Hales, There are no more eggs, I ate them.

This scene from the Woody Allen film "Anything Else" focuses on Jason Biggs' character, Jerry Falk. Jerry is of course the dominant character as he is the only one in the scene. The lighting is focused on Jerry Falk and seems to be a street lamp shining down on him and creating a glare on the wet street near him. There are no character proxemics in this scene, because he is the only character. This is because he is waiting on his girlfriend, Amanda. In a voice-over introducing the scene Falk says, “I’m on my way to meet Amanda for our anniversary dinner. I’ll be on time, she’ll be late. She’s always late.” Falk is forced to wait for her in the pouring rain. He has his hands on his hips signifying the waiting. The camera proxemics seem to be personal. The camera is not close enough in on him to be intimate, and I suppose it isn’t social because there is no one else around. If the camera were to pull in closer we could see his facial expression better, but it would take away from the scene. What Woody Allen wants us to see is this slightly pathetic character waiting in the rain for his girlfriend who steps all over him and gives him nothing in return for his kindness, not even sex. The hands on his hips can also illustrate this point, that Falk is not only frustrated in the moment from waiting, but also sexually frustrated. The lighting coming down on him in this scene further illustrates how pitiful the character seems at the moment. The camera is straight on with him facing sideways, but the downward lighting casts a pitiable shadow on Falk.