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ASHLEY LEWELLENREBECCA BRINKER
STEPHANIE ENOJADOLISA BAHNA
KATIEFABIAN SEGURA
Food For Thought By: Five Girls and One Guy
Ashley Lewellen
Summary◊Famous Taiwanese chef, Chu is losing his taste buds along with his family.
◊ Preparation of elaborate gourmet family meals that are very awkward.
◊ Three daughters, each with familial expectations.
◊ Defying those expectations to secure a greater happiness.
◊In conjunction with their own father’s cultural taboo…marrying a woman half his age.
CHARACTERS
MR. CHU
THREE DAUGHTERS◊ J I A - JEN◊ J I A -CHIEN◊ J I A -NING
MRS. L I ANG J I N RONG SHAN-SHAN
Characters, Themes, Symbols
T H E M E S◊ S E C R E T S◊ L O V E / LU S T◊ FA M I LY
S Y M B O L S
◊ F O O D◊ TA S T E
Similarities◊ Montages of food preparation that depict it less as cooking and more as a form of art.
◊Patriarchal figure who is seen as being the cause of contention.
◊Food unites them.
◊Lighting is both very dark in these films with slightly more emphasis of color given on the food.
◊They both use the natural surrounding to frame scenes. Rebecca Brinker
Chocolat Eat, Drink, Man, Woman
Uses music to emphasize the exotic nature of chocolate making
Chocolate is depicted as being medicinal.
The patriarch needs to be converted through outside sources.
Diagetic (Anouk tells the story)
Minimal music used to emphasize the tension and awkwardness of family meals
Food is as much of a problem as it is a solution
The patriarch has already committed a taboo.
Non-Diagetic
DIFFERENCES
VS
Rebecca Brinker
Similarities◊Tortilla Soup is a Latino remake to Ang Lee’s screenplay: Eat, Drink, Man, Woman.
◊The focus of both movies revolves around family and the importance of being together.
◊The preparation of food is a meticulous art form by both father figures, to the point of confining.
◊The using of the dinner table as a familial communing ground where each sisters story arch begins as an ‘announcement.’
◊Symbolism of second daughter giving back her father’s “taste”
STEPHANIE ENOJADO
Tortilla Soup Eat, Drink, Man, Woman
Latino culture Color is prevalent
everywhere not just on the food.
Music is used to dilute the awkward moments between characters and make the transition between scenes flow better.
Daughters are accepting of their father’s decision in marrying Yolanda.
Each daughter establishes their independence based on what they really want to do with their lives.
Taiwanese culture Color is only used to
emphasize the food. Music is very low key so the
audience can feel the awkward tension, and include numerous quiet moments.
Daughters do not approve of their father having relations with Jin-Rong
Jia-Chien has no choice about her independence as she gets pregnant and moves out. Jia-Ning takes the job abroad choosing not to make a living on her abilities as a chef.
Differences
VS
STEPHANIE ENOJADO
LISA BAHNA
FORMALIST FILM THEORY
Is the synthesis of multiple elements of film production
▪Ex. lighting, scoring, sound, set design, editing etc.
Directors and writers use these elements in combination with each other to better express an idea or emotion .
In other words “show not tell”
As a result they’re more concerned with artistic style and design.
LISA BAHNA
Examples of Formalism Shot selection
moves from wide to short and tense.
Length of shots decrease as the sequence progresses toward its end and the music builds.
Scene Shot
Kathryn Higgins & Fabian Segura
4:54- 9:48 (part 11- eat drink man woman -on YouTube )
Scene Analysis
Title of Selected Movie: Eat, Drink, Man, Woman
Scene: Old Chu’s Announcement
Duration of Scene: 5 min & 56 sec
Number of Shots in Selected Scene: 51
Characters in Scene: Chu, Jia-Ning, Jia-Chien, Jia-Jen, Jin-Rong, Gou Lun, Madame Liang, Coach Chai, Shan-shan
Setting or Composition of Scene: The family is sitting around the diner table and Grandpa Chu has something to announce.
Actions: Eating food, drinking, an the announcement is made and Madame Liang has a fit.
Lighting: overhead with extra emphasis on the food
Camera Angles: Slight high angle as the family is sitting down
Type of Shots: Close ups of people eating, side sweeps to include Jin-Rong as Old Chu prepares to make his announcement, pans around the diner table, through the wall windows, tracking Chu as he’s talking and Madame Liang’s reaction afterwards
Sound: Dialog between characters and the sound of dishes hitting each other.
Transition: cut
Symbols: The food itself is a symbol for Chu’s news; bitter or sweet it’s all subjective.
Kathryn Higgins
1. How many daughters are there in “Eat Dr ink Man Woman”?
2. What screen p lay i s “Tort i l l a Soup” based off o f?
3. What i s one example o f Formal i sm we ta lked about?
4. What i s choco late depic ted as in the movie Choco lat?
5. In the shot analys i s c l ip , why does Madam Liang throw a fi t?
“Pop Quiz Hot Shot”
Fabian Segura