A kinda quick study of one of my favourite shots in Good Omens and my favourite Aziraphale moment in the series.
This, right here, is a perfect example of how to use subtext to tell more about a character (spoiler alert, by the way): at the church scene, the wings of a sculpture right behind Aziraphale are in flames, and there’s a fallen cross at his feet. The entire shot also shows Crowley, standing, gazing at his angel surrounded by a darker and cooler background. With so much orange and burning colours going on in Aziraphale’s half, from Crowley’s side there’s a blue light cooling him down, like water in the middle of the desert.
I also find incredibly beautiful how classic both Aziraphale and Crowley are standing: the angel in a quite symmetrical, frontal view; the demon, in profile, almost out of camera. Given what’s happening at the moment, it feels like Crowley is giving Aziraphale some space to understand what’s going on (namely, his own fall and, in a matter of seconds, his falling *in love*), but keeping him cool with his blueish ambient.
If I’m not mistaken, the bag with Aziraphale’s books is right in the middle.
This could easily be a classical painting structure, if you ask me.
*rubs hands together* I think it might be time for me to talk about this scene
