Great film is alchemy, the result of an interaction between writing, performance, light, sound, sets, and editing. On each episode of Making the Scene, I’m joined by a guest as we work to understand that alchemy through the lens of a single scene, to understand a director’s approach to their film by examining how and why they built this one, specific moment.
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Great film is alchemy, the result of an interaction between writing, performance, light, sound, sets, and editing. On each episode of Making the Scene, I’m joined by a guest as we work to understand that alchemy through the lens of a single scene, to understand a director’s approach to their film by examining how and why they built this one, specific moment.
October is a special month, and a special month deserves a special director. Luckily, Making the Scene has got you covered by devoting the entire month to the brilliant Guillermo del Toro. I discuss the first of our two del Toro movies, Pacific Rim, with Anna Williams, musician and media analyst extraordinaire. Anna is one half of Murderboarding, a fantastic site devoted to diving deeply into the themes and mechanics of televisions shows like Haven, Grimm, and Person of Interest.
For today’s episode, Anna chose a pivotal moment of backstory and one of the vital steps in the developing partnership between our heroes Mako Mori and Raleigh Becket. As the two attempt to sync up for the first time to pilot the massive Jaeger Gipsy Danger, the sudden crash of shared memories proves too much for them and sends Mako spiraling into the most traumatic moment of her life.
This scene is on Youtube, though unfortunately broken into two parts. If you’re watching on your own copy, the scene starts at around 50 minutes in and ends just before the 56 minute mark.
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msUFls3t324
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kestIzzIQg0
Anna’s blog, Useful Notes, can be found at http://adsartha.com/. And you can find Anna’s work on Murderboarding here: http://murderboarding.blogspot.com/
On October 26th, we return to round out Month of del Toro. Just as we explored one half of del Toro’s career — the Hollywood Blockbuster del Toro — we’ll dive into his other side — Art House Horror del Toro — by discussing the incredible Pan’s Labyrinth with Anna’s parter at Murderboarding (not to mention accomplished author), Kitty Chandler. See you then!
Making the Scene
Great film is alchemy, the result of an interaction between writing, performance, light, sound, sets, and editing. On each episode of Making the Scene, I’m joined by a guest as we work to understand that alchemy through the lens of a single scene, to understand a director’s approach to their film by examining how and why they built this one, specific moment.
