Just thought about how Rey being caught in Kylo Ren’s quarters by Kylo himself is the exact equivalent of Elisabeth being caught in Mr. Darcy’s house by Darcy himself.
(Ps. This is not anti John Boyega! I love Finn and him for playing this character! I just immediately thought of this. This has probably been done before… sorry but i had to)
One thing I’ve noticed in my TFA rewatches, is that JJ loves to film Kylo with a moving camera, often ending shots with a canted angle. The camerawork matches his emotional state, beat for beat—with the last frame being the most crooked, the most unhinged.
You can see it here, too, if you look at the angle at which the Stormtroopers are standing/running on the left. The horizon line is not straight. There’s an interesting off-kilter swooping here, that almost implies a dizzy, desperate feeling. Small moment, but effective.
Another example of that dizzying effect. It almost seems like the angle is simply getting steeper at first, as the camera moves, but it’s also increasing the way Kylo is looming over Rey. Her position on screen gets dramatically lower on the left side.
When the scene continues, the camera almost finds balance as he approaches, but when he circles behind her, there’s a dramatic dutch angle that’s noticeable because of how the trees are tilted. It’s also echoed in the angle at which he’s holding his lightsaber.
