During this particular scene from the film Blow Up (1966), the fashion photographer, Thomas, answers the door to two aspiring models, played by Jane Birkin and Gillian Hills. The young girls appear as 'light relief' throughout the film as there are scenes of murder discovery, yet they appear vulnerable and naive as they want to become models and they want to be involved in the world of fashion and want excitement, and they believe Thomas can give that to them, however they are dominated by this power he has. An amount of male power associated with the camera appears here, similarly to the film Peeping Tom (where a young man murders women using a movie camera to film their expressions of terror). "The mere promise of an eventual chance to become a model brings them stumbling out of their clothes in order to be sexually available to their benefactor."
During this film still (medium close up) , photographer Thomas, leans in to "The Brunette" and intimidatingly says "What's your name", she sheepishly doesn't give a reply, he then adds "what do they call you in bed?" with which she nervously replies "I only go to bed to sleep."
In the drawing from this still, I want to create an isolated/ slightly paranoid feeling, with the character as a lone female with darkness replacing the rest of the scene similarly to the other drawings. I feel removing the rest of the scene draws attention to the expressions of the single character without narrating to the viewer what exactly is going on, leaving them to imagine.
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