"In The Mood For Love" Space Analysis

In the Mood for Love, directed by Wong Kar Wai is a great film depicting camera movements where every shot is filled with excitement and mystery. The film is heavily focused on the two protagonists' facial expressions and body movements and less about the overall space is revealed. Most of the time we are only able to see either top or bottom half of the characters' bodies and every shot is closely depicted. Spaces are never revealed. Hence, the audiences have to make his/her own associations, assuming that each setting is closely linked to one another (in reality they were filmed in different countries. Apart from the apartment, most of the settings were filmed in Thailand and Cambodia). Thus, I became interested in finding out how over all picture and how the characters use the space. By taking series of snap shots and detailed observations in each scene, I was able to create axonometric drawings for some of the settings in the film.