Beauty and the Beast Excerpt 3: Beauty arrives at the castle (3’54”)
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Beauty and the Beast Excerpt 3: Beauty arrives at the castle (3’54”)
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| 1. | How do the camera angle and the music help to create the desired atmosphere here? What type of atmosphere? |
| 2. | Describe Belle’s crossing of the hall when she enters the castle. What is striking in the staging of this shot, from the standpoint of both image and sound? |
| 3. | What type of music rises softly? How does it compare to the film’s music in general? |
| 4. | Describe Belle’s crossing of the long gallery. What special effect is used here? What are the other striking visual and auditory effects? |
| 5. | How does Cocteau make the transition from this shot to the following one (where Beauty approaches her door)? |
| 6. | What “magical” effects are associated with Beauty’s room? |
| 7. | What is the function of the mirror in Beauty’s room? What word does her father utter? |