ASHLEY LEWELLENREBECCA BRINKER

STEPHANIE ENOJADOLISA BAHNA

KATIEFABIAN SEGURA

Food For Thought By: Five Girls and One Guy

Ashley Lewellen

Summary◊Famous Taiwanese chef, Chu is losing his taste buds along with his family.

◊ Preparation of elaborate gourmet family meals that are very awkward.

◊ Three daughters, each with familial expectations.

◊ Defying those expectations to secure a greater happiness.

◊In conjunction with their own father’s cultural taboo…marrying a woman half his age.

CHARACTERS

MR. CHU

THREE DAUGHTERS◊ J I A - JEN◊ J I A -CHIEN◊ J I A -NING

MRS. L I ANG J I N RONG SHAN-SHAN

Characters, Themes, Symbols

T H E M E S◊ S E C R E T S◊ L O V E / LU S T◊ FA M I LY

S Y M B O L S

◊ F O O D◊ TA S T E

Similarities◊ Montages of food preparation that depict it less as cooking and more as a form of art.

◊Patriarchal figure who is seen as being the cause of contention.

◊Food unites them.

◊Lighting is both very dark in these films with slightly more emphasis of color given on the food.

◊They both use the natural surrounding to frame scenes. Rebecca Brinker

Chocolat Eat, Drink, Man, Woman

Uses music to emphasize the exotic nature of chocolate making

Chocolate is depicted as being medicinal.

The patriarch needs to be converted through outside sources.

Diagetic (Anouk tells the story)

Minimal music used to emphasize the tension and awkwardness of family meals

Food is as much of a problem as it is a solution

The patriarch has already committed a taboo.

Non-Diagetic

DIFFERENCES

VS

Rebecca Brinker

Similarities◊Tortilla Soup is a Latino remake to Ang Lee’s screenplay: Eat, Drink, Man, Woman.

◊The focus of both movies revolves around family and the importance of being together.

◊The preparation of food is a meticulous art form by both father figures, to the point of confining.

◊The using of the dinner table as a familial communing ground where each sisters story arch begins as an ‘announcement.’

◊Symbolism of second daughter giving back her father’s “taste”

STEPHANIE ENOJADO

Tortilla Soup Eat, Drink, Man, Woman

Latino culture Color is prevalent

everywhere not just on the food.

Music is used to dilute the awkward moments between characters and make the transition between scenes flow better.

Daughters are accepting of their father’s decision in marrying Yolanda.

Each daughter establishes their independence based on what they really want to do with their lives.

Taiwanese culture Color is only used to

emphasize the food. Music is very low key so the

audience can feel the awkward tension, and include numerous quiet moments.

Daughters do not approve of their father having relations with Jin-Rong

Jia-Chien has no choice about her independence as she gets pregnant and moves out. Jia-Ning takes the job abroad choosing not to make a living on her abilities as a chef.

Differences

VS

STEPHANIE ENOJADO

LISA BAHNA

FORMALIST FILM THEORY

Is the synthesis of multiple elements of film production

▪Ex. lighting, scoring, sound, set design, editing etc.

Directors and writers use these elements in combination with each other to better express an idea or emotion .

In other words “show not tell”

As a result they’re more concerned with artistic style and design.

LISA BAHNA

Examples of Formalism Shot selection

moves from wide to short and tense.

Length of shots decrease as the sequence progresses toward its end and the music builds.

Scene Shot

Kathryn Higgins & Fabian Segura

4:54- 9:48 (part 11- eat drink man woman -on YouTube )

Scene Analysis

Title of Selected Movie: Eat, Drink, Man, Woman

Scene: Old Chu’s Announcement

Duration of Scene: 5 min & 56 sec

Number of Shots in Selected Scene: 51

Characters in Scene: Chu, Jia-Ning, Jia-Chien, Jia-Jen, Jin-Rong, Gou Lun, Madame Liang, Coach Chai, Shan-shan

Setting or Composition of Scene: The family is sitting around the diner table and Grandpa Chu has something to announce.

Actions: Eating food, drinking, an the announcement is made and Madame Liang has a fit.

Lighting: overhead with extra emphasis on the food

Camera Angles: Slight high angle as the family is sitting down

Type of Shots: Close ups of people eating, side sweeps to include Jin-Rong as Old Chu prepares to make his announcement, pans around the diner table, through the wall windows, tracking Chu as he’s talking and Madame Liang’s reaction afterwards

Sound: Dialog between characters and the sound of dishes hitting each other.

Transition: cut

Symbols: The food itself is a symbol for Chu’s news; bitter or sweet it’s all subjective.

Kathryn Higgins

1. How many daughters are there in “Eat Dr ink Man Woman”?

2. What screen p lay i s “Tort i l l a Soup” based off o f?

3. What i s one example o f Formal i sm we ta lked about?

4. What i s choco late depic ted as in the movie Choco lat?

5. In the shot analys i s c l ip , why does Madam Liang throw a fi t?

“Pop Quiz Hot Shot”

Fabian Segura