Look

The camera starts with showing a pair of shoes and slowly makes its way up until you can see it is Bubbles. He is sitting in the park. Camera view changes to see kids playing with bubbles (irony?) and a man biking. He straightens out his shirt. Bubbles watches the people walk around. He looks at the nature as the continues to smile to himself. All of a sudden he sees a drug deal going on and men forming a circle around the drug dealers. His facial expression changes to an unsettling look. He glances over to the kids playing with Bubbles and fear fills his face. It slowly fades into darkness as the credits roll.

Listen

You can hear someone moaning. Maybe a little bit of music. Banging. Women walking and talking. Wind blowing. A bird maybe? A car passes. Someone starts breathing heavily and the cars get louder. Someone passes Bubbles and says hello. It sounds like an exchange is happening with the “what you got?” The Wire theme song begins to play.

Analyze

Bubbles is sitting in a park people watching. You can hear people talking as they push strollers and walk dogs. Bubbles looks like he’s straightening himself out as he looks up at the sky. He sees a drug deal go down as some familiar faces walk by. he looks back at the kids and begins to look sad.

 

I missed a few things when I minimized my senses. While I was paying attention to the the video, I missed Bubbles saying hi. When listening to the audio, I learned that you could hear the people talking and moving around. I didn’t hear the dog make noise until I watched the clip with sound. I’m still really confused about the moaning in the beginning. Is it the girl trying to catch a bubble or what? It sounds like sex scene to by honest…

With regards to Ebert’s column, the camera shows Bubbles on both the left and right sides of the screen. Sort of favoring the left side, meaning negative. When the men walk by, they are walking from right to left suggesting they are walking to the ‘negative side.’ Bubbles is shown next on the right side, the ‘positive side’ and then on the left side. I don’t think Ebert’s ideas are illustrated in this video other than the men walking to the left. I think the camera is switched back and forth so often to evoke a sense of slight panic after the drug deal. You can certainly sense that Bubbles is slightly panicking.