Cinematography Talk part#2 Angel’s Last Mission
This is my wild guess and random speculation that Angel’s love with give us a sad ending if not something super dramatic.

And the reason i am feeling so lies in the cinematography. After so many years of drama watching i haven’t seen a single drama where tilted lines are uses throughout the episode so consistently, be it a comic, serious, sad, tragedy or flashback. Like its 90% of time when the frame is not straight. Even the horizon which is most basic thing to be kept straight in cinematography but that too (except one scene which ill mention later) is mostly titled at an angle.

And all these not-so-straight lines are used to convey unsettling feeling to viewers. And also gives us a hint that something is going to be wrong or dramatic or tragic in this drama in long run.

I really want to be proved wrong but seeing all the scenes that way just so uncomfortable for me and am way too scared for my OTP.

Here are some of the scenes from last episode.

And more perspective and views are welcome.
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    I noticed that too, but didn’t think of what it meant other than interesting cinematography. I was too busy just feeling. But your theory makes some sense.
    Maybe at some point the horizon will straighten out when Dan figures out what he needs to do.
    I do hope you are wrong as I don’t want a sad ending!

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      i also hoping ill be wrong and we see happy ending…. but i am way too scared and suspicious episode after episode….

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      and yes i like your input that everything might come all straight as soon as thing straighten in the drama and may be then we can foresee a happy ending… i love your point….thanks for sharing.

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        This makes me wonder if I went back and watched from the beginning to see when the lines changed. It was jumping out at me as a style, but I didn’t think of it as actually part of the narrative.
        As a photographer, when the horizon is not straight it drives me crazy – but in film it doesn’t bother me.

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          it can be a stylistic choice of director to show lines all around titled and I thought it to be normal with no link to narrative but seeing horizon that way again and again made me bit doubtful… and thats the reason I put this post. again I can be wrong and it can be a stylistic choice but I just wanted to share my perspective with you all.
          being a photographer.. i hate horizon if not straight. And same is for film. Its like my OCD that i cant ignore tilted horizon….
          good to know you are a photographer as well.

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            A couple of years ago a friend sent me a fantastic photo she took. It was a landscape of the mountains in TN. But all I could see was her horizon was off. It drove me crazy and finally I wrote her and said I loved the pic, but the horizon was tilted. She didn’t get what I was saying. *sigh*
            I still like her work, but don’t comment anymore. It’s such a simple thing to straighten the horizon. But that is my preference I guess.

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    Among these scenes, you have 1) a ballerina dancing the part of a mad woman 2) a death scene 3) Dan caught in the act 4) an evil villain lying to our hero (I don’t recognize #5). So you can be totally right about the unsettling cinematography and still not apply it to the resolution of this story.

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      i know dear .. i am completely with you and want to be proven wrong in story resolution . I already mentioned in the post this is my wild guess and random speculation being a person who is into cinematography very seriously.
      And the reason I come up with such posts is because I want to be a filmmaker and all these analysis help me understand more about the art. so its completely ok if you think otherwise.

      #5 is when LSys aunt comes to meet her and Dan serves the drink to her.

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      I love this conversation and what everyone sees. It makes me want to watch and think more consciously when I watch. Right now I just am feeling everything and even though I notice the framing – I’m too busy feeling the emotions.
      A good film is WAY more than just someone saying the lines isn’t it?

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    I really appreciate you pointing out these cinematography techniques. I never even noticed that the shots were tilted. I’ll definitely be keeping an eye out for it now though.

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