A Quiet Passion

The film a quiet passion is a brilliant film about Emily Dickinson, a woman who lived a quiet life but did extraordinary things. This film has a lot of different things that make this film into a gem. There are several things that are easily noticed that create this film. The main pieces of this film that have made it stupendous are the Characters, mise en scene, and denouement. The first thing that the audience will notice about this movie is the characters. Since it is about Emily Dickinson the film gives lots of background information about her so the audience has a view on the kind of person that she was. This allows closeness to her, which every viewer will enjoy as she is a strong and brave person. She never lets anyone stop her acting

The first part of mise en scene that can be noted from the very beginning of the film is the color. Everyone in this time period was forced to wear basic colors, and nobody stood out from the crowd. Emily and Vryling took it upon themselves to go against the norms, as they both commonly wore bright colors and dressed different than everyone else. Then when Emily’s father died and her family was wearing black to show mourning, she chose to wear white to once again show she was different from society. Though she was still in mourning she chose to do it her own way and showed that society will not dictate how she should honor her father. The second way the viewers can see mise en scene is through the use of motifs in this film. Two motifs that stand out in A Quiet Passion are the candles and the twirling umbrella. The candles are reappearing in all of the scenes to show the dramatic moments of the film, they use these to intensify the dark mood of the scenes they are involved. The second motif is the twirling of the umbrella. She uses the twirling of this umbrella to show how Vryling is mischievous young woman, who does not care about the norms of society. The twirling is seen every time Vrying made one of your jokes about society. The last part of mise en scene that also stands out constantly throughout this film is the lighting. Lighting stands out often through the movie, because it is lit with candles for a vast majority of the scenes. One memorable scene where lighting was evident was, when Emily had just gotten home from school and the camera panned around at night showing the faces of everyone in her family. The lighting in this scene was lit by the fireplace in the middle of the room, which caused highlights onto all of the characters faces. This gave the audience a clear view at all of their facial expressions. This hinted at how each of the characters were feeling during that time,