Sunshine Cleaning

I watched Sunshine Cleaning recently and thought i'd share it with you :) This movie was DPed by John Toon and it has some really cool shots in it. This is the link to his reels if you want to check them out. He also made that prius commercial with all the people that we watched in class.

Particularly about Sunshine Cleaning that I wanted to share was this one scene. Emily Blunt's character, Norah, is having a breakdown and goes under the train tracks to clear here head. I am a little obsessed with the scene - I watched it about 5 times, and took some screen shots.

Ok, so here Norah is heading under the train tracks, just to set up the scene





I love this shot. LOOve it. It looks kinda like a zombie but it looks really cool moving. It's ominous and freeing.





So here we move a little closer and see her getting thrown around in the train wind. There are sparks flying down on her (it's a little hard to see here) and it's really beautiful.



We get into a close up and you can see more of the sparks here. She is having flashbacks to what her life used to be like and trying to rid herself of painful memories.





And the kicker, again, LOVE THIS SHOT. The lighting is perfect - she is pale, wearing lots of makeup, and when she lifts her head up you can see that she looks like a mess, but it works so well. Her eyes are so dark - with the limited lighting and the heavy makeup that it makes everything around her feel heavier - the fact that she is under a train, her flashbacks, her life now.