pmmm rewatch live notes: ep 1
ive been rewatching pmmm w my friends who haven't seen it before and have decided that i am incapable of being normal abt it so uhhh.... gonna dump the notes i took during ep 1 here. they are entirely incomprehensible ramblings of a madman but the goal is to synthesize some actual analysis once im done w the watch through. im convinced there is significant color symbolism related to the colors of the holy quintet but idk the exact symbolism for each color so there's a good amount of notes of just instances of those colors that i think could help me pin down the symbolism later on so there's that too a gift for u (or i guess a hurdle if u don't care abt color symbolism but honestly if u don't care abt color symbolism i don't understand u). idk i thought it might be silly for like maybe 1 other guy out there. also my friends bullied me into it (read: hyped me up about it until i relented)
ok buckle in folks this is solidly two pages on google docs
first scene happens bc madoka remembers it from another timeline
spiraling time is it the future or the past does it even matter
brightest thing in intro is her hair ribbons bc they are what links madoka and homura across time and space
everything else is desaturated
god madoka w her in the intro bc god madoka saves and treats all the magical girls like that when she saves them from their witch future
hard to tell what the world is like bc does it even matter
no matter what the setting is homura will fail to save madoka and madoka will sacrifice herself
also adds to the eerie effect
madoka’s mom tells her to use the red ribbon
madoka never chose her fate for herself, she’s always doing what others want and what she thinks is best for others
the scenery has a weird juxtaposition of greenery and industrial things which mirrors the juxtaposition of the magical girl stereotype and the psychological horror reality
the classrooms are like bird cages
homura walks in like she’s not seeing everyone and not really there bc she’s living in the past which is also the future
THE ANGLE WHEN HOMURA FIRST TALKS TO MADOKA
like idk what that loom w the dramatic lighting means but it means Something
the way homura doesn’t hide that she knows the way to the nurses office shows that she’s getting desperate and tired of this cycle
insisting that madoka call her homura even though they “just met” shows how important their relationship is and how much she yearns for their old dynamic
when she confronts madoka in the hall she shows emotion for the first time showing how much she cares about this
it seems cruel but in reality she is grasping at straws to protect madoka
she doesn’t care if she has to be seen as cold as long as madoka is safe
homura knows the math so well bc it’s the same every single fucking time
the symbolism of kyubey with the spikey evil statue that’s all rusty and the shadow where it merges w him
when madoka reveals she has seen homura in a dream and they brush it off bc haha we’re just middle schoolers this is a magical girl anime nothing weird would happen
red in the scene where homura tries to kill kyubey… kyoko’s color… what does red represent in this show?
kyubey reaches out to madoka asking to be saved bc he knows that’s her weak spot , that she will always jump into danger to save other regardless of her own well being
when homura appears trying to kill kyubey there are chains what could this represent
chained to her cycle, chained to kyubey, chained to madoka
they form the shape of a cross bc homura is jesus, she takes the brunt of the harm and the blame in an effort to save the others
use of collage in the witch labyrinths is disorienting and jarring it doesn’t fit and it’s confusing and creepy and unsettling
language is similar to german at times maybe a reference to historical german witches
sayaka protects madoka in a hug like embrace when they first end up in the labyrinth symbolizing the way she is to the end a protector
mami makes sure to act unbothered and not scared when she meets them to keep her persona of a magical girl who saves ppl despite the horrors of the reality
the fact that mami uses guns alludes to the horror of magical girls hidden just beneath the surface
the use of the word contract also shows the severity and adult nature of what they are about to embark on
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solangelo fic awards 2023
were back again for number six babie!!! i cant beleive i missed number 5... also i am starting to run out of things to say at this part! goood thing its number six so you know the drill already!
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taking a detour from my usual content here for a moment :
as someone who is studying media scoring, i want to weigh in a bit on the Best Original Score fiasco going on between Babylon fans & All Quiet fans.
The category for Best Original Score is judged on how the score accompanies the film in the sense of style, mood, tension, etc.
The category is not based on which score is the most fun to listen to. (Even if it was, All Quiet would still get my vote).
Babylon is a fun score. It’s fresh, 1920s jazz-influenced, and fits the era of the movie perfectly.
However, that’s where I felt the score ended for me.
In the sense of helping to create tension or move things along, it fell a bit flat.
All Quiet’s tension heavily relies on the score. I saw a lot of people complaining about how the score only had three notes. This is actually a very small portion of the score. Most of the time, the score is barely noticeable besides being there to help create a sense of unease. Even then, the returning motif serves as a symbol in the plot, sort of comparable to the Force Theme in Star Wars.
The score is almost the opposite of Babylon. Rather than constantly in your face, it relies on complete subtlety, which I think can only really be pulled off in a film like All Quiet.
Overall, both scores are killer, I just personally (and from a media scoring study standpoint) believe that All Quiet fit the category’s criteria a but better.
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i have no real reason to post this other than wanting people who may not be as into the “background” pieces of film to know exactly what it is that film scoring is supposed to achieve.
i think composers/movies like John William/Star Wars or the MCU have made general filmgoers believe that a score needs to be memorable and present, but in reality, that’s not the purpose of a film score. The score should be a background piece. It’s incredibly necessary to a film but it isn’t the main focus.
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