The things Amelie does, relate to what credit is up on screen.
When the "dialogues" (script writer?) is being credited, Amelie is shown with a face painted on her chin pulling funny faces, as if it is talking.The costuming credit comes up after close ups of Amelie wearing a pair of cherries as earrings.The director of photography credit shows Amelie looking through large glasses with thick lenses, similar to the director of photography looking through the camera lens. The hair and makeup credits show a face painted on Amelies hand <with the gap between thumb and forefinger being a mouth> which has lipstick and eyeshadow/mascara on.
This is a cool gimmicky thing that is so obvious that it is un-obvious. I assume this was done on purpose to amuse the people who figured it out and add to the child like feeling to the shots.
Amusing!! I also like your labels for your posts. :) Just another bit of whimsy for such a whimsical film. Fun fun fun fun.
ReplyDeleteWow! I was so fascinated by what she was doing, that I didn't notice the context. I find these scenes surprisingly moving.
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