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Fucking, so, of course, Bedelia, queen of telling Will how gay he is for Hannibal fucking asks “but do you ache for him?”
and then fucking THIS happens:
FUCKING DID YOU SEE THAT MINI ZOOM IN AND HOW THE FUCKING BACKGROUND GOES BLACK BEHIND HIM AND THE CAMERA FOCUSES ON THOSE GLAZED EYES AS THEY CONSTRICT THEIR TEARS AND THAT SORROWFUL FACE AS THE WORDS “OH SHIT” LEAKS FROM HIS EVERY FUCKING POUR BECAUSE THIS BITCH IS ONLY JUST NOWREALIZING IT TOOK HIM 3 AND A HALF YEARS+ TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW DEEPLY AND EMOTIONALLY GAY HANNIBAL IS FOR HIM AND THE FACT HE FEELING THE JUJU TOO FUCKING ARE YOU KIDDING ME BRO
BESTIES.
@v-e-l-v-e-t-g-o-l-d-m-i-n-e you’re a film student, you’d know this: aren’t fade to blacks used in film to denote the end of a storyline/scene? So if this applies, and this happens after Will finally recognizes his love for Hannibal (which is emphasized IMO because the fade changes to Hannibal) does this mean a new story starts for Will after that scene? That’s how I always read it, especially considering his motives afterwards. Thoughts?
@hannigram-hell - Yes, a fade to black is usually used as a way to denote the end of a movie, the end of a scene, and it’s also a means of transition to another part of the film. It can also be used to denote that a longish period of time has passed.
When you’re using this kind of effect in a narrative, you can be using it to put emphasis on a dramatic shift in the story or that something big happened to the character, so I think you’re right, this is most certainly a visual way to tell that something huge happened in Will’s mind in that scene.
But I would also like to make an observation; this scene doesn’t simply have a fade to black/fade in to Hannibal. This scene also have a dissolve.
Now, I’m quite bad for definitions, so I’m pasting here an internet definition of the term:
A dissolve involves gradually changing the visibility of the picture. However, rather than transitioning from a shot to a color, a dissolve is when a shot changes into another shot gradually. Dissolves, like cuts, can be used to create a link between two different objects, a man telling a story, and a visual of his story, for instance. Dissolves are often used to highlight a character’s emotions in a transition or used to enhance the visual appeal of a montage.
This definition of a dissolve seems to apply very well to this scene. I mean:
So yes, I think I can safely say that the visual structure of the episode itself is indicating that an emotional change happened to Will in this scene.
you guys remember that night that will asked bedelia if hannibal was in love with him? and she said yes? and the camera all dramatically zoomed in on will’s face after she asked him if he felt the same? that was a good night.
I love how we see Will “aching” for Hannibal in 3x09 but Will doesn’t know what the feeling is
and then when Bedelia asks him in 3x12
And the fucking background goes black and it zooms in on his face and he’s got those tears brimming in his eyes with that realization of “Oh…that’s what the feeling is” after like 7 YEARSAND ITS JUST THE MOST DRAMATIC FUCKING THING EVER
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