Assignment 3: In the Mood for Love | Car, Mail, and Clock Scenes

Clip starts at 35:54 and ends at 37:15.

36:00 Medium Close Up shot of Mrs. Chan and Mr. Chow in car at night. There is no music, there are only sounds of the car going down the road in the background. They both avoid eye contact. The street lights occasionally seep into the car, shining on them, creating tension in their clandestine meeting.
36:16 Cut-in of Mr. Chow brushing his hand against Mrs. Chan's hand, and their hands are illuminated by the street lamp. When Mrs. Chan pulls her hand away and the camera focuses on Mr. Chow's retracting hand the light leaves the shot. There's a sense of loneliness in this scene Mrs. Chan makes it clear that she would prefer to avoid making their relationship romantic.
36:25 Extreme Long shot of a house keeper bringing Mrs. Chan a letter. Mrs. Chan is very distant from the camera, perhaps emphasizing the distance between her and her husband who is on a business trip in Japan. Mrs. Chan looks tiny, vulnerable and lonely. The sound of their dialogue is low and matches the distance of the camera from the characters.
36:49 Medium Shot of Mr. Chow slouching and crumpling the letter from his wife in his bedroom. A door takes up a third of the shot, and Mr. Chow looks away from the camera, giving us the feeling of peeking into his matters without his knowing. There are photos of a woman hanging on the wall above the bed. The walls are pink but the room is very dimly lit. We know it's night time because the lamps are on. There's a feeling of anxiety and frustration. Mr. Chow slams the door.
36:56 Close up of a Siemens Clock, pedestal down. It is 1:10. We don't see Mr. Chow or Mrs. Chan but we hear them talking about the letter. Their voices are very quiet.

The colors are very dark for these four clips and the cuts are seamless, there is always atleast a variation of 30 degrees except in the case of the clock scene.