ISABELLA’S ENTRANCES

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Spoilers ahead!

To accentuate the mysterious nature of Isabella's character, we designed the staging and lighting such that every single time she enters a scene, her face is initially obscured. This way, she always appears unknowable, and then reveals herself...

1. Opening title

As the film opens, we only catch quick, incomplete glimpses of Isabella's silhouette.

2. First reveal

The first reveal of Isabella – seen through Danny's POV – is teased out in three stages:

1. First we catch a bare glimpse of her hand and the hem of her skirt from behind a stack of speakers…

2. As we move past the speakers, we see her full form, but her back is to us…

3. Finally, only once we're fully in the room, does she turn and we see her for the first time.

3. Singing scene

When Danny returns to the club, Isabella's back is to him, and she's just turning toward him at the sound he makes.

4. Walk-in cooler scene

Isabella's entrance is vocal first, then she enters with her back to us (and Danny), and then finally she turns.

5. The climax shootout scene

Evoking the opening title, Isabella starts here in silhouette again. Eventually, she steps out of her silhouette into a spotlight, revealing her full red performance dress for the first time.

6. Danny's apartment

Again, Isabella begins the scene in silhouette (this time, along with Danny). She's revealed (along with him) when Danny flips on the lights.