Beauty
...r room with Angela, Ricky is in his room filming her through his window. The true intentions behind his shots are shortly revealed. When Jane realizes that she is being filmed, she immediately closes her curtain. Her friend Angela however would love the attention; she reopens the curtains so that she can be filmed. Although the scantily clad Angela is dominating the screen Ricky sees the beauty that is sitting behind her. He uses the zoom on his hand held camcorder to focus on the real and pure beauty, the beauty within Jane. The use of a hand held camcorder within this scene further highlights the emphasis placed on simplicity. The grainy picture of Jane as she sits smiling subtly represents an image of all that is good within the world. She is plain but genuine. Jane does not need to be the center of attention for her beauty to radiate. The image of her smile reflecting off the mirror sitting on her desk is what captures Ricky’s desire to film her further; her beauty is luminous, her simplicity is overwhelming to him. A more clear and direct understanding of Ricky’s conception of real beauty is found in the scene in which he attempts to explain the reasons behind his recordings. Ricky is filming a dead white bird when Angela and Jane approach him to inquire about what he is doing. He tells them that he is filming the bird “because it is beautiful”. Later, he further explains his reasoning to Jane: Ricky: I got that homeless woman on videotape. Jane: Why would you film that? Ricky: Because it was amazing Ricky: When you see something like that, it’s like God is looking right at you. Just for a second. And if you’re careful you can look right back. Jane: And what do you see? Ricky: Beauty. Even though ordinarily a dead body would not be perceived as beautiful, Ricky explains to Jane that it is amazing to see something so simple that no longer exists. For one second, you see beauty. Ricky finds beauty in places that others would overlook. He believes life and all that...