The Place Beyond The Pines - Scene

In this scene from A Place Beyond The Pines we see Luke Glanton played by Ryan Gosling and another character Robin played by Ben Mendelsohn ride through a forest. At first the riders are unaware of each other, we follow Luke's bike from behind frantically until there is a shift of perspective to Robin's point of view as he scouts out Luke from a far, Luke then makes the same realisation that their is another rider, among him in the forest. Both keep riding occasionally glancing to look at one another, at this point the diegetic sound begins to drown out and a music track is introduced Derek talks about this suggesting that the riders are sharing a subconscious state, they make a connection without speaking. Both share qualities that become more apparent later in the film but from this brief moment its clear they both share a similar look, Derek mentions them being "cut from the same cloth", both have a fondness for motorbikes, outlaws that use their skills to get by. I plan to use a moment like this in my film where there is a subtraction of dialogue from the scene be it a connection between two characters or a character going into his own subconscious state, this will be done with the use of a tonal shift orally and possibly the use of slow motion to suggest a retraction from real time to enter another temporal space. I have the idea that these moments could be when Shawn see's his mother in the state of dementia for the first time so express his grief or the aftermath of the violence when Shawn has struck out at his sisters boyfriend to illustrate his anger and state of disorientation from what he's experienced in recent events. I feel that an extreme CU shot of Shawn's mothers eye would be an iconic shot in which to depart from to end the scene from this we would then leap 10 years into the final scene of the film. Another point in my film in which this subconscious state could be visited would be the shot of Shawn taking a shower as he ponders about contacting his sister. Shower scenes are infamous in films and I feel that a lot depict the character in a moment of reflection, the water of the shower raining down on the skin seems somewhat symbolic. The showers scene in my film could provide as previously mentioned a time of self reflection which could even permit a flash back as a tool not only to illustrate the characters cognition but a way to insight his decision to go and see his sister, informing the audience of the narratives change in trajectory.

Here is an example of a CU eye shot in slow motion, this shot would be of Shawn's mothers eye as she sits there peacefully as the violence ensues between Shawn, his sister Ellie and Ellie's boyfriend.