.047 - in the mood for love: the experience of pure love

In "In the Mood for Love", Wong Kar Wai's spatially restrictive, but poetic visual style attempts to capture the heart of a romantic attraction by cinematically revealing a character's experience of moments.

1. Limited visual point of view creates intrigue, mystery, but most importantly a narrow focus on the two characters that will undoubtly fall for each other.

2. Visual exploration of moment to moment gestures expands every interaction and elevates the appreciation of the moment over and above any plot point.

3. Shutter speed is used to accentuate a character's emotional reaction to events in a character's romantic life. This technical manipulation of the camera reveals how the character at that moment is experiencing his or her world.

The overall effects of these stylistic techniques is that at the end, the viewer becomes more sensitive to how the smallest actions can either adversely or postively affect the other person; in essence small actions become huge plot points.