the scene we read from Weston's book from Sex, Lies, and Videotape, do you agree that Ann is driving the scene or do you think it is another character? Please explain.
-Laurie Devaney
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My first impression of Ann is that she is simply a writing tool of Soderbergh. I really don't think there are characters in this script only caricatures that I don’t care about.
I do think that Ann drives the scene because she is the one who is almost "mediating" the men in the scene.
I don't believe Ann is driving the scene. I see Graham, the "intruder", sd really driving the scene. He is making John a little aggressive, while Ann is acting nice in her slight attraction to this "new comer".
-W. Corlett
1. My first impression of Ann remained consistant throughout the work. She is sexually timid, repressed and stringent. She actually reminds me of a dear friend from my own life so when I heard her first line I said: "Yup, I know what this girl is all about." I followed that thread until the final page.
2. I can see why you think that Ann is driving the scene but personally, for me, I find Graham is the one who begins most of the beats, he asks the most important questions and he trying to acheive something. Ann just looks like she's trying to make pleasant conversation and John is being self-indulgent with his remarks. Graham looks to me like he is trying to unsettle the couple and find out information. The first time he looks like he may not be driving the scene is when John asks him about Elizabeth. But because he is silent, Ann feels like she has to bring up a new topic, therefore even his silence drives the scene.I may be totally off, but that's what I think (good question, by the way).
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