#soap filmed

[kat-kc-8107]

also i got to thinking and decided to thow a dog a bone

heres more art i may or may not ever finish

this is ares another character i never talk about

like i talk about any of my 15 aus

[cake-emu]

Swarla scene visual language analysis

I was replaying this scene from 9th October 2024 (episode directed by Séan Healy) for the gazillionth time and because I had the sound turned off it became quickly apparent how the visual direction conveys the scene's evolving narrative and shifting temperament as Lisa and Carla struggle to reach some sort of resolution.

Just prior to this, we saw that Carla's desperate for them to talk about their Moment from the previous night, while Lisa is clearly reticent to address it but gives in at the other woman's persistence. She gestures for them to move into a different, more private, room.

From the moment Carla and Lisa enter this room, we don't see them within the same frame - even when they enter, Carla walks out of frame before Lisa enters the shot.

As they converse, they're both siloed within their own individual frames. It couldn't be clearer that in this moment they are at odds, divided. Framed apart, there's a disconnect between them. Vertical lines in the set design add to the feeling that they're partitioned from one another.

Carla sits down, placing them at different height levels and suggesting a subtle power differential - the ball is very much in Lisa's court... and she's refusing to play with it. There's no over-the-shoulder coverage shots to create a sense of intimacy or understanding between them while they talk - this isn't intimate; it's awkward. For now once Carla is seated, the camera remains static and at a medium distance from the two women, allowing us to see their body language. Lisa, with her hands in her pockets, is trying her best to appear aloof. Carla gesticulates as she tries to get a handle on what's happening between them.

Neither woman is able or willing to be fully open about what they want, so they talk around their feelings for the first few exchanges of dialogue. But then Carla delivers a timely reminder that they're friends, and she doesn't want their friendship to become collateral damage. As she speaks, the camera now begins to gradually move in on her.

They're still not on the same page ("we had a moment, and now the moment's gone," "yeah...," "you straight birds, honestly") but as the camera continues to slowly move in closer to each of them, we start to hope that some kind of common ground can be established. Carla, now almost in close-up, reiterates her desire that their friendship not suffer, reminds Lisa that her divorce papers arriving had left her feeling vulnerable, offered as an explanation for her behaviour the previous night.

And now, when we cut to Lisa, suddenly she too is in close-up.

She visibly softens, and makes a concession that puts them on more level ground, admitting to her own recent vulnerable state.

When we next cut to Carla, the camera angle has changed a little so that she's more face-on. She pleads with Lisa for them to draw a line under the whole situation, to which Lisa agrees, and then when Carla stands, we see why the camera has moved position now they have reached some sort of accord.

As she moves, the camera shifts with her into an over-the-shoulder position from behind Lisa, and finally, for the first time since they entered the room, they're both shown in the same frame - just.

Carla continues to appeal to Lisa, Lisa smiles, and with crisis averted Carla audibly exhales. With an awkward thumbs-up, she passes Lisa, and we see them framed together - reunited - as they both leave the room in another medium shot.

Of course there is plenty more awkwardness and unspoken feelings and swerving one another to come - as we soon see in the following scene - but for now the important outcome is that their friendship has been saved, and can live to develop into something else another day.

[bone-trash]

Gaz on the floor, Soap in the background 💯💯💯

[kinuphoto]

Today kinuphoto celebrates its 10th anniversary. Thank you so, so much!

I pray for peace all over the world.

August 2, 2024

[thefaeriefeatherdark]

The idea that Batman shouldn't have Robin or any brightly colored recurring rogues is wild since that's like Batman's primary contribution to Superhero comics.

[pampanope]

GHOAP STANDEES HAVE ARRIVED WOOOO

Clear Acrylic

Stands at about 5.7 in/14.5 cm

Base is circular, 2.7 in/ 7cm across

Stock of 25

[on-a-lucky-tide]

It is with deepest regret I need to inform you that I have realised, while dancing in my living room with my elder millennial partner before we hit the gym, that Captain Jonathan "Bravo Six" Price would have been 15 in 2000 and therefore know all the dance moves to Bye Bye Bye by NSYNC, and his queer arse would absolutely be convinced to reprise his performance at 37 if fed enough scotch.

My condolences at this trying time.

[nerfedbylife]

I'm just rewatching Strange Magic and got hit with a thought!

What if fairy!reader, cheated on by her fiancé (graves?) swears off all love and when her sibling gets hit with a love potion and kidnapped she sets out to save them

Now enter the Bog King Ghost that had a very bad incident with a love potion and now he has the wrong sibling thats madly in love with him?!

Gaz and Soap would totally try to match make (regardless with who) only for reader to bond with ghost in their mutual hatred for love

Also fighting is like flirting to him

[oldshowbiz]

The mansion from SOAP as seen on google street view

[meowpupp]

do you guys ever think abt the fact that if we placed the 141's ages as being 26-35 in 2025, then they are either zoomers or millennials

[cake-emu]

Swarla scene visual language analysis pt.2

I know some of you were interested in my last post on this topic, and I thought we might as well take a look at this scene from Monday while it's still fresh. I haven't made gifs as movement is minimal here, so we're just using screenshots this time.

It's a shorter scene than the one I previously dissected but like the other, it presents the characters at odds with one another, though at a very different stage in their relationship. Visually, the narrative of the respective scenes is presented differently but what they have in common is how both characters' respective strong personalities/temperaments flavour how the scenes unfold - as you'd hope and expect.

So, 26th May 2025 - here in Carla's kitchen (episode directed by Tim Royle) is the first time we see Carla and Lisa after the latter sprung a spur-of-the-moment and badly timed marriage proposal on Carla in the previous episode - which we left on a cliffhanger, Carla's expression one of shock.

We open now with a medium-wide shot to give us plenty of information about body language and who is standing where in the room. The camera pans across the kitchen as Lisa walks through the frame, and then settles in place as she comes to a stop on the opposite side of the breakfast bar to where Carla is situated. From this point on, the camera remains static through the rest of the scene - no more pans, and certainly no slow zooms to create intimacy. Everything unfolds through editing as we cut between different coverage set-ups.

Look at how much distance there is between them:

Due to the angle that the camera is facing them from, the kitchen counter and built-in bar appear even wider than it actually is, elongating that space between them. This combined with Carla asking "Are we just not gonna mention it?" tells us all we need to know about how the surprise of the proposal has been resolved... i.e. it hasn't! There's a disconnect between the two women.

The one other time we've opened their scenes with them positioned across the counter from each other like this was in the episode from 17th March 2025:

In that scene, they're at odds about how to handle Betsy's refusal to go into college, after she's had a frightening experience. They amicably discuss and temporarily resolve the issue, but later in the episode Lisa is upset with Carla dropping the ball on keeping Betsy company - their positioning in this opening scene hints at the ensuing dissonance that unfolds later in the episode. (So, we have a visual cheat code: it seems fair to conclude that if an episode opens with them on opposite sides of the kitchen counter, they are probably going to spend the episode in disagreement over something, and trying to reach a consensus/find common ground).

In this May episode, the body language is different. Lisa is fidgeting, and delaying making eye contact for as long as possible; Carla has a very relaxed posture as she leans on the counter and sips her drink - by bringing herself down to a lower height, Carla is presenting herself as non-threatening to Lisa, who she knows is prone to running away but - perhaps counter-intuitively given the height differential - she has control in this moment, and it's Lisa who's on the back foot.

We cut to coverage from behind Lisa - it's still a medium-wide shot as we see her gathering her belongings, readying for her day. The camera angle still presents a sizable gap between the two women. Through dialogue, we learn that Carla didn't say yes to the proposal - hardly a surprise to us given all the visual information we've been presented with so far - and that her immediate response to it had been to point out how ill-timed it was.

Lisa, feeling the sting of embarassment at the perceived rejection is trying to downplay her emotions and brush the whole incident under the carpet; Carla wants to face the issue head-on and actually talk about it - not all that dissimilar to her approach in the October scene we previously analysed.

Pleading her case, Carla points out how emotionally devastated she was by Craig's death at the time of the proposal. As she speaks, we cut to a new coverage angle, this time facing Lisa with an over-the-shoulder, a shot type most commonly used to create a sense of intimacy or understanding between characters as they talk - we're now closer to them but it's a medium shot so it doesn't feel truly intimate. They're still not yet on an even level of understanding with one another:

"I knew that young man ... I watched him grow up around here," Carla says as Lisa nods subtly. Deep down, she knows Carla is right (but she's hurting, so she's in deflect, deny, and avoid mode).

Then we cut again to another over-the-shoulder as Carla comes to rest her case.

Lisa concedes that her timing was poor, and tries to make a quick exit but Carla - well used to her avoidant behaviour, and determined for them to address the situation - won't let her get away without agreeing that they'll meet again at lunch, planning to return to the discussion then.

We end with a final medium shot of Carla. It actually took me a few looks to notice that the set-up of this shot is just a fraction different to the previous: look at where the photos on the wall are cut off at the top of the frame, and at the diagonal line of the kitchen counter-top at the bottom of the frame. The camera has been lowered just slightly. Assuming this is an intentional choice, it subtly brings us down to Carla's level a little more as we sit with her for a second - after all, as audience members, we relate to her desire for clarity and resolution in this matter.

So, we see through dialogue married (pun intended) with visuals - presenting the scene's narrative - that things are unresolved as of yet, but the characters are a little bit closer to achieving that! We can reasonably assume that by episode end, they will reach that goal - despite Lisa's resistance.

The following bistro scene would be a good one to analyse too, so I'll try to do that somepoint soon. For now, here's a tease - look how much more intimate they appear in the final shots of that scene, despite still having a wide barrier (the table) between them:

Cosy!

Hope you found this interesting - let me know your thoughts :)

[personinthepalace]

The Comedy About Spies at the Royal Variety Performance (Behind the Scenes)

from Bryony Corrigan’s and Niall Ransome’s instagram stories

[kinuphoto]

[twoseparatecoursesmeet]

Eastern Washington Near Soap Lake, 1963

Doris Thomas

[riverphoenixsgothwife]

general life advice from your honorary big sister kitty

use styling glue in your hair! when you tease it, to style your emo fringe bangs, for a lydia deetz inspired updo, or whatever you'd like!

don't pay for movies on streaming services! either pirate them or buy them on dvd or vhs. not sure how to pirate something? ask your honorary big sister kitty for help!

heat up lemonade in your microwave! it's a cold cure in our family and also just a yummy hot drink!

cut up old socks to make arm warmers!

tell your loved ones you love them!

too shy to talk to people, but want to spread positivity? walk just a little bit past someone and, with that person still in earshot, say a compliment to whoever you're with!

sweat problem? get medical soap and use it on your underarms! it really works. there's a specific brand that works well in my experience, so just ask me if you're interested!

wear sunscreen!

block people who are creepy to you

[p1325]