La Promesse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVh-WXNMNxE


Not an article, but short interviews with Oliver Gourmet who played the father, and Jeremie Renier who played Igor in La Promesse. In these interviews they talk about the filming technique of the
Dardenne brothers. They talk about the unconscious aspect of filming with handheld cameras. The point is to make the filing so natural that the actors are not in interaction with them at all. Many of the Dardennes's films mimic documentary film making because they started in that genre. The use of handheld camera allows for a more intimate look into the lives of the characters. There is no staging. No artifice. The movement is more natural. The gaze is firsthand.
In my essay I am analyzing the idea of the female gaze. The female gaze is an intimate gaze that is produced when women are creating the narratives within their films. It is inherently intimate. I think when we make the view of the actors more intimate, the audience is asked to view the story they are watching as though it is reality, therefore inviting them to be a part of the action. To give the audience the opportunity to get closer to the subjects is to give the audience the opportunity to become more invested in your film.