Okay, and going back to what you were saying in your previous post.
I think that dance sequence just proves what great artists they are and just how good they are at their craft. It’s too bad that the medium they’ve got currently (ITV) is not going to make full use of it in the long term.
Like you said - it’s amazing how in character they are and just in the moment.
And then after the dance - how they’re just lost in each other. Imlie doesn’t even realize they’re in a room full of other people. Her tear falls, it surprises him and he loosens his grip, but she doesn’t let go. It’s like she’s startled into the present and that’s when she walks away.
Like brilliantly done.
And the editing and filming of the dance sequence - seamless. They just float and glide and not one moment looks strained. It’s watching two proper professionals dancing and emoting. Like in some other ITV serials you’ll have dances and there are moments where a lift will come in and the way it’s cut you know it wasn’t done in one take, you can see the effort of the move on the guy’s face etc. Nothing like that here. Just perfectly in character.
Okay, I need to stop now. I’ve work to do and then life to attend to. Will be back later (might sneak in here and there).
Omg, I have so much to add about the editing and the choreography. It was so much better than all three possibilities we had discussed:
1) BS-jiju hallucinating
2) Aru imagining it
3) It happening in real-time.
It's so important that the shiddat happened in their collective consciousness and that's where it was so poignant that they both stayed in character.
Every time Fahmaan was behind Sumbul, just quietly soaking in Imlie and supporting her had my heart twisted.
The way Aru shifts her from his chest to his shoulder-level and turns that split-lift into an intimate hug. It was as if Aru could not bear any distance from her. That he needed her near his heart as humanly possible.
I just...