i just rewatched killing eve 3.08 again, and i just wanted to talk about something from that scene. you know the one.
all throughout there’s a very visual foretelling of how it’s going to end. about them standing on the other side to each other but never crossing.
here’s where we first see it, by eve’s hand on the bridge (we’ll come back to the actual bridge itself later):
doesn’t seem like it’s much at first. but her hand is intentionally placed to not cross that gap in the railing.
a few times we then see this next one, of villanelle and eve standing side by side:
and again, both very purposefully placed and separated visually by the line on the ground.
we also get a different angle from the front:
it’s not as clear here, but by now having picked up on the theme, you can tell neither have yet to cross over this line.
when eve starts to ask villanelle for ‘help’, this is where the visuals become much stronger:
it’s now a lot more obvious, front and centre of the shot.
and then we get this angle:
this is probably the strongest visual we get for this whole thing, as even looking through the railings here there’s still this very clear line keeping them separated.
when eve turns around:
you can see this ‘line’ now represented by the two of them. and during this whole thing, this is the closest they’ve actually come to touching. they’re so close…
until villanelle decides it’s best for them to walk in the opposite direction:
this is the final shot of the episode, and there’s the line that’s been prominent throughout the whole scene, right up until the very end.
it’s a visual representation of how they’ve changed over the three seasons, how their relationship with each other has grown over this time. they’ve reached the point where they’ve mutually addressed how they feel about the other, and it seems how they’re in the same place. they’re so close, and yet still, they can’t cross that ‘line’.
remember how i said we’d come back to that bridge? well as a born and bred londoner i instantly recognised the white railings as none other than tower bridge (often mistakenly called london bridge). the other giveaway is the line on the ground itself, it’s where the road parts and rises up:
this location itself adds to this whole visual theme. they could have picked any other bridge in central london (we’ve got plenty of them). but not only are they on tower bridge, they’re right in the centre of it.
where the two halves of the road meet, but never cross…
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