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In Dimitri Kirsanoff’s film of “Brumes d’automne,” the audience is introduced to the back and forth of a woman alone and nature. Throughout the course of the film, the scenes are split in between the woman and nature and then begin merging into a single entity.

For the woman, she is seen holding some letters she either written herself or someone gave them to her. A flashback with then occur afterwards that explain parts of this woman’s life. While the audience is unable to see what is written on the letter, one can get an understanding of what those letters are about through the flashbacks.

After the audience sees the woman interacting with the letter and her flashback of them, she will then burn the letter. This is shown through the chimney in a separate shot about their burning being released into nature. For a while the woman stays inside of her house and not venture out, but towards the end of the film she eventually does. The montage between the woman and nature reveal how the two are connecting to one another and in the end, become one with the woman’s shadow being merged into the elements of nature.

While the shots change drastically throughout the entire film, they explain the thoughts of the woman clever that help explain the woman. The shots at the beginning felt organized yet unstable as they kept switching from one particular focus. As the film progresses, the shots get less organized to where one cannot know what happened to the woman.

Dimitri Kirsanoff’s “Brumes d’automne” showcases an editing style that is in the favor of using montage as a way to give insight into how the character reflects or is feeling. The main character reads and interacts with letters and how she feels about what is being said, even though the audience do not get to see what the letter says, can get an idea of how it effects the main character.

She will read for amount and then reflect whether that brings the audience to a flashback of sorts or direct action in tossing the letter into the fire. paired with the music and the visuals the audience can get a feeling of somberness or depression. I personally when watching was made uneasy by some of the sound choice that were made. This could have been a tool to help the audience get a better idea of how the main character was feeling at the time of reading these letter. For me the use of montage worked sometimes, I did find that some montages worked better than others in this experimental short, were for some I was focused more on trying to understand or making meaning out of what I was seeing.

Here is my Make Space Video. My only issue with this video is the beginning sequence for how long it originally took and had to shorten it down for time. I hope you all enjoy it.

https://youtu.be/qIpIHRvoZn4

The movie uses many different strategies to keep the story coherent. One of the many things that the director chose to do to keep this film from falling apart was repetition. It is crucial to pay attention to the order of events used to pace all three timelines. It is made apparent that everything that happens will happen again. But, each shot is slightly altered to keep the story fresh but also to make each outcome or conclusion to the story different. Looking back at some of the shots they share the same framing techniques used for the other iterations of the story. A prime example of this is when Lola runs past the old lady with the baby stroller, all three shots of that incident utilize the same camera work. I think that these small things make the film digestible and easy to understand regardless of its abstract creative vision.

I thought Run Lola Run, despite that it jumps around, keeps the narrative moving and keeps the narrative clear to the audience. I think for one, it makes it easy to understand because when someone dies, the very beginning plays again, which is familiar to the audience. But, instead of the character doing the exact same thing, each time they die they try something slightly different that helps them progress further into the story. For example, after Manny and Lola rob the convenience store, it ends with Lola getting shot. The movie starts back with the phone falling and Lola running out of her apartment, which is familiar to the audience. The whole rest of the movie is essentially the same, but instead of robbing the convenience store, she runs to the bank her father owns to rob that instead, which progresses the story further.

Blog Prompt:

Although Run Lola Run has a discontinuous style – made of many types of cinematic images, including color, black and white, animation, video and still shots –  it is held together as a whole by following rules of continuity to keep the viewer oriented in the fragmented spaces and times.

How does the movie retain narrative momentum despite all the time shifts? What narrative forces/desires drives the edits of shot to shot? In what ways is time “stretched” or “compressed” and how is the effect achieved? These questions are only “prompts” for your own thoughts about the narrative, cinematography and editing styles of the Run Lola Run. Take screen grabs to support your thoughts.

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Throughout this narrative, the momentum is sustained through the repetition of scenes with, time pressure, music, and dynamic cinematography. The film’s discontinuous style primarily focuses on three different scenarios with slight variations, creating a structure that propels the story forward. Lola’s race against time to save her boyfriend serves as the central force, influencing the director’s choices of quick cuts, specific camera movements, and unconventional shots. The music further amplifies the urgency of her mission to rescue her boyfriend. Additionally, the film employs time loops, montage, and split screens, contributing to its non-linear structure.

https://youtu.be/8N5O76oQCPQ

My 30 second day video I wanted to showcase my snow day off. Unfortunately due to the weather my tri-pod phone stand arrived late so I had to get creative with how I filmed my shots. I wanted to showcase time lapse shots of the day changing from morning to day and from day to night. The tasks in between are my usual chores such as doing the dishes, keeping up with laundry, and cooking dinner along with playing a video game. I am no professional when it comes to filming something like this, to be honest it was my first attempt at this idea. I think it was a cool exercise and I tried to incorporate a mixture of video filmed moments and still photos to tell the story.

-Quincy

Run Lola Run was an interesting movie with the main focus being Lola with her presence affecting everyone around her. The beginning sequence establishes that Lola running to her destination is the main focus, some side characters will have some part to play within the storyline. The first time around, when Lola making the receiver land on the phone, the shot gives emphasis on the phone. This is later shown to be the beginning of the time loop when a traumatic event occurs to Lola.

After the beginning sequence, it show Lola beginning her run in an animated form until she exits the building with each animated part that occurs being different. On the second loop, it gives the audience a clue that Lola’s actions will be different although uncertain to how much. From her surroundings to her interactions with others are affected with each loop from where she meets them within her run to their interaction with her. While each loop looks similar at a first glance, no two interactions are the exact same.

First Loop

Second Loop

This is also true for the people Lola interacted with from their stories within the loop. On the first loop, each of the side characters had a tragic backstory that led to their current lives. As the loops continue to occur and Lola interacting with them, their stories get better. This shows that Lola’s interaction with those people have improved due to the new loop and

Lola’s own goals improve with each loop.

First Loop

Second Loop

Overall, the directors executed a well though-out storytelling method with an established time loop method. While some parts did not make sense on a normal occurrence, they still fit within the storytelling. The directors also kept the lengths of each of the loops exactly the same length to give further meaning to the time frame given with the movie. Run Lola Run is an enjoyable movie for viewers.