Villacreces, Across the Universe: mise en scene

The latest movie that I've watched is Julie Taymor's Across the Universe, based on the songs by The Beatles. The frame that I picked portrays one of the actors enrolling to the army to the war at Vietnam. 

The dominant image in this frame is the hand that is coming out of the poster. You can notice this hand trying to reach the face of this character. The subsidiary of the frame, after you notice the hand are the words "I WANT YOU", which complements the hand approaching the character. You cannot see the face of the character in this frame because of the idea of recruitment for war. The arm,y did not care who they were recruiting, they were just taking people away from their home and directly to the war. Also you can notice that the character is defenseless compared to the hand that is approaching his face. 

On the other hand, you can also notice that the poster and the hand are more powerful than this character because the camera looks up to it, as well as the character. It is also an intimate camera proximix, because it is the connection between the hand, poster and the person in this frame. 

The lighting in this scene focusses more on the poster and less on the person, this is similar to the dominant and subsidiary argument. The poster is more important because it presents power, authority and movement. While the person is just defenseless and cannot do anything to avoid the poster. 

The frame is tight because the scene is tense and you see that the character has not escape from the poster or the hand or the words "I WANT YOU". The form is closed, it is a made up scene, it it had elements that are not part of reality. 

This frame portrays emotions, power, subordination . The way this frame was shot presents what the feelings of the characters are feeling and what the viewer can perceive.